1). “What did Pope Francis say in Singapore about religions as paths to God?” (Sept 15, 2024) by Christopher R. Altieri. “The pontiff’s recent remarks to a group of young people have caused a furor and some accusations of religious indifferentism.”
2). “The Case of Bishop Stowe” (June 1, 2024) by Jayd Henricks. “The behavior of Bishop John Stowe of Lexington—behavior so gratingly at odds with the good work of his brother bishops—can only serve to embarrass the USCCB and will continue to hamper their pastoral witness if left unaddressed by the Holy See.
3). “Hard to say what’s doing in Francis’s Vatican” (Jan 31, 2024) by Christopher R. Altieri. “It really is hard to tell what’s going on in Pope Francis’s Vatican, especially these days, but that’s because there’s plenty—too much—to see.”
4). “The Questions 60 Minutes should have asked Pope Francis” (May 20, 2024) by George Weigel. “The questions posed by Norah O’Donnell touched on none of the crucial issues raised by the pontificate over the past eleven years, even as they reinforced any number of mainstream media caricatures of the pope, his teaching, and his mode of governance.”
5). “Freemasons and their craft: What Catholics should know” (February 7, 2017) by Sandra Miesel. “To see why the Catholic Church has strongly and repeatedly condemned membership in Freemasonry or any of its allied movements requires a glance at Masonic teachings and history.”
6). “’The Chosen’ announces launch date for Season Four streaming” (June 1, 2024) by Kathy Schiffer. “Director Dallas Jenkins draws on early Church Fathers and discusses the ‘culture of humility’ on the set of the popular show.”
7). “Cardinal McElroy, homosexuality, and the repudiation of doctrine” (March 17, 2024) by Larry Chapp. “The entire LGBTQ movement is a counter religion, which accounts for why it is held with a deep religious fervor and why it is always accompanied by a deep loathing for the traditional Christian construal of the sacramental anthropology of the sex act.”
8). “Some questions about the Bidens’ 1977 Catholic wedding” (Jan 27, 2023) by Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas. “‘I thought the fact that Jill was married before had no relevance,’ said Joe Biden shortly after being married to Jill, a divorcee, at the UN Chapel on June 17, 1977.”
9). “Fiducia supplicans: Between a rock and a hard place” (Jan 1, 2024) by Christopher R. Altieri. “The reported influx of requests for papal blessings on parchment sheets for same-sex couples puts Pope Francis is a very difficult position.”
10). “The Ninth Circuit upholds parental rights in religious education” (Dec 1, 2024) by Charles J. Russo. “Loffman v. California Department of Education unanimously handed down a strong rebuke to the California Department of Education and Los Angeles Unified School District.”
11). “Pondering the restoration of a papal title” (May 6, 2024) by Ines Angeli Murzaku. “Is Pope Francis reinstating the title of ‘Patriarch of the West’ to return to the ecclesiology of Sister Churches, with an aim to foster unity in Christ?”
12). “New book details the silencing of a brilliant, outspoken Jesuit” (Oct 22, 2024) by Sean Salai. “’This book is a memoir of friendship,’ writes Karen Hall about The Sound of Silence, which details her friendship with the late Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J., who often clashed with his Jesuit superiors.”
13). “An avoidable debacle: On the scandalous funeral service at St. Patrick’s” (Feb 18, 2024) by Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas. “What we witnessed last Friday would have shocked even the pagan Greeks and Romans of old.”
14). “What translation of Augustine’s Confessions should I read?” (Nov 11, 2024) by Jared Ortiz. “This updated essay, first posted in 2021, provides brief notes on several translations of Augustine’s Confessions, along with translations of two famous passages for comparison.”
15). “Cabrini is a beautiful film, but lacks a Catholic core” (Mar 7, 2024) by Fr. Henry Graebe. “An otherwise good and admirable film ultimately comes up short, as it fails to show how Jesus Christ was the source of Mother Cabrini’s vocation and motivation.”
16). “This is not the Mary you’ve known or need to know” (Dec 5, 2024) by Nick Olszyk. “The Joel Osteen movie on Netflix seems to have been created with good intentions, but the story is so strange, haphazard, and poorly written that any profundity and meaning are easily lost.”
17). “Data and the Traditional Latin Mass” (Sept 3, 2024) by Stephen Bullivant and Cranney Cranney. “Some of the preliminary results suggest the TLM community, while drawn to a different aesthetic than the typical parish experience, holds onto the beliefs of the Catholic faith more consistently than the wider population of Catholics.”
18). “Donald Trump has put social conservatives in a dilemma” (Aug 12, 2024) by Edward Feser. “It is understandable that many social conservatives have concluded that, Trump’s faults notwithstanding, they must vote for him in order to prevent a Harris/Walz victory. The argument is a serious one. But the matter is not as straightforward as they suppose.”
19). “Why I left the Society of St. Pius X: An Open Letter to Fr. Gołaski” (Jan 10, 2022) by Andrew Bartel. “I thus began a new search, in the place where I had least expected to find Christ’s Church. Was it messy and full of confused and broken sinners? Yes. But I also found something beautiful…”
20). “Olympic Outrage and Toothless Christianity” (July 28, 2024) by Sean Fitzpatrick. “There is no way to be a Catholic, or work out our salvation, if not through fighting the good fight—and with more rigor and resolve than those who bring the fight to us.”
21). “Why I signed ‘An Open Letter from the Americas to Pope Francis'” (July 24, 2024) by Larry Chapp. “I reject the suppression of the old Mass and its banishment to a few backwaters as a move almost guaranteed to remove that liturgy from the Church’s treasury and memory and to place it instead into the hands of those who would weaponize it against the Church.”
22). “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin” (Dec 14, 2018) by Leroy Huizenga. “Most Catholic-Protestant debates surrounding Mary and beliefs such as the Immaculate Conception take place on a surface level, when the real issues concern bedrock: how we read the Bible and how Scripture informs theology.”
23). “Avoid moral theologies ‘from below’ and puncture the immanent frame” (Jan 7, 2024) by Larry Chapp. “Gift, not grift, is what people are seeking. But the endlessly ‘kind’ Church that pits mercy against truth is a grift of the highest order.”
24). “Hypocrisy and same-sex blessings” (Feb 8, 2024) by Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J. “Blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples is not analogous to blessing an individual businessman who may exploit people.”
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Nothing on the pro-life rescuers unjustly imprisoned?
We ran several pieces on that story. These 24 are the most read. That’s all.
Bon, & of course should have realized that, especially as have very much appreciated CWR coverage of the prisoners, as of other crucial stories.
You don’t present a single article about the “Teachings of Jesus”. I’m not sure this is a Catholic website. The road to salvation runs thru the “Teachings of Jesus” and not thru Church ceremonies or criticism of the Pope or Washington, DC. It’s all about saving souls by proclaiming the “Teachings of Christ”.
“I’m not sure this is a Catholic website.”
Sigh. First, CWR is a Catholic NEWS site. It follows that many of our articles are focuses on news, current events, and related commentary. If you’re looking for a Catholic site focused on Catholic homiletics and catechism, please visit our sister online publication Homiletic & Pastoral Review.
Secondly, all of these pieces, in various ways, have a great deal to do with the teachings of Christ, especially re: the sacraments and how faith in Christ is lived out in the Church, in the world, and so forth.
Finally, CWR has numerous pieces directly focused on the teachings of Christ and His Church, Sacred Scripture, spirituality, etc. Anyone who spends a few minutes on this site will know this.
What Church ceremonies are you referring to Mr. Gerald? If the Mass, why would anything related to the Liturgy not be relevant to a Catholic website? I’m confused. Thank you.