Dignitas Infinita needed some Familiaris Consortio
By Daniel B. Gallagher on Apr 18, 2024 08:57 pmThe expressed intent of the recent declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is to “illuminate different facets of human dignity that might be obscured in many people’s consciousness” (Dignitas Infinita, Presentation). To [...]
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Major media outlets express predictable dismay over Dignitas Infinita
By Russell Shaw on Apr 18, 2024 05:38 pmBy now, it should be clear that when the Church issues a document addressing several topics, one of which is sex, our major secular media will ignore the rest and concentrate on sex. The latest [...]
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As new altar is consecrated at destroyed Iraq church, former parishioner recalls ‘wonderful days’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 18, 2024 09:00 amChaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako presides over the dedication ceremony of the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mosul, Iraq. April 5, 2024. / Credit: Fadi Dinkha/ACI Mena CNA Newsroom, Apr 18, 2024 / 06:00 am (C... [...]
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Raising kids in a family unfriendly culture
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 17, 2024 11:17 pmHarperCollins, in contrast to so much of the “curated” publishing industry, is promoting real discussion about real issues facing America and her long-term welfare. In February, it published Brad Wilcox’s Get Married!, a book not [...]
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Religious bigotry raise its ugly head at elementary school near Seattle
By Charles J. Russo on Apr 17, 2024 07:47 pmThe recent example of overt hostility, even bigotry, toward students who are Christian occurred in Creekside Elementary School in Sammamish, Washington, about twenty miles east of Seattle. This controversy, it’s worth noting, is playing out [...]
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Radiant in the GULAG and elsewhere
By George Weigel on Apr 17, 2024 04:00 amIn Jesus of Nazareth–Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence of the holy women at the cross of Christ and their role in the first appearances of the Risen Lord: [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
By CWR Staff on Apr 17, 2024 03:00 amA Fresh Coat of Paint – “While it is far short of the sort of justice that this case demands, we have reached beyond the point in the Father Marko Rupnik scandal when concrete steps [...]
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The theological legacy of Benedict XVI
By Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD on Apr 16, 2024 09:00 pmEditor’s note: Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was born 97 years ago today, on Holy Saturday, 1927. In recognition of that day, CWR is reposting this essay, originally published on Jan. 2, 2023, by one [...]
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A valuable guide to the thought and theology of Benedict XVI
By Casey Chalk on Apr 16, 2024 02:32 pmJoseph Ratzinger didn’t want to be pope. He didn’t even want to be a bishop. When, in 1977, the apostolic nuncio informed him of his appointment as archbishop of Munich and Freising, he first requested [...]
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Cardinal Sarah says contemporary Church is experiencing ‘temptation of atheism’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 15, 2024 03:30 pmCardinal Robert Sarah addresses members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) on April 9, 2024. / Credit: NECC ACI Africa, Apr 15, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). A subset of Church leaders have aligned themselves with modern-day value... [...]
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How prayer can strengthen us and help build a culture of life
By Susan Ciancio on Apr 15, 2024 01:00 pmHow many times have you heard people say that prayer does nothing? They often mock us for praying during times of crisis. But when disaster strikes, a person falls ill or dies, or a child [...]
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9 facts about Catholics in the U.S., according to Pew research
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 15, 2024 09:00 amnull / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Pew Research Center released a new fact sheet Friday that contains nine demographic and statistical facts about the Catholic population in the United States, based on the... [...]
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Approaching Balthasar
By Richard Clements on Apr 14, 2024 08:40 pmHans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) is considered by many to be the greatest theologian of the twentieth century. Balthasar is said to have been Saint John Paul II’s favorite theologian, and he was one of [...]
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Easter and the call to deeper conversion
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 14, 2024 12:00 amThe story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, which immediately precedes today’s Gospel and is unique to St. Luke, is one of my favorite stories in the four Gospels. Like other former Protestants [...]
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Dignitas Infinita: Strengths and Ambiguities
By Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ on Apr 13, 2024 08:07 pmThe claim implicit in the title of the DDF’s recently published Declaration,
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Sudan civil war leaves no seminarians and almost no Catholic Church
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 13, 2024 07:30 amA priest celebrates Mass in Sudan before the outset of war. / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2024 / 08:30 am (CNA). The third Sudanese civil war has terribly affected the entire country but especially the local Catholic Church, which — a... [...]
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The New Temple: How Easter changes religion
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 13, 2024 01:34 am“Destroy this temple, and I will rebuild it in three days.” This mysterious statement led, in part at least, to Christ’s death, brought forward in the conflicting witness of his trial before the Sanhedrin. This [...]
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The Spiritual Terrain of David Middleton
By James Matthew Wilson on Apr 12, 2024 11:23 pmAbout midway into his fifth and most recent book of poems, Outside the Gates of Eden, David Middleton prints an elegy for the late Louisiana naturalist Caroline Dormon. There, he speaks of his “early poems,” [...]
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A thoughtful, faithful guide to understanding suffering
By Sean Salai on Apr 12, 2024 10:35 pm“Suffering is, in itself, an experience of evil,” Pope St. John Paul II once said. These words open the first chapter of the recent book Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know. They also set the [...]
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Germany thwarts terror plot: Teenage suspects reportedly planned attacks on churches
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 12, 2024 01:00 pmGerman police cars (file image) / Mike Baumeister via Unsplah (CC0) CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). German authorities have reported the arrest of four suspects allegedly planning terror attacks in Germany. According to Bild newspa... [...]
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