The UN takes to social media to say men can be lesbians
By Iulia-Elena Cazan on Oct 17, 2024 10:57 pmAmong the world’s ongoing grave humanitarian crises and an increase in geopolitical tensions, the United Nations has taken to social media to tell us that men can be lesbians. In celebration of “lesbian visibility”, the [...]
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Five recent cases in the pronoun wars in education
By Charles J. Russo on Oct 17, 2024 04:25 pmControversy abounds over the rights of instructional personnel who avoid referring to transgender students by names or pronouns inconsistent with their birth sexes because doing so would violate their First Amendment rights to freedom of [...]
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Cardinal from Amazon: ‘Many of our women are true deaconesses’
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 17, 2024 10:55 amCardinal Leonardo Steiner is archbishop of Manaus, Brazil. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 17, 2024 / 11:55 am (CNA). Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, the archbishop of Manaus in Brazil who is participating in the Synod on Synodal... [...]
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Alarming abortion pill report warns of online dangers
By Susan Ciancio on Oct 17, 2024 04:00 amOnline predators have a new name and practice, and unlike the nefarious online predators of the past, whose actions result in indeterminate consequences, the actions of these predators will result in death. No, this is not [...]
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Defending the necessity of baptism: An interview with Fr. Anthony Lusvardi, S.J.
By Sean Salai on Oct 16, 2024 09:54 pmRev. Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J. is an American Jesuit priest who teaches sacramental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He holds a B.A. in English and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, [...]
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Crossing the Threshold of Hope after thirty years
By George Weigel on Oct 16, 2024 04:00 amOn October 20, 1994, something unprecedented in the modern history of the papacy took place: the reigning pope published a book that was not an act of the papal magisterium but rather a personal reflection [...]
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Extra, extra! news and views for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
By CWR Staff on Oct 16, 2024 03:00 amThe Subversive Nature of Contemporary Synods – “The contemporary form of synods … includes members of the laity who are hostile to magisterial teachings. For some, simply being on the Church’s payroll is a sufficient [...]
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More than an image: On the other lessons from Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
By Dawn Beutner on Oct 15, 2024 08:00 pmEvery statue, painting, icon, medal, or other representation of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque includes a depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is hardly surprising since it was largely her visions of Jesus Christ, [...]
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Norwegian bishops and 30-plus Christian groups sign declaration against gender ideology
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 15, 2024 03:05 pmBishop Erik Varden, OCSO, a Trappist monk and spiritual writer, has served as Bishop of Trondheim in Norway since 2020. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 15, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). The Norwegian bishops have joined more than 30 Christi... [...]
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New book guides readers in making a daily offering of their lives
By Paul Senz on Oct 14, 2024 06:55 pmCatholics are a deeply liturgical people, and the Church’s liturgies and our lives have natural rhythms as their organizing principle: liturgical seasons, the hours throughout the day, sunrise and sunset, and on and on. Each [...]
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Trump attacks Harris on her support of tax-funded transgender surgeries for prisoners
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 14, 2024 12:47 pmDemocratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. / Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2024 / 10:47 am (C... [...]
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An Atheist and a Pope discuss God’s Two Books
By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Oct 13, 2024 10:06 pmOver the past few weeks, digital Catholic social hubs have been ablaze with passionate debates sparked by Pope Francis’s remarks concerning other religions as “paths to God.” It is not my intention here to offer [...]
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French authors present exhaustive study of modern proofs for existence of God
By Chilton Williamson, Jr. on Oct 13, 2024 05:58 pmThe thesis of God: The Science, the Proofs: The Dawn of a Revolution (not yet available in English translation) is summarized, simply and directly, on pages 507-508 by the Australian-British physicist Paul Davies: The temptation to believe that [...]
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San Francisco’s “Prop O” aims to destroy crisis pregnancy centers
By Anne Hendershott on Oct 13, 2024 02:00 pmIn a June 18th press conference at San Francisco’s Planned Parenthood, Mayor London Breed announced yet another pro-abortion measure designed to expand the City’s abortion services. Proposition O would also restrict and regulate any threat to [...]
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Friend or enemy? Rising above the theories of Carl Schmitt
By Tod Worner on Oct 12, 2024 08:56 pmWell, the election is only a short time away. And lest you felt that political campaigning couldn’t get any more base, you were wrong. Over the last year, descriptors of opponents have ranged from“fascist” to [...]
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Ana Finat — aristocrat, influencer, and convert: Trusting in God gives immense freedom
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 12, 2024 07:00 amAna Finat said writing her conversion story “was very scary,” especially because of the implications for her husband and daughters. / Credit: Courtesy of Ana Finat Madrid, Spain, Oct 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Spanish influencer and aristoc... [...]
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The real failure of the rich young ruler
By Carl E. Olson on Oct 12, 2024 04:00 amReadings: • Wis 7:7-11 • Psa 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 • Heb 4:12-13 • Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 “This is the saddest story in the gospel,” wrote Fr. Wilfrid Harrington, O.P. about the story of the [...]
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Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 12, 2024 12:00 amThe General House of the Society of Jesus in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Madrid, Spain, Oct 11, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Soc... [...]
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