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Newman and His Critics concludes an insightful and rewarding trilogy

Of all nineteenth-century Catholic thinkers, John Henry Newman is the one who continues both to shape intellectual currents in modern Catholicism and offer an interesting [...]
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Cardinal John Henry Newman on…

On the Blessed Virgin Mary I recollect one saying among others of my confessor, a Jesuit Father, one of the holiest, most prudent men I [...]
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Does diversity cover a multitude of sins?

What is the purpose of education? Is it, as Justice Sonya Sotomayor recently wrote in dissent of Mahmoud v. Taylor, “that children may come together [...]
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Pope Leo XIV speaks to 1 million youth at jubilee: ‘Stay with us, Lord’

Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of youth and pilgrims ahead of a vigil at Tor Vergata, Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 / Credit: Mateusz Opila

Vatican City, Aug 2, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV addressed the largest crowd of his pontificate in… […]
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Meeting Doctor Newman

Surprise and delight were the common responses to the announcement that this past week Pope Leo XIV approved the proposal of the Dicastery for the [...]

Newman and His Critics concludes an insightful and rewarding trilogy

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Carl R. Trueman August 3, 2025 1

Of all nineteenth-century Catholic thinkers, John Henry Newman is the one who continues both to shape intellectual currents in modern Catholicism and offer an interesting dialogue partner to Protestants such as myself. While his patristic [...]

Meeting Doctor Newman

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Peter M.J. Stravinskas August 2, 2025 7

Surprise and delight were the common responses to the announcement that this past week Pope Leo XIV approved the proposal of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints that St. John Henry Cardinal Newman be [...]

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The Red-Pilled Church

Larry Chapp August 1, 2025 61

In the 1999 movie The Matrix, a dark and dystopian vision of the future is presented in which humanity is trapped within a virtual simulation concocted by intelligent computers. The movie, which has become a [...]

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On the relevance and reality of the development of doctrine today

Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM., Cap. July 31, 2025 67

Presently, within the Catholic Church, there is much discussion concerning the development of doctrine. Traditionally, doctrinal development was understood to be an authentic growth in the Church’s understanding and articulation of what had always been [...]

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St. John Henry Newman to be declared 38th doctor of the Church

Catholic News Agency July 31, 2025 6

St. John Henry Newman (1881). / Credit: Sir John Everett Millais/Public domain

Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday approved the decision to declare St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the universal Church…. […]

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The unstable situation in the Congo is even more volatile after mass killings

Ngala Killian Chimtom July 29, 2025 1

The diplomatic fanfare surrounding the signing of a peace agreement between the Congolese government and the M23 stands in stark contrast to the harsh reality unfolding on the ground in the east of the country, [...]

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Unwed moms and a lesson from Mother Cabrini

Dawn Beutner July 28, 2025 21

A recent news article from PillarCatholic reported on a public spat between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Catholic schools of that country. In a circular dated July 14, [...]

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Reject false prophets and embrace enlivening moral theology

Peter M.J. Stravinskas July 27, 2025 10

Editor’s note: This homily was preached for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, (Extraordinary Form), on July 27, 2025, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday’s readings gave us the opportunity to [...]

The Red-Pilled Church

Larry Chapp August 1, 2025 61

In the 1999 movie The Matrix, a dark and dystopian vision of the future is presented in which humanity is trapped within a virtual simulation concocted by intelligent computers. The movie, which has become a [...]
Fr. James Martin’s homosophistry takes advantage of a clear double standard

Larry Chapp July 10, 2025 137
Leo XIV and the Liturgical Renewal of Creation

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. July 8, 2025 27

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 128

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 29
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

Newman and His Critics concludes an insightful and rewarding trilogy

Cardinal John Henry Newman on…

Does diversity cover a multitude of sins?

Pope Leo XIV speaks to 1 million youth at jubilee: ‘Stay with us, Lord’

Meeting Doctor Newman

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Newman and His Critics concludes an insightful and rewarding trilogy

Meeting Doctor Newman

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On the relevance and reality of the development of doctrine today

St. John Henry Newman to be declared 38th doctor of the Church

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Unwed moms and a lesson from Mother Cabrini

Reject false prophets and embrace enlivening moral theology

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