The progressive revolution’s continued control of the ecclesial narrative
By Larry Chapp on May 18, 2023 09:58 pmVatican II was unique in the history of councils insofar as the crisis it was called to address was not a specific and well-defined theological heresy. Rather, it was called to address the crisis presented [...]
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Reunion through the Saints
By Dawn Beutner on May 18, 2023 07:59 pmOn May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that twenty-one men who died as martyrs in Libya will be recognized as saints by the Catholic Church. That news would not be news if it weren’t for [...]
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BREAKING: Guard opens fire as man drives car into Vatican; suspect in custody
By Catholic News Agency on May 18, 2023 04:13 pmBreaking News / CNA CNA Newsroom, May 18, 2023 / 15:13 pm (CNA). An unidentified man is in custody after driving a car at high speed through a gate at the Vatican Thursday, the Holy See press office said.A guard stationed at the Santa Anna entr... [...]
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Remembering Krakow’s saintly and heroic bishops
By Filip Mazurczak on May 17, 2023 11:06 pmMay 18, 2023 marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II, who served as Archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 1978. Much has been written about the Polish pope’s saintliness, [...]
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Can we simply drop the Ascension story?
By Sean Fitzpatrick on May 17, 2023 07:00 pmThe Ascension of Jesus Christ, related in the Gospels of Mark and Luke and referred to throughout the New Testament, can be taken as something of an awkward anecdote in the Catholic canon. “And when [...]
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What will the Supreme Court deliver in Sabbath observance case?
By Russell Shaw on May 17, 2023 06:37 pmBoth the extent and the limitations of the Supreme Court’s power are visible in a pending case raising the question of how far employers must go to accommodate employees’ religion. Underlying this dispute—yet obviously unreachable [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
By CWR Staff on May 17, 2023 04:00 amEvangelized through Novels – “If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source — our living Saviour. He is real. He [...]
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Ike’s insight
By George Weigel on May 17, 2023 02:10 amThree days before Christmas 1952 and a month before his inauguration as the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Freedoms Foundation at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. There, the president-elect [...]
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The necessary charity of pontifical clarity
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on May 16, 2023 07:13 pmThe refusal of Pope Francis to directly respond to the dubia (questions) by four cardinals asking him to clarify the ambiguities of Amoris Laetitia—the Apostolic Exhortation on love, marriage, and the family—unleashed a wave of [...]
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“Rogation Days” and Ascension
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on May 16, 2023 06:00 pmThe three days prior to Ascension Thursday have been traditionally known as “Rogation Days” or the “Minor Litanies,” with the “Major Rogation” being observed on April 25. Their purpose was to beg God (rogare, to [...]
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What is a Catholic’s obligation to democratically enacted pro-death laws?
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on May 15, 2023 07:52 pmSeeking to rescue Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) President Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia from his remarks over assisted suicide, the neo-ultramontane papal positivists of “Where Peter Is” featured a discussion with Mike Lewis trying to spin [...]
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Catholics at the U.S.-Mexico border: ‘Too many people to help, but someone has to’
By Catholic News Agency on May 15, 2023 03:17 pmImmigrants gather at a makeshift camp stranded between border walls between the U.S. and Mexico on May 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. / Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Washington D.C., May 15, 2023 / 14:17 pm (CNA). As the political debate... [...]
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11th annual Sacred Liturgy Conference to focus on Mary and the Eucharist
By Paul Senz on May 14, 2023 08:49 pmThe 11th annual Sacred Liturgy Conference will be held from May 28-31, 2023, in Ferndale, California. At the invitation of Bishop Robert F. Vasa, this conference will take place in the Diocese of Santa Rosa [...]
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In defense of protecting the seal of confession
By Charles J. Russo on May 14, 2023 06:28 pmRecent and unprecedented calls for legislative action in Delaware, Vermont, and Washington seek to remove the legal protection afforded Catholic priests under the seal of the confession when mandatory sexual abuse reporting laws are in [...]
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“We are all made with hearts, desiring truth, goodness and beauty”
By S. Kirk Pierzchala on May 14, 2023 02:32 pmOn a chill, mid-January morning, Oregon’s Willamette Valley is awash in a steady downpour of rain. Inside the historic Glatt House, in the farming town of Woodburn, the dismal weather is forgotten as I step [...]
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Church leaders who knew the beauty of motherhood
By Judie Brown on May 13, 2023 06:12 pmCardinal Joseph Mindszenty was born in Hungary in 1892. He was known for many heroic acts during his lifetime, but perhaps his most memorable statement was this: The Most Important Person on earth is a [...]
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