Tag: George Weigel

St John Paul II's example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the 7 October, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian and papal biographer George Weigel.

George Weigel shares his deep concern about the state of medicine in the United States. Until recently a highly noble profession, it is being degraded by complicity in abortion, euthanasia and sex-reassignment of the young, he writes.

What are the five essential “marks” of Catholic education? One US bishop who converted to Catholicism while studying the Great Books, suggests there are five. Here George Weigel adds his own reflections on each.

The promiscuous use of rights talk as a rhetorical intensifier is no more pernicious than in the issue of abortion. How can we talk of rights when the killing of the unborn is concerned? And how can we tolerate the effect of this evasion on our public discourse, asks George Weigel.

My hands were shaky a quarter-century ago as I carried the heavy box from the front door of our house into my study. Inside were my author’s copies of Witness to Hope, the first volume of my biography of Pope John Paul II, and my mind was racing.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development was an interesting idea in its time. That time has passed and a new model is needed for Catholic welfare—one that recognises the church’s teaching and strengths, writes George Weigel.

“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed,” Samuel Johnson once wrote. In that spirit, George Weigel offers some “reminders” to sceptics and waverers on the war in Ukraine.

As the Northern Hemisphere enters their warm, summer days, George Weigel has produced a reading list that anyone can enjoy, regardless of season.

St John Henry Newman, among the church’s most brilliant modern converts, opposed himself above all else to one “great mischief.” As the October Synod approaches, we would do well to listen to the English saint’s warning…

The recent 10th anniversary Mass of St John Paul II’s canonisation was something of a “grand recapitulation” of the John Paul II years, writes George Weigel.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document on human dignity underscores the Catholic Church’s commitment to human dignity and defence of life from conception to natural death. It’s a good document, but George Weigel makes a few suggestions about how it could have been stronger

A recent document from the Russian Orthodox Church under Patriarch Kirill attempts to spiritualise and sanctify the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Holy See would do well to rally Christian leaders to condemn the notion that Russia is waging a “holy war” and has a special mission from God in the 21st century, writes George Weigel.