The Fifties, freedom, and the future of the family
By Dr. Christopher Shannon on Jul 28, 2022 10:53 pmThe overturn of Roe v. Wade should be a cause of celebration for all Catholics and people of good will. Alas, Catholics remain divided along political lines of left and right, while Americans cannot even [...]
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AP adopts LGBTQ ideology in new guidance to journalists covering transgender issues
By Catholic News Agency on Jul 28, 2022 03:00 pmnull / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2022 / 10:05 am (CNA). Revisions to a handbook many U.S. news outlets consider “a bible” for grammar usage and style in news writing could signal a dramatic shift in the way the media repor... [...]
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Being realistic about the Pope Francis-Patriarch Kirill meeting in September
By Russell Shaw on Jul 28, 2022 12:09 pmIn arranging to meet in September with Russia’s Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis evidently has two goals in view: peace in Ukraine and progress in Catholic-Orthodox relations. While both are highly desirable, it is far from [...]
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Pope Francis expresses ‘deep shame’ in Canada, warns of new ‘cancel culture’
By Catholic News Agency on Jul 27, 2022 07:04 pmPope Francis meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Québec, Canada, on July 27, 2022. / pool VAMP Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 27, 2022 / 17:04 pm (CNA). Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the harm done to indigenous Canadians by Cat... [...]
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Jaws in Space
By Nick Olszyk on Jul 27, 2022 06:22 pmMPAA Rating: R CNS Rating: L Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels Nope is the third film from comedian-turned-serious director, writer, and producer Jordan Peele, who has now established himself as one of the [...]
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On the extraordinary courage and compassion of Titus Brandsma
By Christopher R. Altieri on Jul 27, 2022 03:00 pm“Ink on ink” is this journalist’s most vexing professional pet peeve, but in this case, I’ll make an exception. The exceptional case is that of a Dutch scribbler born to the world Anno Sjoerd Brandsma [...]
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Extra, extra! New and views for July 27, 2022
By CWR Staff on Jul 27, 2022 05:00 amChurch Teaching – On Dr. Larry Chapp Presents, Dr. Chapp Interviews Eduardo Echeverria On Vatican II. Dr. Eduardo Echeverria Discusses Vatican II and Pope Francis (Gaudium et Spes 22) Gender Pronouns – Los Angeles Unified [...]
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Another assault on John Paul II
By George Weigel on Jul 27, 2022 03:05 amOn May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II had lunch in the papal apartment with Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the renowned French pediatrician and geneticist who identified the chromosomal abnormality that causes Down Syndrome. Dr. Lejeune [...]
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Stranger Things 4: Back on track, but near the end of the line
By Nathanael Blake on Jul 26, 2022 11:08 pmStranger Things is back on track, and hopefully near the end of the line. Stranger Things 4 has restored the series from the nadir of the previous season, and set up what should be an [...]
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Transforming ancient catechesis and pedagogy with 21st-century technology
By Paul Senz on Jul 26, 2022 06:00 pmThe Augustine Institute and Ignatius Press are collaborating on developing a brand new religious education curriculum for preschool through 8th grade, called Word of Life. “An authentic catechetical renewal,” the Word of Life website explains, [...]
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No remains unearthed yet from Canada’s residential school grave sites
By Catholic News Agency on Jul 25, 2022 08:48 pmA teddy bear sits beside a lantern outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where flowers and cards have been left as part of a growing makeshift memorial created in response to media reports that the "remains" of 215 chil... [...]
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Two diseases, one judgment
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Jul 25, 2022 04:36 pmConsider the world’s two most novel diseases. When the first, Covid-19, traversed the globe with record alacrity, people were both required by law and urged by society to “stop the spread.” Lockdowns. Remote work. Shuttered [...]
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Pope Francis apologizes for harm done to indigenous Canadians at residential schools
By Catholic News Agency on Jul 25, 2022 02:17 pmPope Francis arrives for a meeting with indigenous peoples in Maskwacis, Canada, July 25, 2022. / Vatican Media Denver Newsroom, Jul 25, 2022 / 12:17 pm (CNA). In a speech in rural Canada before a crowd of indigenous Canadian people, Pope Franc... [...]
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Catholic colleges and universities owe students an apology
By Marc D. Guerra, Ph.D. on Jul 25, 2022 02:24 amFor more than forty years, Catholic liberal arts colleges have, to put it mildly, struggled to carve out a recognizable intellectual and educational place in the ever-shifting landscape of American higher education. That they have [...]
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Without real men, civilization dies: A review of No Apologies
By Brian Welter on Jul 24, 2022 05:12 pmProfessor, translator, and writer Anthony Esolen takes on a multitude of lies about men and patriarchy in this perceptive and sensible book. Esolen bases his argument on the traditional wisdom of the ages, particularly from [...]
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The History of Canada’s Residential Schools
By Dr. Douglas Farrow on Jul 24, 2022 03:00 pmEditor’s note: This essay was originally published on July 13, 2021; it is posted again as background to Pope Francis’s July 24-29, 2022, visit to Canada. ‘Sentiment is a dangerous thing. Truth and reconciliation both [...]
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Ten important papal moments in the Catholic Church in Canada
By Patrick Owen Brown on Jul 23, 2022 12:54 pmPope Francis’ upcoming visit to Canada begins tomorrow and concludes next Friday, with the Pontiff returning to Rome on July 30th. Here in chronological order are 10 significant moments in which the papacy influenced the [...]
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Martyrs of Communism from the Spanish Civil War
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 23, 2022 05:00 amThe year 1936 marks the beginning of a horrific civil war in Spain. Perhaps you, like me, have no memory of learning about the Spanish Civil War in high school history class. After all, the [...]
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The Godless Confusion and the God of Justice
By Carl E. Olson on Jul 23, 2022 04:00 amReadings: • Gn 18:20-32 • Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 • Col 2:12-14 • Lk 11:1-13 According to atheist Richard Dawkins in his best-selling book The God Delusion, the God of the Old Testament is “arguably [...]
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An immense and magisterial history of English monasticism
By Michael B. Kelly on Jul 22, 2022 11:29 pmResearching land-ownership patterns in early seventeenth-century England, antiquarian Sir Henry Spelman discovered within a twenty-four-mile circle on the map of Norfolk the sites of no less than twenty-four monasteries, dissolved by Henry VIII seventy-odd years [...]
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Finding faith after the big sleep: A review of Infinite Regress: A Novel
By Jesse Russell on Jul 22, 2022 05:03 pmFor the past twenty years, the Catholic Church in America has been battered by scandal and division. The John Paul II generation appears to have split itself into three camps. The first is a traditionalist [...]
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Knowing the real Saint Mary Magdalene
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 22, 2022 12:43 pmMary of Magdala, Mary Magdalene, the Magdalene: whatever you call her, she has been one of the most beloved Catholic saints for almost two millennia. Artists have painted her portrait. Well, since she probably died [...]
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‘Astonished’ German leaders take issue with Holy See’s latest warning about the ‘Synodal Way’
By Catholic News Agency on Jul 22, 2022 11:42 amBishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg at a press conference of the German "Synodal Way" / Synodaler Weg / Max von Lachner CNA Newsroom, Jul 22, 2022 / 09:42 am (CNA). The latest warning by the Holy See about the risk of a new schism from Ge... [...]
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