It’s time to face the ugly truth about in vitro fertilization
By Marie Meaney, D.Phil. on Mar 07, 2024 09:23 pmIn a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Alabama shocked the world by stating that babies in infertility clinics that are frozen, kept in suspended animation, and often forgotten, are human beings with a right [...]
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Pope Francis to clergy abuse commission: ‘Our commitment must not wane’
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 07, 2024 04:50 pmPope Francis joines the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in prayer at the Vatican on March 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Pope Francis encouraged the papal commission tasked with c... [...]
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Cabrini is a beautiful film, but lacks a Catholic core
By Fr. Henry Graebe on Mar 07, 2024 12:43 pmCabrini, the latest film from Angel Studios, stands out in the genre of Christian and religious films that are all too often plagued by low-budgets and cringe-worthy performances. The cinematography rivals any major studio production [...]
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Saints by the numbers: Ordinary women of extraordinary faith
By Dawn Beutner on Mar 06, 2024 09:00 pmOn March 7, the Church celebrates two great saints who have been honored by Catholics for more than 1800 years: Saints Perpetua and Felicity. Unlike so many other famous saints, Perpetua and Felicity were not [...]
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IVF and the inconsistent ethic of life
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Mar 06, 2024 08:24 pmHuman beings are fickle creatures, more inclined to compromise than cling steadfastly to principles. Those in the latter camp are few in number, so few—and so impressive in their persistence that led to their avoidable [...]
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The trend of quality Christian films from Hollywood continues
By Carl Kozlowski on Mar 06, 2024 06:28 pmThere’s a Christian-themed movement in Hollywood that could be branded by the title of one of its biggest hits: last year’s $50 million-plus grossing Jesus Revolution. Its leaders are two pairs of brothers, the first [...]
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Two who didn’t run
By George Weigel on Mar 06, 2024 04:00 amHis neighbors in 1940s Oklahoma would have found it hard to imagine the boy they knew as Stanley Francis Rother as a future martyr, and the first beatified American parish priest. Young Stan did reasonably [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 6, 2024
By CWR Staff on Mar 06, 2024 03:00 amTruth with Love – “You only need to hear Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers preach the Gospel one time to know he’s a beacon of Truth — the Truth that is Jesus Christ.” ‘Beacon of Truth’: Dynamic [...]
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Observations and lessons from a “poor Church in a rich country.”
By Filip Mazurczak on Mar 05, 2024 11:06 amDespite its optimistic-sounding title, reading God Is Alive in Holland, a short book-length interview with Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht and Primate of the Netherlands, conducted by the Italian journalist Andrea Galli, is [...]
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Finnish study: Transgender surgeries for minors do not solve mental health issues
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 04, 2024 04:40 pmnull / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). A comprehensive new study from researchers in Finland found that providing adolescents with transgender drugs or surgeries does not appear to solve the underly... [...]
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An aural Isenheim altarpiece: A mad prince-composer’s sacred music
By Julian Kwasniewski on Mar 04, 2024 02:00 pmMatthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece depicts crucified Christ nearly green in death, hands and fingers contorted in agony, and covered with sores. Painted in the early 1500s for a hospital specializing in plague victims and skin [...]
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Supreme Court says states cannot remove Trump from 2024 ballot
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 04, 2024 11:33 amU.S. Supreme Court building. / Credit: Steven Frame/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2024 / 12:33 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states cannot remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot ahea... [...]
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Translation of the decree on the heroic virtues of Venerable Jérôme Lejeune
By J. J. Ziegler on Mar 04, 2024 08:00 amOn January 21, 2021, Pope Francis approved the promulgation of a decree on the heroic virtues of Jérôme Lejeune (Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, New Catholic Encyclopedia, Science and its Times). The following [...]
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Judie Brown, now 80, reflects on faith and the pro-life movement
By Jim Graves on Mar 04, 2024 04:00 amJudie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League (ALL), a pro-life education and advocacy organization which was founded in 1979. She has served three terms on the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome, [...]
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Does zeal for the Lord’s house consume us today?
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Mar 03, 2024 08:10 pmThe Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent this year (unless your parish is using the “scrutiny readings”) is John’s account of Christ cleansing the Temple (Jn 2:13-25). Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the [...]
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What is inclusive language and why is it dangerous?
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 03, 2024 05:00 pmCardinal-elect Víctor Manuel Fernández was appointed by Pope Francis on July 1, 2023, to become the next prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of La Plata ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 3, 2024 / 08:0... [...]
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True worship and the cleansing of the Temple
By Carl E. Olson on Mar 03, 2024 10:00 amOn the Readings for Sunday, March 4, 2018, the Third Sunday of Lent [...]
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The Prologue to Too Small a World: The Life of Mother Frances Cabrini
By CWR Staff on Mar 02, 2024 03:42 pmEditor’s note: The following is the Prologue to Too Small a World: The Life of Mother Frances Cabrini, Theodore Maynard’s landmark 1945 biography, which is being republished by Ignatius Press. The book is currently available [...]
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Church Militant to shut down following $500,000 defamation lawsuit brought by priest
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 02, 2024 03:06 pmWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 2, 2024 / 14:22 pm (CNA). Church Militant, the controversial Catholic media outlet that has for years maintained a reputation for combative and antagonistic coverage of Catholic figures and issues, will [...]
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Feminist theologians express frustration, hopes for October’s synodal assembly
By Anne Hendershott on Mar 02, 2024 02:30 pmDoubling down on the call from Pope Francis at the opening of the Synod of Bishops last Fall to resist “doctrinal rigidity,” four feminist theologians were invited to the Markey Center at Santa Clara University [...]
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Experts warn of ‘inhumane’ treatment of embryos, ‘evil’ circumstances surrounding IVF
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 02, 2024 12:30 pmHeritage Foundation researcher Emma Waters speaks to Prudence Robertson on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly,” Feb. 29, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A Catholic moral theologian this week warned that in vit... [...]
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Lent: a journey, an encounter, a time of purification
By Carl E. Olson on Mar 02, 2024 12:00 amReadings: • Ex 17:3-7 • Psa 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 • Jn 4:5-42 Lent is not merely a season, but a journey, an encounter, and a time of purification. Pope Benedict XVI, [...]
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Pope Francis: ‘Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology’
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 01, 2024 09:00 amPope Francis meets with members of the French-based academic organization Research and Anthropology of Vocations Institute on March 1, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 1, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Fr... [...]
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In mourning, actor Gary Sinise extols his son’s musical legacy, love of the Catholic faith
By Catholic News Agency on Feb 29, 2024 06:00 pmMac Sinise, son of actor Gary Sinise, performs with the Lt. Dan Band. / Credit: The Gary Sinise Foundation ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Gary Sinise, the Catholic actor who played Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” ann... [...]
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