Essay
Three questions to answer on Ash Wednesday
Since all human sin has its origins in that “original” sin of our first parents, let’s go back to that very beginning. […]
Three questions to answer on Ash Wednesday
Essay
Since all human sin has its origins in that “original” sin of our first parents, let’s go back to that very beginning. […]
The Year of Saint Francis: With Insights from Franciscans
Features
In the eleventh canto of his Paradiso, Dante wrote that there “rose upon the world a sun,” a man who shone with love for Lady Poverty, as no man had since Christ: She, reft of her first [...]
Features
Head of U.S. bishops joins call for Notre Dame to drop appointment of pro-abortion professor
The school has indicated it will stick by its decision for Professor Susan Ostermann to lead a university institute. […]
Features
Church kidnappings plague Nigeria as clerics declare nation a “failed state”
A wave of terror has swept through central Nigeria, marked by a series of brazen kidnappings and killings. The most recent incident occurred on February 6, when gunmen abducted nine teenage worshippers during a night [...]
Essay
The memory of a Vianney-like priest lay hidden in the West Virginia mountains
Few coal miners wanted anything to do with the stranger in the black cassock who arrived in town in 1933. It was the Great Depression in West Virginia—food was scarce and shifts were irregular. So [...]
Books
In praise of Tracey Rowland’s Introducing Communio Theology
Editor’s note: The following address was given in Sydney, Australia, on February 5th, at the launch of Introducing Communio Theology, written by Professor Tracey Rowland and published by Word on Fire Academic. The late Holy [...]
Analysis
Trans ideology is at the end of the beginning
In early November 1942, the Allied forces finally and permanently gained control of Libya and Egypt from the Axis powers following the Second Battle at El Alamein. Along with the November 8 Allied invasion of [...]
Features
On the state of marriage, the original modern sanctuary jurisdiction
February 7-14 is observed this year as National Marriage Week, intended to promote awareness and appreciation of the institution of marriage. The effort seems particularly timely, given the decline in people getting married (and having [...]
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We live in unusual times, and Donald Trump is, to put it mildly, an unusual politician. We need to understand him to deal with him, and with that in mind, I will present my own [...] -
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Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...] -
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DeaconEdwardPeitler:
damian phang: God has spoken. He said: "Choose life." You should read Scripture...God's Word..
Edward J Baker:
Not the "only marker," whatever that means. All crimes against humanity are a disqualification, especially the worst crime in human…
MrsHess:
Dialogue? With a supposedly "Catholic" institution that should know better? . This is why I can't get upset that this…
