A century after the Armistice By George Weigel

A century after the Armistice

By George Weigel on Nov 14, 2018 03:01 am
I’m just old enough to remember when my elders still called November 11 “Armistice Day:” the armistice in question that which stopped the shooting in the Great War. As a military matter, World War I [...]
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Intense debate over handling of abuse scandal ensues at USCCB meeting

By Catholic News Agency on Nov 14, 2018 12:52 am
Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2018 / 07:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- More than 20 bishops and cardinals offered passionate interventions during an open floor discussion on the sex abuse crisis at the U.S. bishops’ meeting in [...]
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Making “the prophetic voice of women” heard

By Jeanette Flood on Nov 13, 2018 10:11 pm
“I personally can’t imagine a more important initiative right now in the world.” This was the response of Deborah Savage to the question, “What do you think of the Catholic Women’s Forum?” Savage is a [...]
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How many meetings does it take?

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Nov 13, 2018 07:46 pm
I am writing this reflection as the Synod on Youth in Rome has just ended and the annual fall meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is underway. For further context, it [...]
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“We must make our home in Gethsemane”: Reflecting on the Passion in troubled times

By Paul Senz on Nov 13, 2018 03:00 pm
Catholics are sometimes criticized for our emphasis on the Passion and death of Jesus Christ—crucifixes, Stations of the Cross, the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, and so on. This is not merely some sort of [...]
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Why has Pope Francis hamstrung the U.S. bishops?

By Christopher R. Altieri on Nov 12, 2018 09:49 pm
Pope Francis has ordered the Catholic Bishops of the United States to refrain from voting on a code of conduct and a lay-led oversight body to investigate bishops accused of misconduct. The President of the [...]
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USCCB meeting Day 1: What just happened, and what might happen next?

By Catholic News Agency on Nov 12, 2018 07:01 pm
Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2018 / 04:09 pm (CNA).- During a holy hour Monday morning, two survivors of clerical sexual abuse spoke to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops about their experiences, and their hopes [...]
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Threats, weaknesses, and the temptation of power

By CWR Staff on Nov 12, 2018 04:54 pm
T.M. Doran (tmdoran.com) is the author of several novels, including Toward the Gleam, Terrapin, and Iota. His first novel with Ignatius Press, Toward the Gleam, won acclaim from Tolkien readers across the globe. In it, [...]
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Vatican cancels US bishops’ vote on sex abuse reform measures

By Catholic News Agency on Nov 12, 2018 10:40 am
By Ed Condon Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, has told the American bishops that they will not vote on two key proposals which had been expected to form the basis for [...]
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Why am I interviewing Milo Yiannopoulos?

By Patrick Coffin on Nov 11, 2018 10:29 pm
The correct answer comes down to, “because I feel like it.” But given the off-the-chart angry reaction in some corners of the Catholic-o-sphere to the announcement that I’d secured an interview on The Patrick Coffin [...]
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