America at 250: The Last, Best Hope
By Lisa Wheeler on Jul 03, 2026 04:00 amI was six years old when America celebrated her Bicentennial. Like so many children of my generation, I can still remember the flags lining neighborhood streets, the patriotic songs, the parades and fireworks that seemed [...]
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The Society of Saint Pius X is excommunicated—now what?
By Marcus Peter on Jul 02, 2026 10:15 pmThe Society of Saint Pius X, unfortunately, finally carried out its long-threatened illicit episcopal consecrations at Écône on July 1. The entire fraternity has incurred excommunication latae sententiae (by virtue of the deed). The DDF [...]
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West Virginia v. B.P.J is a major victory for females, commonsense, and the natural order
By Charles J. Russo on Jul 02, 2026 02:00 pmOn June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court leveled the playing field in a major victory for women’s sports. In West Virginia v. B.P.J., together with Little v. Hecox in one opinion, the Justices upheld laws from West Virginia [...]
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Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism
By Ishmael Adibuah on Jul 02, 2026 07:56 amBecause the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated. [...]
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Soldier-Saints who fought for peace and brought Christ to the battlefield
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 02, 2026 04:00 amCatholics might be surprised to learn that the Church recognizes hundreds of soldiers as Saints and Blesseds. While the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us of our Christian duty to avoid war (see nos. [...]
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Inside the Mormon temple: What I expected, what I saw
By Karl Keating on Jul 01, 2026 09:08 pmToday, my wife and I toured the recently renovated San Diego temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the Mormons). The LDS church just finished a nearly three-year renovation [...]
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What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael
By Jose Yulo on Jul 01, 2026 08:00 pmThe truth will not only “make us free” but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not communicate at all with one another. This is why the [...]
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SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning
By Victoria Cardiel on Jul 01, 2026 09:09 amThe unauthorized July 1 rite in Écône, Switzerland, came despite Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to “please turn back” and could trigger automatic excommunication for the six bishops involved. [...]
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Keeping a republic: A 250th birthday meditation
By George Weigel on Jul 01, 2026 04:00 amAs we mark the national semiquincentennial on July 4, we might well reflect on Benjamin Franklin’s answer to Elizabeth Willing Powel, when the elderly sage left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and the Philadelphia matron [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 1, 2026
By CWR Staff on Jul 01, 2026 03:00 amInfiltration and Denial: Germany’s Islamism Blind Spot (The European Conservative): “The charge of Islamophobia has served Islamists well. It has allowed them to dodge scrutiny and isolate their critics, often with state approval.” Is the [...]
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Former Freemason and Catholic convert celebrates Nordic bishops’ clarification on Freemasonry
By Kate Quiñones on Jun 30, 2026 08:30 amAs the Nordic bishops clarify that Freemasonry and Catholicism are incompatible, a Catholic convert reflects on why he left Freemasonry behind. [...]
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Social contagion and the rise and fall of transgenderism
By Anne Hendershott on Jun 30, 2026 06:12 amFor more than a decade, the United States and much of the Western world witnessed a dramatic rise in transgender identification, especially among female adolescents and young adults. The speed, the scale, and the demographic concentration [...]
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Digging deeper into the “Christian” origins of feminism and of our nation
By Dr. Margaret Harper McCarthy on Jun 29, 2026 05:18 pmThe current debate over the Christian origins of feminism is a lot like the one over the Christian origins of America. It is argued that the Founders of America and the “first wave” feminists were [...]
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Sts Peter and Paul: Key witnesses to the reality and veracity of Jesus Christ
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 29, 2026 04:00 amReadings: • Acts 12:1-11 • Psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18 • Mt 16:13-19 One denied Christ after having been chosen by him. The other was chosen by Christ after he [...]
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Opinion: Visualize Christian Subsidiarity
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jun 29, 2026 03:30 am“Visualize World Peace.” It’s a noble sentiment, but Original Sin often gets in the way of our imaginings. Rather, let’s imagine political parties that seek healthy bipartisanship serving the common good. But the troubles in [..]
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Pope Leo XIV closes consistory with appeal to help world find God’s paths to peace
By Edward Pentin on Jun 28, 2026 08:00 amThe pope thanked the College of Cardinals for their work during a two-day extraordinary consistory, highlighting their reflections on war, poverty, and social fragmentation. [...]
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Getting Bible Translations Right: A Case Study from 1 and 2 Timothy
By Rev. Msgr. C. Anthony Ziccardi, S.T.D., S.S.L. on Jun 28, 2026 04:00 amIn a recent address, Pope Leo XIV counseled priests not to rely on artificial intelligence for the composition of their homilies: Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if [...]
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Opinion: The U.S. bishops missed an opportunity with changes to the “Charter”
By Michael J. Mazza on Jun 27, 2026 11:00 amThe internet buzzed after the U.S. bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Orlando on Thursday. June 11. Catholic news outlets and bloggers mostly raved enthusiastically, while the secular media propagated [...]
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Dying with Christ so that we shall also live with him
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 27, 2026 11:00 amReadings: • 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a • Psa 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 • Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 • Mt 10:37-42 A great paradox—perhaps the paradox—of Christian belief and spirituality is that true and everlasting life comes through [...]
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The seamstress who repaired far more than clothes
By Susan Ciancio on Jun 27, 2026 03:26 amWhen little Marguerite Bays was born on the birthday of our Blessed Mother in Switzerland in 1815, her parents had no idea of the impact she would have on their community and now on the world. [...]
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An act of reparation to the Sacred Heart built in stone
By Father Seán Connolly on Jun 26, 2026 09:00 pmWith the completion of its 566-foot central tower this past February, the Basilica of La Sagrada Familia now holds the distinction of being the tallest church in the world. Earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV [...]
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Pope Leo XIV defends synodal consistory as path to ‘grow in communion’
By Edward Pentin on Jun 26, 2026 10:52 amAcknowledging reservations
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