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Cameroon’s bishops call for “fire of love” to quell Anglophone conflict

As Cameroon’s military forces and separatist fighters continue their deadly confrontation in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, Catholic bishops from these conflict zones have [...]
Essay

The Two Hands of God

In his hugely influential work, Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), St. Irenaeus of Lyons employs a striking image. Irenaeus speaks of the Trinity’s action in creating and redeeming [...]
Analysis

Rethinking Pope St. John Paul II’s call for a “new feminism”

In transforming culture so that it supports life, women occupy a place, in thought and action, which is unique and decisive. It depends on them [...]
The Dispatch

St. Pius X’s rebuke of ‘modernism’ rings true today, scholar says

St. Pius X. / Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Pius X on Aug. 21 — an influential pope at the turn of the 20th century whose w… […]
The Dispatch

How narrow is the way of the Cross?

Readings: • Is 66:18-21 • Ps 117:1, 2 • Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 • Lk 13:22-30 Over the past few weeks, we have heard, in the [...]

The Two Hands of God

Essay

Fr. Robert B. Imbelli August 24, 2025 6

In his hugely influential work, Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), St. Irenaeus of Lyons employs a striking image. Irenaeus speaks of the Trinity’s action in creating and redeeming as the Father employing his “two hands: the Son and [...]

Rethinking Pope St. John Paul II’s call for a “new feminism”

Analysis

Deborah Savage, PhD August 23, 2025 6

In transforming culture so that it supports life, women occupy a place, in thought and action, which is unique and decisive. It depends on them to promote a “new feminism” which rejects the temptation of [...]

Essay

“A funny thing happened on my walk up Broadway”

Sara S. Frear, PhD August 22, 2025 8

During my encounter with a demon, described in my previous article, I was also reflecting on my belief in chastity, although I would not have used that word at first. Words such as “chastity” and [...]

Books

French historian delves into the tumultuous history of traditionalism

Jesse Russell August 20, 2025 46

“…the Church, in her teaching, life and worship, perpetuates and hands on to all generations all that she herself is, all that she believes.” — Dei Verbum, 8 In 1993, from August 10 to 15, World Youth [...]

Analysis

Western Civilization under Attack: Part One

Paul Seaton August 19, 2025 31

Militia est vita nostra declared Job (at least in the Vulgate version of the Bible): “Our life is a constant battle.” In a similar vein, St. Augustine declared that the need for the virtue of [...]

Features

Opinion: A Pastor’s Cowardice

Father Jerry J. Pokorsky August 18, 2025 194

A couple of weeks back, I placed a commentary in the Pastor’s Bulletin Insert that caused a minor stir among parishioners. Based on evidence from Internet news reports, I argued that the Israeli indiscriminate attacks [...]

Features

Legends and History of the True Cross

Sandra Miesel August 17, 2025 18

“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the World.” Relics of Our Lord’s Passion have always been dear to his followers. The True Cross, the actual wood on which Jesus [...]

Books

Le Fort’s novel about the Thirty Years’ War resonates amid contemporary tensions

Casey Chalk August 16, 2025 7

Recently, I was directed to an article by conservative Evangelical author and activist Katy Faust entitled “No Time for Friendly Fire: Why Catholics and Evangelicals Need Each Other Now More Than Ever.” I confess that [...]

The current political reality and the reset we need

James Kalb August 9, 2025 41

Does an American political tradition still exist? It seems it must. After all, Americans have been carrying on politics together for hundreds of years. And when people do things together for such a long time, [...]
The Red-Pilled Church

Larry Chapp August 1, 2025 74
Fr. James Martin’s homosophistry takes advantage of a clear double standard

Larry Chapp July 10, 2025 138

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

Cameroon’s bishops call for “fire of love” to quell Anglophone conflict

The Two Hands of God

Rethinking Pope St. John Paul II’s call for a “new feminism”

St. Pius X’s rebuke of ‘modernism’ rings true today, scholar says

How narrow is the way of the Cross?

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