Pope Benedict XVI caught the world by surprise with the announcement that he is creating a new structure within the Catholic hierarchy to accommodate Anglicans who wish to enter the Catholic Church. At an October […]
Addressing a group of African bishops less than a year before his death, Pope John Paul II rejoiced in the vitality of the Church on that continent—a vitality that continues to this day. In 1978, […]
Last December, CWR interviewed Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) and editor of the Friday Fax. C FAM is a nonpartisan, non-profit research institute dedicated to reestablishing a proper […]
At the end of 2009 the gay marriage movement, which once seemed unstoppable, hit a series of roadblocks. A referendum in Maine was defeated, and even the liberal New York state Senate voted down a […]
March 2 marks the DVD release date for Ponyo, the latest film from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Though it made a splash at box offices overseas, it caused barely a ripple in the US, despite […]
The fact that marriage rates are dropping steadily is well known. But the impact of pornography use and its correlation to fractured families has been little discussed. The data show that as pornography use and […]
Except for the short-circuit in his shorts, Umar Abdulmutallab would have killed nearly 300 passengers on Northwest Flight 253. There are many more like him in numerous countries waiting for their chance at martyrdom. How […]
On January 18, 2010, the Vatican announced that, in keeping with canon law, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, metropolitan archbishop of Malines-Brussels since 1979, had submitted his resignation upon completing his 75th year of age and that […]
Father C. John McCloskey, a fellow at the Faith and Research Institute in Washington, DC, currently resides in Chicago. In 2000, he hosted a television series on EWTN about Cardinal John Henry Newman, which played […]
Most Catholics would be hardpressed to name a Vatican diplomat. So much of their work takes place behind the scenes that sometimes it’s easy to forget the Holy See has overseas envoys at all. Yet […]
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