Catholic Studies publication
“Contextual” Theology and Fiducia Supplicans
George Weigel
What does it mean for the future discussion of “synodality” that so many individual bishops—and indeed entire episcopal conferences—have severely criticized, and in some instances repudiated, Fiducia Supplicans?
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Syndicated Column / January 10, 2024
The MAD Magazine Caricature of U.S. Catholicism
George Weigel
2024 will see an intensifying debate over the complex legacy of Francis’s pontificate.
Syndicated Column / January 3, 2024
The New Year: A User’s Guide
Francis X. Maier
As we start a new year and enter the Church season of “ordinary time,” how can we manage the frustrations that naturally come with Church conflict?
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The Catholic Thing / January 3, 2024
Praying For Our Country With John Carroll
George Weigel
In 1791 Bishop Carroll convoked a diocesan synod, and on November 10 of that year, the synod adopted a prayer for the civil authorities that Carroll had composed.
Syndicated Column / December 27, 2023
Christmas in a Time of War
George Weigel
The God of the Bible cannot command the murder he forbade in the Ten Commandments, because the God of the Bible is a God of reason, and reason cannot contradict itself.
Syndicated Column / December 20, 2023
Cultural Christians and the Work of Remembering
Francis X. Maier
Now, as Christian practice steadily declines in the United States, mom and dad are getting a divorce. The result could get ugly, and the reason is simple.
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Acton Institute / December 20, 2023
Remembering to Forget
Stephen P. White
Forgetfulness, too, is part of God’s Providence. Forgetfulness can even be liberating, as when mercy drowns out regret.
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The Catholic Thing / December 17, 2023
German Catholicism: On the Brink or at the Cutting Edge?
George Weigel
Why is “salvation” in quotation marks in the pope’s letter?
Syndicated Column / December 13, 2023
The Child We Wait For
Francis X. Maier
Advent is a time of preparation for the Christ Child at Christmas. But in an age of endless appetites and distractions, it’s worth reflecting on who exactly that Child is.
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The Catholic Thing / December 6, 2023
When Docs Play Deities
George Weigel
Being the object of misplaced worship by the British public seems to have convinced NHS doctors that they are, in fact, God.
Syndicated Column / November 29, 2023
A “Synodal Reform” of the Papal Conclave?
George Weigel
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year-old apostolic constitution that virtually no one remembers—but that is re-asserting its relevance in this troubled Catholic moment.
Syndicated Column / November 22, 2023