A PARADOX FOR THE NEXT POPE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Wall Street Journal
The church’s path to a vital future runs, as always, through first-century Galilee.
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(See also Mr. Weigel’s Q-and-A with the Catholic World Report about his new book The Next Pope. Click here for more information about the book and for a roundup of Mr. Weigel’s media appearances related to it.) |
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THE NEXT POPE AND VATICAN II
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Polemics about the Second Vatican Council continue to bedevil the global Catholic conversation. Read More
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THE NEXT POPE AND VATICAN DIPLOMACY
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
The institutional default positions in Vatican diplomacy do not reflect two lessons taught by the late 20th century: the only authority the Holy See has in world politics today is moral authority; that moral authority is depleted when the Church fails to speak the truth to power, especially totalitarian and authoritarian power. Read More
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IN DEFENSE OF SAINTS AND STATUES
“We are witnessing the extension of thoughtless campus ‘cancel culture’ into the world of public memory and monument, except that the men with targets on their backs are no longer able to defend themselves before the unjust tribunal of the seething mob,” observes EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis. “It exemplifies the trouble with an ideology so intent on punishing sin and so determined to withhold forgiveness.”
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THE CORONAVIRUS BRIEFINGS ARE RETURNING. HERE’S HOW TRUMP CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THEM.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
As is so often the case in politics, the interests of the nation and the president coincide, and so now President Trump must try to show the nation and the world that the United States can get the virus under control. Read More
( See more from Mr. Olsen on how “the recent surge in coronavirus cases presents [President Trump] with his last — and probably only — chance to reverse” the drop in his poll numbers.)
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TRUMP IS RIGHT
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
The Bulwark
There is a massive crisis that requires a decisive and forceful federal response before it does any more damage to America. It’s just not the crisis the president thinks it is. Read More
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RUSSIAN PURGATORY
By EPPC Fellow Algis Valiunas
First Things
Twentieth-century terror for terror’s sake—mass suffering and death at the call of a tyrant’s devastating whim, in the service of absolute nihilism—ravaged the soul of the Russian people. Read More
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LIARS GO TO HELL
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things
At a time when lying, bullying, and violence seem to be making a comeback in the vestments of progress, equality, and justice, the newly released movie Mr. Jones is a useful lesson in consequences. Read More
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THE WAY FORWARD AFTER JUNE MEDICAL
By EPPC Fellow Carter Snead
First Things
Now is the time to get back on our feet and return to the work of building a civilization of love, radical hospitality, and legal protection for unborn children and their mothers. Read More
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TAKING BACK THE ACADEMY
By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
The American Mind
The illiberal impulses that have undone our universities are now spilling into the culture at large and tearing the nation apart. Read More
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MCCARTHYISM IS BACK. THIS TIME, IT’S WOKE.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
Today’s “cancel culture” is nothing more than McCarthyism in a woke costume. Read More
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BARI WEISS WAS TOO HONEST FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
The Bulwark
Liberalism—a commitment to open inquiry—is fast disappearing from American life. Read More
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SUBURBS HOLD KEY TO 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE
By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
Inside Sources
The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule is a play to force “economic integration” on America’s suburbs. But the way to diversify the suburbs is to make all Americans more prosperous, not to undertake a massive program in social engineering. Read More
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WE NEED MORE THAN A DEFENSE OF RELIGIOUS FREE EXERCISE
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
While religious Americans might be able to achieve small victories around the edges by relying on the First Amendment to protect us within our small spheres, we will continue losing the cultural battle in the long run if we decline to defend our beliefs on their own terms. Read More
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A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY
By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing
Catholics now have a guidebook, written for non-experts (or at least non-canonists), which provides a simplified explanation of how Rome expects the rest of the Church to handle allegations of clergy sexual abuse. Read More
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PARADOXES OF FAITH IN SERVICE TO THE SUPREME PARADOX
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
The Catholic World Report
Henri de Lubac, S.J., understood the human predicament, the grandeur of God’s love, and the beauty of the Church with extraordinary clarity and fidelity. Read More
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THE COST OF THE EVANGELICAL BETRAYAL
By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The Atlantic
The Trump presidency, which has produced few significant legislative or governing achievements, has inflicted gaping wounds on the Republican Party, conservative causes, and the evangelical movement. Read More
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TENSIONS WITH CHINA ARE RISING. WHAT’S THE NEXT STEP?
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
China is the only nation in the world that can seriously threaten the United States, and its open drift toward seeking global leadership makes its intent crystal clear. Better to confront the problem now rather than delude ourselves and wait until our adversary is stronger. Read More
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