ROME—Catholic journalists around the world are now able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite killed at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942, was …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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5/18/22
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Let us stipulate that the terms “international community” and “rules-based international order” have often been reduced to meaningless word-salads. Let’s further stipulate that some who …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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11/16/22
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About two-thirds of the way through the fine 1992 film, “A League of Their Own,” star catcher Dottie Hinson …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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7/27/22
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In both the Roman and Byzantine liturgical calendars, Lent …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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4/20/22
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Writing my new book, “To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II” (Basic Books), afforded me the welcome opportunity to dig into the Council’s 16 texts and the many fine commentaries …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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10/19/22
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In one of his Blackford Oakes novels, William F. Buckley Jr. had a character crack a Wagnerian joke along these lines: What is “Siegfried”? “Siegfried” …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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8/24/22
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