Pope Francis’s letter and Pascal’s wager
By Andrew Petiprin on Jun 22, 2023 06:45 pmOn June 19, 2023, Pope Francis marked the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and philosopher who remains one of the most important thinkers in the Western tradition. In [...]
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The Fortnight for Freedom and the need for vigorous evangelization
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jun 21, 2023 08:00 pmFor the twelfth year in a row, the bishops of our nation have called for a Fortnight for Freedom to begin on the vigil of the liturgical memorial of St. Thomas More and St. John [...]
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‘Religious cleansing’ threatens Armenian Christians’ existence, human rights leaders warn
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 21, 2023 05:15 pmRelatives and friends of those killed in six weeks of fighting for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region visit the Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery in Yerevan on Sept. 27, 2022, on the second anniversary of the conflict. / Karen Min... [...]
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The SSPX, the Papacy, and the situation today
By John Paul Meenan on Jun 21, 2023 02:00 pm“Schism: refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” (CIC, 751; CCC, 2089) We may sympathize with the SSPX, for who would not seek [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for June 21, 2023
By CWR Staff on Jun 21, 2023 04:00 amA Millennium Ago – “While the construction of the present abbey church dates back to 1023, a first church dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel is said to have been built as early as 708 [...]
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Latinity and sanctity: Remembering Bishop Victor Galeone
By George Weigel on Jun 21, 2023 04:00 amOn first encountering Father Victor B. Galeone at Baltimore’s St. Paul Latin High School in September 1965, my freshman classmates and I didn’t imagine we were meeting the future bishop of St. Augustine, Florida. What [...]
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The Church, true tolerance, and the meaning of “welcome”
By Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC on Jun 20, 2023 09:53 pmIt’s a common belief in modern day society that all organizations be inclusive of everyone. The thought that one’s personal beliefs—and the behavior one chooses to engage in—should be accepted by everyone in the name [...]
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New book highlights the heroic virtues of “a Saint in Sneakers”
By Joseph Tuttle on Jun 20, 2023 07:03 pmBlessed Carlo Acutis has in recent times become quite popular within the Catholic Church. Indeed, he is the first Millennial to be Beatified, demonstrating, that holiness is not something of the past and can be [...]
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Transgenderism “is a blatant refusal of the doctrine of creation”
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 20, 2023 01:20 amMichele M. Schumacher, S.T.D., Habil., is a private docent in the faculty of theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She has written many articles on sexual ethics and on women, and is the author [...]
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Pope calls National Eucharistic Congress ‘a significant moment in the life of the Church’
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 20, 2023 12:20 amPope Francis meets with members of the U.S. bishops’ committee for the National Eucharistic Congress on Monday, June 19, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2023 / 14:20 pm (CNA). Speaking to members of th... [...]
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An Elemental misstep from Pixar
By Steven D. Greydanus on Jun 19, 2023 03:25 pmThe golden age of Pixar lasted a decade and a half, spanning ten films from Toy Story to Up. In those days the studio routinely knocked out masterpieces, and even the occasional lesser film (A [...]
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Nigerian bishop describes persecution and killings of Catholics: ‘It has become a daily occurrence’
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 19, 2023 11:45 amNigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe sat down with CNA in June 2023 to discuss the ongoing persecution and killings of Catholics in his country, which has grown so much in recent years that, he said, “it has become a daily occurrence.” / Credit: Photo... [...]
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A Father is Present
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet on Jun 19, 2023 12:00 amI’m not a pop-culture man (to put it mildly). But a speech by actress Blake Lively about her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, grabbed my attention, for all the right reasons. “I am his home, and [...]
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Rupnik Affair exposes leadership crisis in Jesuits, Roman Curia
By Christopher R. Altieri on Jun 18, 2023 10:21 pmThe disgraced celebrity artist-priest, Fr. Marko Rupnik, requested release from the Jesuit order several months before the Society of Jesus dismissed him. The claim came in an Italian-language statement released Saturday over the signature of [...]
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Pope Francis makes first public speech since hospitalization for abdominal surgery
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 18, 2023 06:25 amPope Francis appeared in the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday, June 18 to make his first public speech since his release from the hospital. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 18, 2023 / 05:25 am (CNA). Pope Francis appeared in ... [...]
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The true People of God are chosen, saved, and shepherded
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 17, 2023 10:00 pmReadings: Ex 19:2-6a Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rom 5:6-11 Mt 9:36—10:8 One of the descriptions of the Church emphasized in the documents of the Second Vatican Council is “the people of God.” The Dogmatic Constitution [...]
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Not opting out of Father’s Day
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Jun 17, 2023 04:00 pmIn contrast to the dustup over various businesses e-mailing “opt-out” messages ahead of this year’s Mother’s Day, I have to date not been asked whether I choose to “opt-out” of Father’s Day. That bothers me. [...]
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Temple of Fairest Love: On Mary’s Immaculate Heart
By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Jun 17, 2023 04:00 amToday the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular word understands the term—they are holy days, and they are [...]
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In l’Affaire Rupnik, optics matter (too)
By Christopher R. Altieri on Jun 16, 2023 03:39 pmIt appears the Jesuits have washed their hands of the infamous Marko Rupnik. Not, mind, after the manner of Pontius Pilate, who unjustly sent an innocent man to his death. After the manner of the [...]
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What St. Benedict teaches us about fatherhood
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jun 16, 2023 10:00 amWe call St. Benedict of Nursia the father of monks, and his teaching on spiritual fatherhood drew me, in part, to become a Benedictine oblate. Thirteen years ago, as a father of a growing family, [...]
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