True memory, real history, and Western civilization

Essay contest encourages preteens and teens to share their pro-life voices By Susan Ciancio on Sep 18, 2026 04:00 am Last week marked the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. He was arguably one of the pro-life movement’s greatest debaters, as he not only listened to his adversaries but spoke with conviction and compassion in [...] Read in browser » Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell By Matthew Balan on Sep 17, 2026 11:37 am The Carthusians are all but unknown—both inside and outside the Catholic Church—and they likely want to keep it that way. If anyone has heard of these sons of St. Bruno (their founder), it’s through Chartruese, [...] Read in browser » On the holy life and remarkable intellect of Saint Robert Bellarmine By Dawn Beutner on Sep 17, 2026 04:00 am On September 17, 1621, the Cardinal-priest Robert Bellarmine died in Rome. Why did Pope Pius XI declare him a saint in 1930? And why did the same pope declare him a Doctor of the Church [...] Read in browser » A Bishop Who Leads By Austin Ruse on Sep 16, 2026 02:03 pm Virginia voters are being asked to support two changes in the state constitution. Both are on the far frontier of the sexual revolution. And Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington is leading [...] Read in browser » Pope Leo XIV: Martyrs are among the Church’s greatest evangelizers By Ishmael Adibuah on Sep 16, 2026 12:00 pm The pontiff held a private audience on Sept. 16 to conclude a conference in Rome on modern Christian martyrs, including American nun Sister Dorothy Stang. [...] Read in browser » Holy Land, Holy People By David Paul Deavel on Sep 16, 2026 06:51 am Thank God for my wife! The invitation arrived in midsummer. Would I take part in a seven-day conservative study group in Israel put on by the Herzl Institute? We would tour strategically, politically, and religiously [...] Read in browser » Catholic Social Thought and the Corpus Leoninum By Dr. Thomas R. Rourke on Sep 16, 2026 04:10 am Recently, while researching an article on Augusto Del Noce, I came across a quoted paragraph from Etienne Gilson that led me down a train of thought that might interest others. The quote preceded Del Noce’s [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, September 16, 2026 By CWR Staff on Sep 16, 2026 03:00 am Has Leo found hidden value in reversing Francis’ financial policies? (The Pillar): “What does the pope have his predecessor didn’t: new information, improving results, or just a different attitude?” The treasure the Jesuits squandered (Catholic [...] Read in browser » True memory, real history, and Western civilization By Marcus Peter on Sep 15, 2026 04:30 pm Some weeks ago, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation demonstrated exactly why historical memory requires deliberate protection when its internal guidance instructed journalists to avoid independently describing 9/11 as a “terrorist attack.” This followed a decades-old CBC [...] Read in browser » Case over parental rights and worship may head to the Supreme Court By Charles J. Russo on Sep 15, 2026 01:00 pm On September 1, 2026, in Bradford v. Bradeen, the Supreme Court of Maine affirmed an earlier order that Matthew A. Bradeen had sole authority to decide where the daughter he shared with his former unmarried partner, Emily A. Bickford, [...] Read in browser » Under the Banner of the Cross: St Albert of Jerusalem By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Sep 14, 2026 04:32 pm In addition to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, today the Roman Martyrology also commemorates the death of St Albert of Jerusalem. If this early 13th-century prelate is remembered today, it’s mostly for [...] Read in browser » Vatican Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition By Victoria Cardiel on Sep 14, 2026 03:50 pm Thirty-four dioceses received permission for celebrations in parish churches in 2025 — unchanged from 2024 — with the United States accounting for 24 of the 34 decrees. [...] Read in browser » A Liberal Revolution masterfully chronicles post-conciliar confusion and decline By John Pepino, PhD on Sep 14, 2026 10:57 am There are books one reads in a single sitting, index finger atremble to turn to the next page. Hanael Bianchi’s A Liberal Revolution is such a book. For Catholics who were subjected to the liturgy and [...] Read in browser » The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love By Carl E. Olson on Sep 14, 2026 12:00 am On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross [...] Read in browser » Saying “We will never forget” while forgetting what can happen again By Kenneth Craycraft on Sep 13, 2026 07:49 pm “Not that remorse did not oppose temptation; A little she strove, and much repented, And whispering ‘I will ne’er consent’—consented.” — Lord George Gordon Byron, Don Juan This is not a column about remembering September 11, [...] Read in browser » Pope Leo XIV remembers 9/11 victims, calls for peace and forgiveness By Victoria Cardiel on Sep 13, 2026 02:56 pm The pontiff marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with prayers for the dead and those still bearing its wounds, while his Angelus reflection stressed that forgiveness is indispensable for peace. [...] Read in browser » A Catholic Reading of the Little House on the Prairie Reboot By Sister Renée Mirkes on Sep 12, 2026 02:25 pm I’m convinced the 2026 reboot of Little House on the Prairie on Netflix arrives just at the right teaching moment—a time when American culture is saturated with debates about femininity, domestic life, and the meaning of home. The tradwife [...] Read in browser » Pope urges African youths to not lose hope in the face of crises By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Sep 12, 2026 12:00 pm As nearly four thousand Catholic youths from 16 West African countries gathered over the past few days in Accra, Ghana, for the first West African Youth Days, Pope Leo XIV has urged them not to lose [...] Read in browser » Admitting our sinful lovelessness and need for forgiveness By Carl E. Olson on Sep 12, 2026 10:00 am Readings: • Sir 27:30—28:7 • Psa 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 • Rom 14:7-9 • Matt 18:21-35 “To err is human”, wrote Alexander Pope, “to forgive, divine”. Alas, modern readers sometimes assume that “err” refers to [...] Read in browser » Aparecida shrine in Brazil set to unveil more artwork linked to Rupnik By Nathália Queiroz on Sep 11, 2026 08:00 pm The artwork, which bears the unmistakable hallmarks of Rupnik’s style, completes the shrine’s “Biblical Journey” project, which covers its four façades with mosaics depicting biblical scenes. [...] Read in browser » The Passion of the Christ back in theaters for a week By Carl Kozlowski on Sep 11, 2026 05:04 pm I don’t think I’ll ever forget the night I saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, even though it happened 22 years ago. Despite being a devout Catholic, I found myself entering the theater with [...] Read in browser » Catholic theologian takes job in Trump’s Department of Homeland Security By Zelda Caldwell on Sep 11, 2026 11:00 am Chad Pecknold, a longtime professor at The Catholic University of America, has begun working for the government agency that oversees immigration enforcement. [...] Read in browser » 9/11 Revisited By James V. Schall, S.J. on Sep 11, 2026 10:00 am Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...] Read in browser »