Paul Kengor

Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. His books include A Pope and a President, The Divine Plan and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration.

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A mural to fallen firefighters is seen covered by scaffolding in Manhattan on Sept. 9 in New York City. New York City and much of the nation are preparing for the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in both New York City and Washington D.C.

How Do You Remember 9/11?

COMMENTARY: Catechism Section 409 provides clarity on the 20th anniversary of unspeakable evil.

Paul Kengor Nation September 11, 2021

St. Junipero Serra statue that once stood in front of Ventura's from City Hall.

California Cancels the Saint Who Helped Found It

COMMENTARY: The vacuum created by the empty space that used to bear a statue of St. Junípero Serra in Ventura is palpable.

Paul Kengor Commentaries August 12, 2021

The ideals of our nation have been celebrating by various popes.

‘Into the Hands of America’: Pope Pius XII’s Blessing

COMMENTARY: The Pope in 1946 warned of the new post-war enemy that survived Nazism and was seeking revolution and disorder: atheistic communism. And the best response to that ideology was what the U.S. represented.

Paul Kengor Commentaries July 2, 2021

‘Mary, my mother; Mary, my mother.’ Bodyguards hold Pope John Paul II after he was shot May 13, 1981, in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca. After he was shot, the Pope appealed to the intercession of the Blessed Mother. Agca was jailed for 19 years in Italy for the attack on the Pope, which left the Holy Father seriously wounded. Agca was pardoned by the Italian president in June 2000 and extradited back to Turkey, where he was jailed for a 1979 murder.

May 13 Connects Fatima Apparitions, John Paul II Shooting

COMMENTARY: The saint was convinced he was saved by the Blessed Mother’s intercession in 1981.

Paul Kengor Commentaries May 13, 2021

May Day: the Socialist Worker vs. St. Joseph the Worker

COMMENTARY: For the best model for workers, look not to a man named Marx but to a carpenter named Joseph.

Paul Kengor Commentaries April 29, 2021

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks at a #FanFest event on July 13, 2015.

When Politics Poisons Everything — Including Baseball

COMMENTARY: By moving the annual All-Star Game out of Atlanta, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred whiffed, accepting an ideological caricature of Georgia’s election law by its opponents.

Paul Kengor Commentaries April 7, 2021