Catholic Studies publication
The Bishops and Obamacare
Stephen P. White
Opposition to Obamacare was, and remains, opposition to a bad law, not to the benevolent motives of the law’s supporters.
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CatholicVote / December 4, 2013
The Stakes in Ukraine
George Weigel
In Kiev today, as in Central Europe in 1989, the stakes are freedom and truth.
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National Review Online / December 11, 2013
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
George Weigel
Peter Magnus Flanigan, who died this year, deserves to be remembered among the Catholic giants who helped recast American conservatism.
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The Catholic Difference / December 4, 2013
He’s No Secular Saint: The Trojan Pope
Mary Eberstadt
Pope Francis minces no words on what it means to have a consistent ethic of life—something that may surprise his latest secular fans.
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Time Magazine / December 3, 2013
Pope Francis the Revolutionary
George Weigel
The revolution that Pope Francis is proposing is not a matter of economic or political prescription, but a revolution in the self-understanding of the Catholic Church: a re-energizing return to the pentecostal fervor and evangelical passion from which the church was born two millennia ago.
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Wall Street Journal / November 29, 2013
JFK after Fifty Years
George Weigel
Much of the Kennedy mythos is an obstacle to the flowering of Catholic witness in America – and indeed to a proper understanding of modern American history.
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Syndicated Column / November 20, 2013
Georgian Delights
George Weigel
In his latest book, Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Combat 1942-1943, Father Rutler does the seemingly impossible—he finds new tales of, and new meaning in, World War II, perhaps the most written-about event in human history.
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The Catholic Difference / November 13, 2013
Abortion Zealots and the GOP’s Empty Playbook
Mary Rice Hasson
Unless the GOP plans to run up the white flag of surrender on the abortion issue, it needs a serious strategy to counter the Democrats’ “War on Women” rhetoric.
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The Federalist / November 12, 2013
Doing Rome at Home
George Weigel
Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches is an invitation to take from “Rome at home” renewed spiritual energy for the evangelical task that is every Christian’s vocation.
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The Catholic Difference / November 6, 2013
The Church Persecuted
George Weigel
Ours is an age of tremendous persecution of Christians yet western media remains ignorant—or worse—about this persecution.
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The Catholic Difference / October 30, 2013
Catholics and Postmodernity
George Weigel
What is needed today is an evangelically passionate Catholicism that poses a sharp contrast to the radical individualism and loneliness of postmodernity.
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National Review Online / October 28, 2013