Bad Therapy addresses the question: “Why are our kids so messed up?”
By Kale Zelden on Mar 15, 2024 12:45 amAbigail Shrier does not care about conventional wisdom, nor what the gatekeepers of polite opinion think of her. Shrier is an independent journalist, and a regular contributor at the Wall Street Journal. She holds an [...]
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Controversial Sister Lucía Caram and Religión Digital team meet with Pope Francis
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 14, 2024 05:10 pmDominican Sister Lucía Caram on the television program “Cuentos Chinos” (“Tall Tales”) in Spain. / Credit: Mediaset ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Yesterday Pope Francis received the controversial nun Sister Lucía Caram and te... [...]
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“I like to do things that inspire people to dig a bit deeper.”
By Kathy Schiffer on Mar 14, 2024 02:41 pm“I always say, ‘I hope God’s a movie fan!’” Mark Wahlberg’s humor was evident in our recent conversation about his career, his family and his faith, and about his latest film, Arthur the King. “I [...]
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A Biblical path for Lent
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Mar 14, 2024 04:00 amDuring Lent, we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving in order to repent and turn our lives back to God. The 40 days of this holy season invite us to unite ourselves to Jesus’s own [...]
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Friendship in Christ: A conversation about chastity and same-sex attraction
By Rob Marco on Mar 13, 2024 09:04 pmI met Paul Darrow in July 2018 at a Courage conference, having been invited by a friend to attend. As a married man and father, it was a little peculiar why I was there, since [...]
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Analysis: The ever-changing College of Cardinals
By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Mar 13, 2024 03:30 pmThe College of Cardinals celebrates Mass on March 12, 2013, before entering the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA Vatican City, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The most recent change in the College of Cardinals t... [...]
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Say the word, Mr. President, and tell the truth about abortion
By Susan Ciancio on Mar 13, 2024 01:23 pmEuphemisms are often used in polite society to make distasteful words more palatable. But sometimes they are spoken to hide the truth. Nowhere was this more evident than in President Joe Biden’s State of the [...]
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The good news is that the bad news isn’t all the news there is
By George Weigel on Mar 13, 2024 04:00 amIn the course of an insightful essay on Vladimir Putin’s challenge to civilization, Italian historian Roberto de Mattei, observed that, amidst the general decline of the West, “the Church…. appears as a wasteland.” That certainly [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
By CWR Staff on Mar 13, 2024 03:00 amAfrican American Vikings – “Last month, Google’s generative AI tool Gemini made headlines after users reported that its depiction of historical figures was inaccurate.” Our Disturbing AI Future: Google Gemini Said What About Hitler? (Intellectual [...]
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Thoughts on culture, nationality, and other fraught topics
By James Kalb on Mar 12, 2024 11:01 pmTraditional aspects of identity can be difficult to make sense of. Economic and technological developments put their functions in question. Who cares about inherited connections when contract, bureaucracy, and technical training seem more to the [...]
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Coptic Orthodox Church confirms dialogue with Catholic Church suspended over same-sex blessings
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 12, 2024 03:40 pmIn a speech during a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and other Coptic Orthodox representatives on May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 w... [...]
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Is the Catholic Church going out of business?
By Fr. Brian A. Graebe on Mar 12, 2024 03:35 pmA pivotal scene in last year’s critically acclaimed film BlackBerry shows the company’s executives, who had dominated the smartphone market for the better part of a decade, watch as Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone. [...]
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Book offers truth and hope for those trapped by transgenderism
By Paul Senz on Mar 11, 2024 01:54 pmPope Francis recently said that gender ideology is “the ugliest danger” we face today, because it “erases differences”, and “erasing differences erases humanity”. Indeed, gender ideology has rapidly swept into the mainstream in Western societies, [...]
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What to expect at the 2024 Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 11, 2024 06:00 amAn estimated 24,000 people participated in Eucharistic adoration at the SEEK24 conference in St. Louis on Jan. 3, 2024. / Credit: FOCUS CNA Staff, Mar 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, taking place July 17–... [...]
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Scrutinizing
By Amy Welborn on Mar 10, 2024 07:00 pmThis is a fairly niche subject, but my earlier post brought it to mind, so I think I’ll write about it. I also think it might shed some light on the never-ending Current Discussions in the [...]
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Camino Croatia: A medieval pilgrimage route restored
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 10, 2024 06:30 pmFemale pilgrim on Camino Portuges de la Costa, Portugal, August 2021. / Photo credit: Confraternity of St. James - Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia, Mar 10, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Since the Middle Ages, a great number of ancient roads throughout Euro... [...]
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Two SCOTUS cases will address the legal status of the human fetus
By Russell Shaw on Mar 10, 2024 05:23 pmCome right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident: a human embryo is either a human person or well along in the process of becoming one. In either case, [...]
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Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ remark a call for negotiations, not Ukraine’s surrender
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 09, 2024 05:34 pmPope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to sugge... [...]
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Fiducia supplicans, ecumenical collapse, and the Coptic Orthodox Church
By Christopher R. Altieri on Mar 09, 2024 11:42 amIt’s fair to say he should have seen it coming. “He” in that sentence is Pope Francis. The thing that was coming, well, it came on Friday: a caustic statement from the Coptic Orthodox Church [...]
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Argentine President Milei: Abortion is aggravated homicide
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 09, 2024 10:00 amArgentine President Javier Milei is pictured here during an audience with Pope Francis on Feb. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The president of Argentina, Javier Mi... [...]
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That famous Bible verse and the journey from darkness to light
By Carl E. Olson on Mar 09, 2024 04:00 amOn the Readings for March 11, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Lent [...]
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Court rules Christian nonprofit does not have to cover gender transition
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 08, 2024 03:35 pmnull / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and he... [...]
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“Suffering has the power to transform us to be like Christ…”
By Paul Senz on Mar 08, 2024 11:36 amAll of us suffer. We live in a fallen world, and suffering is simply a part of life. This suffering can take many forms, and we are all affected differently by it. But why do [...]
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