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** A PARADOX FOR THE NEXT POPE
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Wall Street Journal
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The church’s path to a vital future runs, as always, through first-century Galilee.
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** THE NEXT POPE AND VATICAN II
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

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Polemics about the Second Vatican Council continue to bedevil the global Catholic conversation. Read More ([link removed])

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** THE NEXT POPE AND VATICAN II
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

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The institutional default positions in Vatican diplomacy do not reflect two lessons taught by the late 20th century: the only authority the Holy See has in world politics today is moral authority; that moral authority is depleted when the Church fails to speak the truth to power, especially totalitarian and authoritarian power. Read More ([link removed])


** IN DEFENSE OF SAINTS AND STATUES
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“We are witnessing the extension of thoughtless campus ‘cancel culture’ into the world of public memory and monument, except that the men with targets on their backs are no longer able to defend themselves before the unjust tribunal of the seething mob,” observes EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis ([link removed]) . “It exemplifies the trouble with an ideology so intent on punishing sin and so determined to withhold forgiveness.”

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** THE CORONAVIRUS BRIEFINGS ARE RETURNING. HERE’S HOW TRUMP CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THEM.
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

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As is so often the case in politics, the interests of the nation and the president coincide, and so now President Trump must try to show the nation and the world that the United States can get the virus under control. Read More ([link removed])

(See more ([link removed]) from Mr. Olsen on how “the recent surge in coronavirus cases presents [President Trump] with his last — and probably only — chance to reverse” the drop in his poll numbers.)

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** TRUMP IS RIGHT
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
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There is a massive crisis that requires a decisive and forceful federal response before it does any more damage to America. It’s just not the crisis the president thinks it is. Read More ([link removed])

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** RUSSIAN PURGATORY
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By EPPC Fellow Algis Valiunas
First Things

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Twentieth-century terror for terror’s sake—mass suffering and death at the call of a tyrant’s devastating whim, in the service of absolute nihilism—ravaged the soul of the Russian people. Read More ([link removed])

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** LIARS GO TO HELL
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things

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At a time when lying, bullying, and violence seem to be making a comeback in the vestments of progress, equality, and justice, the newly released movie Mr. Jones is a useful lesson in consequences. Read More ([link removed])

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** THE WAY FORWARD AFTER JUNE MEDICAL
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By EPPC Fellow Carter Snead
First Things

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Now is the time to get back on our feet and return to the work of building a civilization of love, radical hospitality, and legal protection for unborn children and their mothers. Read More ([link removed])

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** TAKING BACK THE ACADEMY
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
The American Mind

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The illiberal impulses that have undone our universities are now spilling into the culture at large and tearing the nation apart. Read More ([link removed])

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** MCCARTHYISM IS BACK. THIS TIME, IT’S WOKE.
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

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Today’s “cancel culture” is nothing more than McCarthyism in a woke costume. Read More ([link removed])

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** BARI WEISS WAS TOO HONEST FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
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Liberalism—a commitment to open inquiry—is fast disappearing from American life. Read More ([link removed])

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** SUBURBS HOLD KEY TO 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
Inside Sources

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The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule is a play to force “economic integration” on America’s suburbs. But the way to diversify the suburbs is to make all Americans more prosperous, not to undertake a massive program in social engineering. Read More ([link removed])

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** WE NEED MORE THAN A DEFENSE OF RELIGIOUS FREE EXERCISE
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online

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While religious Americans might be able to achieve small victories around the edges by relying on the First Amendment to protect us within our small spheres, we will continue losing the cultural battle in the long run if we decline to defend our beliefs on their own terms. Read More ([link removed])

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** A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY
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By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing

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Catholics now have a guidebook, written for non-experts (or at least non-canonists), which provides a simplified explanation of how Rome expects the rest of the Church to handle allegations of clergy sexual abuse. Read More ([link removed])

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** PARADOXES OF FAITH IN SERVICE TO THE SUPREME PARADOX
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
The Catholic World Report

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Henri de Lubac, S.J., understood the human predicament, the grandeur of God’s love, and the beauty of the Church with extraordinary clarity and fidelity. Read More ([link removed])

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** THE COST OF THE EVANGELICAL BETRAYAL
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The Atlantic

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The Trump presidency, which has produced few significant legislative or governing achievements, has inflicted gaping wounds on the Republican Party, conservative causes, and the evangelical movement. Read More ([link removed])

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** TENSIONS WITH CHINA ARE RISING. WHAT’S THE NEXT STEP?
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

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China is the only nation in the world that can seriously threaten the United States, and its open drift toward seeking global leadership makes its intent crystal clear. Better to confront the problem now rather than delude ourselves and wait until our adversary is stronger. Read More ([link removed])

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