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Who Can Save Europe’s Jews? Only Its Christians.

George Weigel

George Weigel responds to Robert Wistrich’s recent analysis of rising anti-Semitism in France.

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Mosaic / November 5, 2014

The Liberating Power of Truth

George Weigel

George Weigel talks with NRO’s Kathryn Jean Lopez about the recently-concluded synod on the family.

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National Review Online / October 21, 2014

The Culture Wars – Have We Lost?

Mary Rice Hasson

The New York Times says it’s over: we’ve lost and they’ve won. But the statistics attesting to their culture war victory tell of brokenness and ruin–of ‘victory’ at odds with the human person’s deepest longings for what’s good, true, and beautiful.

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Aleteia / October 15, 2014

The Great Catholic Cave-In that Wasn’t

George Weigel

The New York Times and other observers seem determined to misunderstand what is really under discussion at the Synod of Bishops.

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National Review Online / October 14, 2014

Notre Dame Honors Russia’s New Martyrs

George Weigel

An impressive new project introduces English-speakers to some modern Russian heroes of faithful discipleship.

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Syndicated Column / October 9, 2014

Wanted: A Synod of Affirmation

George Weigel

The upcoming Synod of Bishops should emphasize the beauty of the Christian understanding and experience of marriage.

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Syndicated Column / October 1, 2014

Explosive Business in North Dakota

George Weigel

A North Dakota university has a bright future as one of the leaders of Catholic higher education reform.

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The Catholic Difference / September 25, 2014

Knowing the Trinity

George Weigel

In strictest theological definition, the Trinity is a “mystery”: a truth which can never be fully comprehended by reason, but which can be known to be true in love.

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Syndicated Column / August 29, 2014

Recognizing American Saints

George Weigel

These five beatification causes, currently in the works, illustrate the rich diversity of American Catholicism and the extraordinary ways in which the Holy Spirit enlivens “heroic virtue”—the mark of a saint.

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Syndicated Column / August 20, 2014

Back to School: When Mr. Reuter Becomes ‘Ms. Reuter’

Mary Rice Hasson

What happens when a teacher ‘transitions’ from male to female? An elementary school in Washington, D.C. provides a case study in the left’s efforts to foist ideological conformity on America’s school children, re-educating them in gender and sexuality according to queer theory.

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The Federalist / August 6, 2014

St. John Paul II, Europe and Church Reform: 10 Questions for George Weigel

George Weigel

George Weigel talks with America Magazine about the state of the Catholic Church and the challenges and opportunities it faces in Europe and around the world.

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America Magazine / July 18, 2014

The Uses of Monarchy

George Weigel

The institution of the monarchy still has much to offer, even in a democratic age.

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Syndicated Column / July 9, 2014