Independence Day and Catholic social principles

Embracing the spirit of charity in a post-Dobbs culture

By Christopher R. Altieri on Jul 04, 2022 01:24 pm
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friends on the other side of the Dobbs business. Several of them have said they don’t know what they’re even celebrating this year, as we mark our Independence [...]
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Independence Day and Catholic social principles

By Dr. Christopher Shannon on Jul 04, 2022 09:00 am
July is the first full month of summer, a time for lazy hazy days of going on vacation, cooling off, doing nothing. For historians, it is the month when things really start to heat up, [...]
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10 things you should know about Catholics and the American Founding

By Bradley J. Birzer on Jul 04, 2022 05:00 am
Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared on CWR on July 3, 2016. In my essay “10 Things You Should Know About the American Founding” I focused on some little-known facts about the American Founding in [...]
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The “Old Mass and the “Novus Ordo” Mass: Irreconcilable differences?

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jul 03, 2022 10:54 pm
“Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass has become like a problematic marriage needing long-suffering, patience, goodwill, and hatred of [...]
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The enduring roots of the Declaration’s proclamation of equality

By Robert R. Reilly on Jul 03, 2022 01:51 pm
The American Founding is increasingly reviled by those with next to no knowledge of its true character. Herewith is a Fourth of July reflection, largely drawn from my book, America on Trial: A Defense of [...]
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A day of vindication for parents and religious freedom

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jul 03, 2022 12:05 am
June 21, 2022, will go down in American educational history as a banner-day for parental rights in education and for the full flowering of the free exercise of religion. On that date, the Supreme Court [...]
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Here are 11 American saints to remember on July Fourth

By Catholic News Agency on Jul 02, 2022 05:38 pm
Photo illustration. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2022 / 08:38 am (CNA). Americans celebrate their country’s independence on July 4th — as well as the people who formed the United States into the country that it is today. Tho... [...]
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Proclaiming the Kingdom in the splendor of the Son

By Carl E. Olson on Jul 02, 2022 03:00 pm
Readings: • Is 66:10-14c • Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 • Gal 6:14-18 • Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 Anyone who has seen a sunrise from a viewpoint overlooking a grand vista knows the wonder of [...]
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When reason becomes madness

By James Kalb on Jul 01, 2022 11:07 pm
Why have people become so crazy when there is so much information and so many experts? To answer, we need to know the basic understandings people rely on. These are evidently leading them astray. So [...]
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Pierre Toussaint Scholarship Fund honors legacy of extraordinary virtue and giving

By Father Seán Connolly on Jul 01, 2022 10:42 pm
June 30th marked the anniversary of the death of one of the most inspiring figures in history of the Church in the United States. When Pierre Toussaint died on June 30, 1853, newspaper articles recounted [...]
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Nigerian archbishop cries at gravesite of slain priest as Catholics protest violence

By Catholic News Agency on Jul 01, 2022 09:00 am
Priests protest at the funeral of Father Vitus Borogo in the archdiocese of Kaduna on June 30, 2022. / Photos courtesy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA). Hundreds of Catholics protested violence a... [...]
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