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Rediscovering baptism in plague time
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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.
Flannery O’Connor and friends, revisited
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Flannery O’Connor and friends, revisited

George WeigelFebruary 18, 20204 min read
At the end, that is the deepest impression her letters leave: here is a woman of extraordinary courage whose configuration of her life to the Cross was a source of both personal strength and literary genius.
Christmas, freedom and obedience
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Christmas, freedom and obedience

George WeigelDecember 25, 20194 min read
The Christmas story is a lengthy meditation on a counterintuitive but essential truth: true freedom, genuine liberation, comes through freely chosen obedience to God’s purposes.
The well-fought fight
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The well-fought fight

George WeigelDecember 18, 20194 min read
Alas, like many other hymns, “For All the Saints” is an endangered species today, gutted by parish music directors and pastors who commit the grave sin of not singing a hymn in its entirety — or worse, who bowdlerize the lyrics to coddle the sensibilities of the Church of Nice.
The ideological hijacking of Pope St. John XXIII
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The ideological hijacking of Pope St. John XXIII

George WeigelOctober 24, 20194 min read
The dying parts of the Church are those still misreading John XXIII.
What kind of “believers”?
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What kind of “believers”?

George WeigelOctober 10, 20194 min read
Catholicism is dying in the German-speaking world, not because the Gospel has been proclaimed and found incredible or hard, but because it hasn’t been proclaimed with joy, confidence, and zeal.
As “The League” begins its centennial season….
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As “The League” begins its centennial season….

George WeigelSeptember 6, 20194 min read
Gino Marchetti of the old Baltimore Colts was a big man in several ways. 
Heroism and priesthood, Dachau and Amazonia
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Heroism and priesthood, Dachau and Amazonia

George WeigelAugust 20, 20195 min read
The heroes of Dachau’s priest-barracks found a way to keep sacramental life alive, in full fidelity to the Church’s tradition. Is that impossible in Amazonia? Or elsewhere?
The Ratzinger Diagnosis 
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The Ratzinger Diagnosis 

George WeigelApril 24, 20194 min read
The Pope Emeritus did the Church a service by offering a diagnosis of the abuse crisis that should be taken seriously by anyone serious about healing the wounds inflicted on the Body of Christ by the abuse of Holy Orders for wicked, self-indulgent purposes.
Cleansed and conformed to God’s will
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Cleansed and conformed to God’s will

George WeigelNovember 30, 20184 min read
We must all intensify prayer and penance. We should all be inviting to church those who have left out of boredom, anger, confusion, or disgust.
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