This week at Catholic World Report:

Mary, “the daughter of Eve un-fallen", and God's plan of grace By Peter M.J. Stravinskas | Essay The Immaculate Conception is not what the average person thinks it is. Continue reading... On Meeting Sally Read: Poet, Writer, Convert from Atheism By K.V. Turley | Profile From a young age, Read felt her artistic calling, whether expressed through poetry, composing essays, a memoir, or, now, fiction—for her, all of this has a single purpose: the greater glory of God. Continue reading... How many cheers for capitalism? By James Kalb | Ecclesia et Civitas Increasingly, we live in a system that tends to merge public and private, absorb everything into economics and power, and promote a wholly this-worldly way of life. Continue reading... Catholic Vietnam: Growing despite Communist oppression Analysis While the situation for Vietnamese Catholics has improved in recent decades, threats of violence, coercion, and harassment still exist. Continue reading... Travesties of Newman By Edward Short | Books The editors of a new book of essays on Cardinal John Henry Newman are unable to overcome their own biases in their consideration of the great churchman. Continue reading... The Dispatch: More from CWR St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Christmas Blues Books for Christmas Pearl Harbor: A Reflection "Arrival" and the Unique Manner of God's Speech John the Baptist reveals the Reason for the Season Persons or property? Celebrity embryo lawsuit escalates