George Weigel on the “lessons in hope”

A journalist’s “inside look” at the papacy of Benedict XVI By Paul Senz on Sep 19, 2017 11:24 pm Paul Badde’s new book tells the story of a dramatic papacy as it unfolded. [...] Read in browser » The Modern Malaise and the End of the World By Dale Ahlquist on Sep 19, 2017 03:30 pm The end of the world is more real than the world. The Creator is more real than the creation. The end of time is the [...] Read in browser » George Weigel on the “lessons in hope” he received from John Paul II By Carl E. Olson on Sep 18, 2017 11:18 pm The papal biographer's new book describes his relationship with Pope John Paul, as well as the great challenges the pope faced in the final years [...] Read in browser » A “tough guy” priest, in the gulag and beyond By Jim Graves on Sep 17, 2017 09:11 pm Father Walter Ciszek is known for his courage while imprisoned in the Soviet Union. But his spiritual writings show him to be “a saint of [...] Read in browser » On Fr. James Martin’s book and canonical approval By Edward N. Peters on Sep 16, 2017 04:03 pm To tout a religious superior’s imprimi potest as proof of one’s personal or authorial orthodoxy is to misconstrue what that certification is and what it means. [...] Read in browser » Ave and Irma: How this small Catholic university weathered the storm By Meryl Kaleida on Sep 15, 2017 06:39 pm Ave Maria University rode out Hurricane Irma giving shelter and aid to the poor and needy from the local community. [...] Read in browser » The tyranny of progressive groupthink By Russell Shaw on Sep 15, 2017 05:02 pm “The danger any student—or faculty member—faces today," warned several scholars from Princeton, Harvard and Yale recently, "is falling into the vice of conformism, yielding to [...] Read in browser » On teaching the liberal arts By James Matthew Wilson on Sep 14, 2017 09:45 pm My maturation as a professor came when I learned to love ideas more by way of coming to love them through—in pilgrimage with, in communion [...] Read in browser » No river, but plenty of wind By Nick Olszyk on Sep 14, 2017 04:26 pm There are many hard choices made in Wind River. Some are cowardly, others heroic. Yet few—especially the final one—are merciful. [...] Read in browser » Are we reading the same Code? By Edward N. Peters on Sep 14, 2017 01:31 pm Mary McAleese, a former president of Ireland who has a background in canon law, misrepresented what Church law states about the legitimacy of children born out of [...] Read in browser »