Knowing and rejecting the Ideological Lie: An interview with Daniel J. Mahoney
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 10, 2025 05:57 pmDaniel J. Mahoney is a professor emeritus at Assumption University, where he taught from 1986 until 2021. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University [...]
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Elon Musk and the Impossible
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 10, 2025 02:00 pm“It’s not possible.” “Do it anyway.” This is how I would summarize my recent reading of Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 2023). No matter what anyone thinks of this polarizing innovator, [...]
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The conversion of Paul and the sins of act and omission
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 10, 2025 12:04 pmOur Lenten trek with the saints invoked in the old Confiteor includes “the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul.” Last week we considered Peter; this week, we look at Paul. Like Peter, Paul had a checkered [...]
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Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?
By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Apr 09, 2025 11:50 pmIn the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...]
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Kidnapped British missionaries in Cameroon regain their freedom
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 09, 2025 06:54 pmA British Mill Hill missionary who was kidnapped in Cameroon’s war-torn Northwest region on Tuesday, April 1, has been released. Huub Welters, 83, and assistant Henry Kang were released Friday, April 4, according to a [...]
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Priest of only Catholic parish in Gaza calls for peace, says Gaza is ‘a prison’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 09, 2025 04:11 pmThe Missionaries of Charity convent located on the compound of Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in Gaza, was damaged by rocket fire on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 17:11 pm (CNA).... [...]
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Synodality against episcopacy?
By George Weigel on Apr 09, 2025 04:00 amAfter defining, within strict limits, the infallibility of papal teaching on faith and morals, the First Vatican Council intended to take up the parallel question of the authority of bishops in the Church. But the Franco-Prussian [...]
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“Extra, extra!” News and views for Wednesday, April 9, 2025
By CWR Staff on Apr 09, 2025 03:00 amGnosticism and Christianity – “As surely as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so the elite media can be counted on to write pieces debunking Christianity precisely at the holiest time in the Christian [...]
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Saying “Yes” to the latent, Lenten power of “No”
By Ronald L. Jelinek, Ph.D. on Apr 09, 2025 01:00 amDuring the past couple of weeks, I’ve been offering “Lenten Lessons for Sales Professionals.” My goal is to get business-to-business salespeople, particularly those who are Catholic, to consider the ways Lent might invite them to [...]
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“We exist to help young men apprentice themselves to Jesus Christ…”
By Conor Dugan on Apr 08, 2025 11:30 pmIn recent years, there has been a veritable boom in Catholic trade schools, and more are on the horizon. A pioneer in this area is Harmel Academy, a male residential, post-secondary Catholic trade school, opened in the inauspicious months of the [...]
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One, holy, catholic, and apostolic: Scholars issue joint statement on marks of the Church
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 08, 2025 11:40 amDome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, featuring Christ Pantocrator. / Credit: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA). Twenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars ... [...]
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Solving crimes and saving souls: Fiorella de Maria discusses the Father Gabriel mysteries
By Paul Senz on Apr 07, 2025 05:00 pmDetective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese [...]
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At Harvard, Scott Hahn expounds upon humility, saving truth of God’s word
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 07, 2025 12:01 pmProfessor Scott Hahn speaks at St. Paul Catholic Church at Harvard University on Friday, April 4, 2025, about the saving truth of Scripture. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Harvard Catholic Center Cambridge, Massachusetts, Apr 7, 2025 / 13:01 pm (C... [...]
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Mufasa and Mimesis
By Matthew Becklo on Apr 07, 2025 12:00 amWhen Mufasa: The Lion King was released in theaters, I was unable to join our family in seeing it. But, almost immediately after, my wife and kids began drawing me into the world of its [...]
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From victim to champion: Francisca Awah’s fight against human trafficking
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 06, 2025 07:51 pmFrancisca Awah carefully scours her 25-acre Cassava plantation in Cameroon’s East region, removing unwanted weeds and parasitic plants. “Our country has all this fertile land,” says the committed Catholic with a broad smile. “Why did [...]
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German diocese allows use of ‘gender star’ symbol in messaging for certain ministries
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 06, 2025 04:15 pmThe liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024, where Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided over the beatification Mass Father Max Josef Metzger. Metzger was a C... [...]
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The Catholic Faith and the Mantle of History
By James P. Bernens on Apr 05, 2025 07:00 pmWhen the prominent 19th-century English writer and artist William Morris was still a young man, he penned a heartfelt article describing a visit to the Cathedral of Amiens in France. Moved by the majesty and [...]
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Hard lessons of the McCarrick Affair
By George Weigel on Apr 05, 2025 02:01 pmEditor’s note: This essay was published originally on November 18, 2020, and is reposted in response to the news that McCarrick died recently at the age of 94. From the day it was announced that [...]
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Staring Death in the Face
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 05, 2025 10:00 amReadings: • Ez. 37:12-14 • Psa. 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • Rom. 8:8-11 • Jn. 11:1-45 “Lazarus, come out!” With that simple, dramatic command, the Incarnate Word spoke words that demonstrated his power over death. It concludes one [...]
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It is time to compost wrong notions of politics and culture
By Ben Reinhard on Apr 04, 2025 08:55 pmIt was a fine afternoon at the University. The semester was in full swing, the day was growing late, and a student had stopped by the office to talk literature. The conversation turned—as it so [...]
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BREAKING: Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 04, 2025 02:47 pmFormer cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Massachusetts’ Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021. / Credit: Andrew Bukuras/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former cardinal ... [...]
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