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Results from Tag: 'george weigel'
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![George Weigel at the Angelicum in Rome, May 18, 2022. George Weigel at the Angelicum in Rome, May 18, 2022.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024052214058_2293fcac54f9c6380e9200bc96be5ee9bdb0165e9890968f3d1795995275cf3e.jpg)
Pontifical Academy for Life is Betraying its founder, JPII Biographer George Weigel Says
Weigel made the charge last week in his talk titled “St. John Paul II and Jérôme Lejeune: Two Lives at the Service of Life,” given as part of the second International Conference on Bioethics in Rome from May 17–18 in the Eternal City.
![Antique manuscript sheet from Dante Divine Comedy, 16th century. Antique manuscript sheet from Dante Divine Comedy, 16th century.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024021409020_d7c219f0ceb4eb0c23a3a08237964e236ee36f8c707c0bf9a292bdee081dc54a.jpg)
Lenten Literary Companions
COMMENTARY: These companions along the 40-day journey can help us live Catholic traditional practices more intensely.
![A statue of St. Peter stands in St. Peter’s Square in front of the Vatican. A statue of St. Peter stands in St. Peter’s Square in front of the Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20231003151032_645fa901f859b6ee8c95c867d2b3c702386770a9f05ce441939351932c215f80.jpg)
The Most Important Catholic Event Since Vatican II?
COMMENTARY: 11 Crucial Events Since the Council
![Then-Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego poses during a meeting Aug. 27 at the Holy See Press Office ahead of being appointed cardinal by Pope Francis in a ceremony later that day at the Vatican. Then-Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego poses during a meeting Aug. 27 at the Holy See Press Office ahead of being appointed cardinal by Pope Francis in a ceremony later that day at the Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230201080256_7544f57dc248f5a83f7a6e0d71409d19117b2ecbe987457521b7ae7ec764b251.jpg)
Cardinal McElroy, ‘Inclusion’ and Catholicism
COMMENTARY: The sensibility on display in the cardinal’s recent article is not that of the Bible, the Fathers of the Church, the Second Vatican Council or the Catechism.
![Cardinal Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong arrives for the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI Jan. 5 at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Cardinal Zen and Cardinal George Pell formed part of a grace-filled dinner gathering later that day. Five days later, the Australian cardinal died. Cardinal Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong arrives for the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI Jan. 5 at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Cardinal Zen and Cardinal George Pell formed part of a grace-filled dinner gathering later that day. Five days later, the Australian cardinal died.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230127160116_836d2f66377d697cdb5daea3ab399cfd20d6bf80217c01be8f372812bd699dba.jpg)
A Moment of Special Grace
COMMENTARY: The friendly gathering that included Cardinals George Pell and Joseph Zen in the wake of Pope Benedict’s XVI’s funeral is a treasured memory.
![Pope Benedict XVI next to Cardinal George Pell during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square on October 31, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI next to Cardinal George Pell during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square on October 31, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230118080156_13ed2a67b108d22d82fd745dd1599cbbcf9afa5261a56f42184ec529fc2cd53b.jpg)
Cardinal George Pell: The Encourager
COMMENTARY: He was a courageous man who also, more importantly, drew out of others the courage they did not know lay within them.
![A portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seen near the altar at the Cathedral of Regensburg, southern Germany on December 29, 2022, during a church service. A portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seen near the altar at the Cathedral of Regensburg, southern Germany on December 29, 2022, during a church service.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230103230152_3dab615b641da1ad7b58b72d8e813dac1b7318b268b8aeff01e8dcfaedbd03da.jpg)
The Real Ratzinger
COMMENTARY: The last of the monumental figures of 20th-century Catholicism bears no resemblance to the caricature created by his theological and cultural foes.
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Why Vatican II Was Necessary
The Council's many theological and doctrinal accomplishments were crucial to rekindling that radical, Christ-centered faith that would be the source of a revitalized Catholic mission to convert the modern world.
![Pope Paul VI, flanked by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (l), Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella and Msgr. Enrico Dante, presides over an introductory ingress of the Second Vatican Council ca. 1963-65. Pope Paul VI, flanked by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (l), Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella and Msgr. Enrico Dante, presides over an introductory ingress of the Second Vatican Council ca. 1963-65.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20221005101044_0b909df0758c42b4068fa9eac82af05495986c28d09fa1ef877e767498d9c685.jpg)
George Weigel: Church Must Embrace John Paul II and Benedict XVI’s Interpretation of Vatican II, or Face Irrelevance
“The Council was far more about ‘Christifying’ the world than about changing the Church.”