George Weigel commeNTARY CommentaryFeatureThe Catholic Difference Moral courage and the many cultures of death George WeigelJuly 21, 20214 min read Ryszard Kuklinski was a genuine hero of the long, twilight struggle against communist totalitarianism — the man who helped prevent a bloody Soviet invasion of Poland to crush the nascent Solidarity movement. Baltimore BasilicaCommentaryThe Catholic Difference The oldest cathedral and the newest challenge George WeigelJune 2, 20215 min read It’s now the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but for native Baltimoreans of a certain vintage (like me) it is, was, and always will be “the Old Cathedral:” the first of its kind in the United States CommentaryEasterThe Catholic Difference The Easter explosion George WeigelMarch 31, 20214 min read What happened on Easter Sunday was the most explosive experience in human history, shattering all previous expectations of human destiny. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference The world episcopate and the German apostasy George WeigelMarch 18, 20215 min read The first responsibility here lies with the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, who should do what Pope St. Clement I did with the rowdy Corinthians in the immediate post-apostolic period and what Pope St. Gregory the Great did with brother bishops during the age of the Fathers: call the German bishops back to the “faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” CommentaryObituariesThe Catholic Difference Father Mankowski, who died suddenly Sept. 3, was ‘off-the-charts brilliant’ George WeigelSeptember 16, 20205 min read He rarely expressed doubts about anything; but he displayed a great sensitivity to the doubts and confusions of those who had the humility to confess that they were at sea. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference Rediscovering the reality of the Eucharist George WeigelAugust 17, 20204 min read Teaching the truth of the Eucharist is thus a task for this moment, turning plague time into a time of renewed faith in the wonder of what we are offered in holy communion. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference If not for the glory of God, then for what? George WeigelAugust 6, 20204 min read Ad maiorem Dei gloriam [For the greater glory of God], often reduced to the abbreviation, AMDG, was the Latin motto of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. Georgetown Prep is a Jesuit school. So what happened to the D-word? What happened to God? Why did AMDG become AM[D]G while being translated into fundraising English? CommentaryThe Catholic Difference Will Nancy Pelosi take a page from her father’s playbook? George WeigelJune 25, 20205 min read If inner-city and other low- and middle-income Catholic schools are emptied because of unbearable financial pressures on parents, there will be multiple victims. CommentaryCoronavirusThe Catholic Difference Extraordinary evangelization in extraordinary times George WeigelJune 9, 20204 min read What Father Sherbrooke has done at St. Patrick’s in London in his 17 years as its pastor is little short of miraculous. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference Rediscovering baptism in plague time George WeigelMay 3, 20204 min read Let me urge you again: make this time of plague and quarantine the occasion to dig the “Catholic paper” out of your records, find your baptismal certificate, and learn the date of your baptism. And then, with appropriate celebration, ponder just what happened to you that day. 1 2 3 Next
