Makers of Sound of Freedom emphasize faith, courage, fighting evil
By Kathy Schiffer on Jun 29, 2023 09:39 pmIt’s hard to imagine, when you look at your sweet little five-year-old, that anyone could want to hurt her; but unfortunately, sex trafficking of children – even very young children – is a real and [...]
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Less priests, closing parishes, dropping Mass attendance
By Russell Shaw on Jun 29, 2023 07:34 pmNoticing that some of his listeners were having trouble understanding his accented English, the African priest paused his homily, grinned at the nearly all-white congregation, and said, “If you don’t produce more vocations, this is [...]
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Franciscan friar gets 6 months in jail for blocking New York abortion clinic entrance
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 29, 2023 04:55 pmFather Fidelis Moscinski (lower left, standing behind the cross), a well-known pro-life activist and priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) is seen during a tense standoff between pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators in Lower Ma... [...]
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Sinners, Apostles, Martyrs: On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 29, 2023 03:00 amReadings: • Acts 12:1-11 • Psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 • Matthew 16:13-19 One denied Christ after having been chosen by him. The other was chosen by Christ after he [...]
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Saints Peter and Paul: Models of suffering and perseverance in faith
By Fr. Charles Fox on Jun 29, 2023 02:05 amSt. Teresa of Avila strongly believed that God was her great Friend, and that prayer is in large measure “an intimate sharing between friends.” One time she prayed to God, sharing with her Friend the [...]
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Two areas of gender activism requiring clarity, forthrightness from bishops
By Amy Welborn on Jun 28, 2023 10:38 pmAt their June 2023 gathering, the United States bishops voted to revisit a section of Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, the latest edition of which was published in 2016. The bishops [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for June 28, 2023
By CWR Staff on Jun 28, 2023 04:00 amAnnual Pride Parade – “On June 23, hundreds of ‘drag queens’ and other LGBTQ activists marched in a parade in Manhattan. The parade marked the beginning of NYC’s ‘pride weekend.’”NYC Pride Marchers Chant: ‘We’re Coming [...]
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A laborious, and vacuous, instrument
By George Weigel on Jun 28, 2023 02:02 amIt would not be quite accurate to describe the Working Document for the October 2023 Synod (its Instrumentum Laboris, or IL) as “disappointing.” No one who has followed the “synodal process” underway since 2021 could [...]
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The war for the soul of the world
By Andrew Petiprin on Jun 28, 2023 12:01 amAs another Pride Month comes to an end, the war for the soul of the world has intensified. I thought briefly that the tide may have been turning, but I was wrong. Let me explain. [...]
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Meet St. Irenaeus of Lyon
By Dawn Beutner on Jun 27, 2023 08:00 pmWhen Pope Francis surprised the Catholic world on October 7, 2021, announcing that he was about to make Saint Irenaeus of Lyon a Doctor of the Church, the reasons he gave weren’t that surprising. After [...]
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“Renewal of language” and the role of discernment in the “synodal process”
By Eduardo Echeverria on Jun 27, 2023 06:20 pmCatholic writers, such as Fr. Gerald E. Murray and CWR editor Carl E. Olson, have given critical attention to the whole document of the Instrumentum Laboris (hereafter IL) for the First Session of the forthcoming [...]
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Amid trans ideology dispute, Portland Archdiocese temporarily closes department of schools
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 27, 2023 08:30 amnull / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has temporarily shut down its Department of Catholic Schools as teachers and parents feud with Archbishop Alexander Sampl... [..]
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New study on religious liberty reveals wide discrepancy among States
By Kathy Schiffer on Jun 26, 2023 07:58 pmThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, at their Spring Plenary Assembly last week in Baltimore, declared this week “Religious Freedom Week.” Beginning June 22, the feast of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, the [...]
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A renewed need for pro-life subsidiarity
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jun 26, 2023 04:11 pmFormer President Trump recently got in hot water with the pro-life movement by criticizing Governor Ron DeSantis’ six-week abortion legislation as “too harsh.” After the Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Trump picked an unnecessary fight [...]
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The battle for religious liberty in education rages on in Maine
By Charles J. Russo on Jun 25, 2023 10:10 pmThe battle for religious liberty in education rages on. This important fight continues even though the Supreme Court, in opinions (three in the past six years) by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, invalidated laws limiting [...]
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Reports: Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 25, 2023 12:11 pmBishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas. / null CNA Newsroom, Jun 25, 2023 / 11:11 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery of Bishops has completed a formal investigation of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, according to m... [...]
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Death is inevitable, but damnation is not
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 25, 2023 04:00 amReadings: • Jer 20:10-13 • Psa 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 • Rom 5:12-15 • Matt 10:26-33 Recently, while watching a basketball game on television, I was horrified when a commercial came on that was completely inappropriate [...]
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Speakers at first National Celebrate Life Day focus on the future
By Dawn Beutner on Jun 24, 2023 10:32 pmShould the pro-life community commemorate the date of the greatest defeat for the protection of unborn children in America: January 22, 1973? Or should pro-lifers celebrate the day of the greatest victory for the unborn: [...]
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In the darkness, a home: Cormac McCarthy’s Catholic center
By James Watson, Ph.D. on Jun 24, 2023 07:49 pmYears ago, in the midst of a doctoral program, as my wife and I were expecting our third son, I took a seminar devoted entirely to the novels of Cormac McCarthy. The Road (2006) had [...]
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Opinion: A modest proposal for reforming the Church’s criminal justice system
By Christopher R. Altieri on Jun 24, 2023 02:37 pmWhat would real reform of the Church’s criminal justice system look like? In one sense, it is easy to answer: The end result of it would give us a “judicial power [that] stands side by [...]
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The Synodal Sludge
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 23, 2023 09:00 pmEarlier this week, the Vatican issued the Instrumentum Laboris—the working document—for the October 2023 Synod. The 27,000 word document is divided in two basic parts: a section of dense descriptions and often repetitive directives, and [...]
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The Pride-ful attempt to co-opt education and control culture
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Jun 23, 2023 05:24 pmIn Florida, which has become ground zero for America’s educational culture wars, a free speech organization called PEN America has joined forces with the nation’s largest book publisher, Penguin Random House, in a unique offensive. [...]
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St. John the Baptist: Called by the Father, filled with the Spirit, proclaiming the Son
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 23, 2023 04:00 pmOn the Readings for Sunday, June 24, 2012, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [...]
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Pope Francis addresses artists, including creator of blasphemous crucifix photo
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 23, 2023 11:15 amPope Francis addressed approximately 200 prominent artists and other creative people from more than 30 countries in the Sistine Chapel on June 23, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 23, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis addresse... [...]
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