We need more scientists like St. Albert the Great

We need more scientists like St. Albert the Great

By Dawn Beutner on Nov 15, 2023 09:00 am
For people of faith, news about the latest scientific studies is often alarming or depressing. Granted, there are always many doctors and scientists performing basic research in important fields. But the topics most frequently reported [...]
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The book St. John Paul II did and did not write

By Deacon David H. Delaney, Ph.D. on Nov 15, 2023 04:00 am
Viri dignitatem is Latin for “on the dignity of men.” When St. John Paul II published an apostolic letter entitled Mulieris dignitatem (On the Dignity and the Vocation of Women) on the feast of the [...]
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In support of Jimmy Lai

By George Weigel on Nov 15, 2023 04:00 am
As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal enforcer of the Chinese communist regime’s ever-tightening chokehold on his city’s liberties. Earlier this month, he hosted a “Global Financial [...]
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“Extra, extra!” News and views for Wednesday, November 15, 2023

By CWR Staff on Nov 15, 2023 03:00 am
Permanent Things – “True art is a hard sell in an era in which media is predominant.” Thomas Howard: Separating Art and Media (Acton Institute) Sexual Morality – “It is hard to avoid viewing the [...]
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‘Hate speech’ charges dismissed for Finnish lawmaker who defended traditional marriage

By Catholic News Agency on Nov 14, 2023 11:55 am
The Helsinki Court of Appeal on Nov. 14, 2023, fully dismissed “hate speech” charges against Finnish grandmother and lawmaker Päivi Räsänen, who was on trial for expressing her biblical, religious views on marriage and sexuality. / Credit: Allia... [...]
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Silence from Rome, turmoil in Texas, and plenty of blame to go around

By Larry Chapp on Nov 13, 2023 09:53 pm
Pope Francis has removed from office Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler Texas. This was not unexpected, and many thought it was inevitable following the Vatican’s apostolic visitation earlier this year and subsequent [...]
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Will the Synod transmit faith or unbelief? An interview with Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki

By CWR Staff on Nov 13, 2023 06:51 pm
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki was appointed Archbishop of Poznań, Poland, in March 2002 by Pope John Paul II. In March 2014, he was elected President of the Polish Episcopal Conference for the first term, and in [...]
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Opinion: Clericalism and the four tiers of the bureaucracy

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Nov 13, 2023 05:11 pm
The dismissal of Bishop Strickland as the Ordinary of the Diocese of Tyler prompts us to consider the pathology of clericalism in today’s hierarchy. In happy times, the following Four Tiers of the Bureaucracy describe [...]
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Sofia Coppola makes beautiful movies about sad women and immature men

By Andrew Petiprin on Nov 16, 2023 04:01 pm
For her eighth full-length feature film, Priscilla, Sofia Coppola chose to adapt Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, a story of feminine languor in sympathy with Coppola’s valuable oeuvre thus far. Like the best [...]
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Will the Supreme Court make a ruling about mail order abortion?

By Russell Shaw on Nov 16, 2023 03:20 pm
The Supreme Court is expected soon to decide—indeed, may have decided by the time you read this—whether to let stand or review a lower court decision clamping down on mail order abortion. The focal point [...]
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Catholic education begins at home

By Susan Ciancio on Nov 16, 2023 12:45 pm
At the Culture of Life Studies Program, we understand the importance of Catholic education, and we know how to make learning fun. That’s why, as we celebrate Discover Catholic Schools Week—November 12-18—we want to explain [...]
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Too much Twitter in Tyler, too little transparency in Rome

By Christopher R. Altieri on Nov 15, 2023 10:17 pm
The Catholic world is in an uproar over the ouster of a bishop with an outsized public profile that he acquired mostly through social media. If you’re Catholic and you pay attention to these things, [...]
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