“The Best Books I Read in 2022”

“The Best Books I Read in 2022”

By CWR Contributors on Dec 16, 2022 02:00 am
Dear Readers, Almost exactly a year ago, I used this space to tell the tale of moving many books into my newly converted “shoffice” in the wilderness near Elmira, Oregon (pop. 546). Admittedly, it’s not [...]
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Avatar: The Way of Water is everything James Cameron wants movies to be

By Steven D. Greydanus on Dec 15, 2022 07:16 pm
“A glorified South America” was one of the odder dismissive takes on Pandora, the alien world of the Na’vi in James Cameron’s Avatar, that I heard when the movie was in theaters. After all, who [...]
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City council wants to use $100K in COVID funds for out-of-state abortions. The bishop calls that ‘outrageous’

By Catholic News Agency on Dec 15, 2022 05:15 pm
null / ElenaR/Shutterstock Boston, Mass., Dec 15, 2022 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, said it is “outrageous” that Toledo’s City Council has proposed an ordinance that would redirect $100,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to... [...]
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Transparency and the mystery of Ven. Fulton Sheen’s postponed beatification

By MIchael R. Heinlein on Dec 14, 2022 05:23 pm
In a recent interview with America Media, Pope Francis — in response to a question about transparency and clergy sexual abuse — remarked: “If there is less transparency, it is a mistake.” This is a [...]
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Jesuit official: Alleged sacramental ‘irregularities’ dictated which Vatican office handled Father Rupnik case

By Catholic News Agency on Dec 14, 2022 03:45 pm
Father Marko Rupnik / Courtesy of the Diocese of Rome Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA). A high-ranking Jesuit in Rome has weighed in on one of the many questions swirling around the case of Father Marko Rupnik: Why were sexual abuse... [...]
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Lessons from the Master of Prayer and Contemplation

By Paul Senz on Dec 14, 2022 09:00 am
The history of the Catholic Church features a number of great spiritual masters, saints, and mystics. Some of the giants of the Church’s rich spiritual and mystical tradition include Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Saint Teresa [...]
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The German Crisis, the World Church, and Pope Francis

By George Weigel on Dec 14, 2022 04:00 am
The Year of Our Lord 2023 will likely witness Catholic dramas we cannot predict now; that is the way of Providence. What we can know with certainty about next year is that the German crisis [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for December 14, 2022

By CWR Staff on Dec 14, 2022 03:30 am
An Embarrassment – “As a father and as a Catholic intellectual, I’m really concerned about what the Pontifical Academy for Life is and the picture of the Church that it’s portraying to the world,” said [...]
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Jailed Catholic Belarusian human rights activist receives Nobel Peace Prize

By Filip Mazurczak on Dec 13, 2022 01:20 pm
On December 10th, Natallia Pinchuk traveled to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of her husband, jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski (who shared the Prize with the Russian human rights [...]
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Synod on Synodality official: Women priests ‘not an open question’ for the Church

By Catholic News Agency on Dec 13, 2022 11:20 am
Sister Nathalie Becquart, who serves as an undersecretary for the Church’s ongoing Synod on Synodality, was recently named on the BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women around the world. / Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 202... [...]
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Nature and reason in politics during this time of “wokeness”

By James Kalb on Dec 12, 2022 10:34 pm
The relation between nature and reason is complicated, especially in politics. It is human nature, for example, to notice connections and distinctions among people that seem innate and organic. Looking around us, we see a [...]
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A fresh approach to teaching with John Senior

By Sean Fitzpatrick on Dec 12, 2022 10:00 pm
Damage is undoubtedly being done to our young through pernicious relativism, a politicized culture of side-taking, and a social climate that seemingly values physical health above spiritual and intellectual health. With all the divisions in [...]
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