Clinging to faith amid the chaos and destruction of the Myanmar War
By Antonio Graceffo on Nov 07, 2024 10:40 pm“When we hear the bombs, I gather the children and we run to the bomb shelter,” said 32-year-old Josie, a member of the Karenni ethnic group who has been raising her family in a camp [...]
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Deepen your spiritual life and combat evil with the Rosary
By Susan Ciancio on Nov 07, 2024 04:50 pmFor decades, especially through its Marian Blue Wave program, American Life League has encouraged pro-life advocates to pray the rosary for an end to abortion and Planned Parenthood. The rosary is a tremendously powerful spiritual weapon that [...]
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From the Vatican: wishing ‘great wisdom’ for President-elect Trump
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 07, 2024 10:25 amCardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates Mass for peace in Ukraine in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 7, 2024 / 11:25 am (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin an... [...]
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Anthology presents “old tradition” of paleoconservatism to a new audience
By Jerry Salyer on Nov 07, 2024 01:22 am“The most obvious candidate for worst decision by the [Supreme] Court is Roe v. Wade,” remarks Stephen Presser in his contribution to A Paleoconservative Anthology: New Voices for an Old Tradition. Obvious indeed, yet according [...]
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Scripture, science, and non-believers: Further insights from Benedict XVI
By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Nov 06, 2024 08:28 pmIn the last installment of this “God’s Two Books” column, I reflected on some highlights from the unprecedented dialogue that unfolded over eight years between the retired Pope Benedict XVI and atheist mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi. I spent [...]
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Three states remove definition of marriage from state constitutions
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 06, 2024 07:45 pmnull / Credit: Daniel Jedzura/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). California and Colorado voted to repeal amendments that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, while Hawaii is on track to repeal its traditional defini... [...]
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Taking the Risk of Freedom
By George Weigel on Nov 06, 2024 03:00 amThirty-five years ago, the son of a great historian helped make history when he asked the question that triggered the demolition of the most grotesquely expressive artifact of the Cold War. My friend Daniel Johnson, [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, November 6, 2024
By CWR Staff on Nov 06, 2024 03:00 amThe Commandments and the Common Good – “Every human right is rooted in the Commandments and aligns with a duty. Lawful authorities have the right to our obedience. We have a right to life. Spouses [...]
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Convent founded by Mother Teresa burned down in continued escalation of violence in Haiti
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 05, 2024 04:45 pmMissionaries of Charity during a religious procession in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. / Credit: Willuconquer, Wikimedia Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 5, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). In an escalation of violence, an armed Haitian gang has lo... [...]
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Courts take on cases about puberty blockers, hormone “therapy” for minors
By Charles J. Russo on Nov 05, 2024 01:21 pmAccording to an October 10, 2024 report from the Centers for Disease Control, “[i]n 2023, 3.3% of U.S. high school students identified as transgender, and 2.2% identified as questioning.” This represents a significant increase since the [...]
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The Church in an age of anxiety
By James Kalb on Nov 04, 2024 09:54 pmWhat direction should Catholicism take in America today? It’s a new setting, historically speaking, and despite all efforts, we don’t seem to be dealing with it well. We live in a democratic consumer society that [...]
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Four German bishops praise Rome synod, criticize German Synodal Way
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 04, 2024 05:50 pmDelegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Deutsch, Nov 4, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Four German bishops, resisting the move of... [...]
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The abiding value of the Catholic cemetery
By CWR Staff on Nov 04, 2024 05:35 pmBishop Gerald Kicanas is the Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, and Episcopal Moderator of the Catholic Cemetery Conference, a professional organization dedicated to the cultivation of the Church’s ministry towards the dead and those they [...]
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Newman and the key to conversion
By Russell Shaw on Nov 03, 2024 09:39 pmLately, I’ve had occasion to read two books by Saint John Henry Newman. One is Newman’s first novel, Loss and Gain, while the other is that classic “history of my religious opinions” (Newman’s words), the Apologia Pro Vita [...]
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Loving God with the whole heart is the cause of every good
By Carl E. Olson on Nov 03, 2024 04:00 amReadings: • Dt 6:2-6 • Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 • Heb 7:23-28 • Mk 12:28-34 “When you buy an automobile,” wrote Archbishop Fulton Sheen in Remade for Happiness (Ignatius Press, 2014; orig. 1946), “the [...]
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U.S. bishops announce Christ the King novena, urge prayers for ‘freedom of the Church’
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 03, 2024 02:00 amChrist the King at St Etheldreda’s, London. / Credit: Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Bishops’ Committee for Religious Freedom, an office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (US... [...]
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Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report
By Carl E. Olson on Nov 02, 2024 09:26 pmA week ago, I was in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at Saint Vincent College, attending the 32nd annual conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists. I am not a member of the Society, but I was [...]
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Praying for those being cleansed on their way to heaven
By Carl E. Olson on Nov 02, 2024 08:00 amReadings: • Wis 3:1-9 • Rom 6:3-9 • Jn 6:37-40 “I’ve always had a hard time explaining purgatory,” the man said. “Didn’t the Second Vatican Council say that Catholics no longer have to believe in [...]
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Bishop defends St. Michael’s prayer at Mass: ‘The devil has no influence’
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 02, 2024 06:30 amSt. Michael the Archangel. / Credit: Flickr/thederek412 (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, this week responded to a letter in the Wall Street Journal from a priest objecting to ... [...]
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Why pray for the dead?
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Nov 01, 2024 09:23 pmCatholics observe November as the month of prayer for the faithful departed. But November begins with All Saints Day. What, if anything, connects these two? Well, they are connected. We perhaps need to widen our [...]
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