Mary: Woman of the Spirit

Treat politicians the same as priests in sexual misconduct allegations

By Sean Salai, S.J. on May 28, 2020 10:31 pm
Yesterday, I published an op-ed in The Washington Times online edition, asking Democrats not to repeat the mistakes of the Catholic Church with Tara Reade. It appeared in the newspaper’s print edition this morning. Many [...]
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Religious freedom in jeopardy as China passes new Hong Kong ‘security laws’

By Catholic News Agency on May 28, 2020 06:26 pm
Denver Newsroom, May 28, 2020 / 01:25 pm (CNA).- A Hong Kong cardinal told CNA that changes to Hong Kong’s status in China could threaten the religious freedom of Catholics and other religious believers. The [...]
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Mary: Woman of the Spirit

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on May 28, 2020 11:50 am
Today we find ourselves in the wind-down to the novena to the Holy Spirit, in preparation for the great feast of Pentecost. What I would like to do today is to say a few words [...]
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How God overcame my aversion to the Communion of Saints

By Ian Murphy on May 27, 2020 10:15 pm
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic”, a new book by Ian Murphy, published by Ignatius Press. The new ministry position at the Catholic Diocese [...]
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Death, hope, and resurrection: A conversation with Dr. Scott Hahn

By Paul Senz on May 27, 2020 05:43 pm
As Catholics, we know that death is not something to be feared. “Death is swallowed up in victory,” wrote St. Paul to the Corinthians, “O death, where is thy victory?” (1 Cor 15). We have [...]
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Extraordinary evangelization in extraordinary times

By George Weigel on May 27, 2020 04:00 am
I’d heard about Father Alexander Sherbrooke long before we met in June 2011; Father Sherbrooke had been a mentor for young friends of mine who had worked at St. Patrick’s Church in London as pastoral [...]
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Briefing shows ACLU has abandoned religious freedom for ‘culture wars,’ critic says

By Catholic News Agency on May 27, 2020 01:46 am
Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2020 / 05:45 pm (CNA).- Longtime critics of religious freedom protections, among them the American Civil Liberties Union, have formed a partnership to oppose the Trump administration policies and actions that [...]
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Unorthodox and the Modern Myth of Origins

By Bishop Robert Barron on May 26, 2020 05:30 pm
Unorthodox, a mini-series that debuted on Netflix a few weeks ago, is the story of a young woman who escapes from her oppressive Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and finds freedom with a group of [...]
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The Last Words of Norma

By Monica Migliorino Miller on May 26, 2020 03:36 pm
“The anti-choice movement will have a field-day with this and exploit it for all it’s worth.” These are words of Kate Michelman, former head of the National Abortion Rights Action League, spoken on the August [...]
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Record numbers leave Church in Munich archdiocese

By Catholic News Agency on May 26, 2020 11:40 am
CNA Staff, May 26, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- A record number of people left the Church in the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising last year, a local statistical office said Tuesday. The Munich [...]
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