Synodality and the continued and deceptive use of “People of God”
By Larry Chapp on Aug 08, 2024 07:23 pmJohathan Liedl, a reporter with The National Catholic Register, has written a very important article on one of the more influential theologians of the upcoming Synod on synodality in October. The article got some traction [...]
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Hundreds of Christian leaders appeal for persecuted religious minorities in India
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 08, 2024 03:22 pmChristians take part in a Good Friday procession in Amritsar on March 29, 2024. / Credit: NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2024 / 16:22 pm (CNA). A group of over 300 U.S. Christian leaders sent a letter to the U.S. State Dep... [...]
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Saint Dominic and the Dominican witness to truth
By Dawn Beutner on Aug 08, 2024 10:20 amWhat would you do if someone you knew claimed to be a Christian but also professed beliefs that were dangerous to his health, his relationships, and even his salvation? Dominic de Guzman’s response was to [...]
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The power of silence and the problem of sound in adoration
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Aug 08, 2024 03:05 am“The most powerful experience at the National Eucharistic Congress was the Adoration, Father. Tens of thousands of people all turned intently toward the Lord in silence. My wife and I both felt like we had [...]
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Pope Francis offers an idealistic, anti-utilitarian approach to reading literature
By Andrew Petiprin on Aug 07, 2024 03:26 pmThere is a lot to like about Pope Francis’ recent letter “On the Role of Literature in Formation”. Originally conceived as an encouragement for seminarians to include fiction and poetry as part of their education, [...]
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Potholes on the road to Synod 2024
By George Weigel on Aug 07, 2024 04:29 amThe ecclesiastical propaganda machine created for last October’s Synod on Synodality for a Synodal Church is still grinding away, and it’s getting both tiresome and worrisome. As for tiresome: Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the General [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, August 7, 2024
By CWR Staff on Aug 07, 2024 03:00 amGetting Tolkien Wrong – “J.R.R. Tolkien did not write a story about why power is evil but about why domination is evil.” No Surprise, David French Completely Botches J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings (The [...]
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Massachusetts Bill will eliminate “mother” and “father” from parenting laws
By Charles J. Russo on Aug 06, 2024 04:00 amIn the early morning hours of August 1, 2024, after a conference committee from the two chambers of the Massachusetts legislature reconciled the differing versions of the forty-two-page House Bill 4750, both the House (156-0) and Senate [...]
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The Transfiguration: Gospel to the Dead
By CWR Staff on Aug 06, 2024 03:00 amAn excerpt from Frank Sheed's To Know Christ Jesus. [...]
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Eroticism and the Paris Olympics: A reflection in the light of Augusto Del Noce
By Dr. Thomas R. Rourke on Aug 06, 2024 12:24 amEroticism is a fundamental feature of contemporary Western civilization. This is not clearly recognized by the majority and is thoroughly rejected by elite opinion.1 To attempt a serious discussion of the matter in the media [...]
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A detailed but sometimes lacking account of the Armenian genocide
By Filip Mazurczak on Aug 05, 2024 05:11 pmThe Ottoman Empire’s genocide of more than one million Armenians during World War I was one of history’s great tragedies. The Righteous and People of Conscience of the Armenian Genocide by Gérard Dédéyan, Ago Demirdjian, and [...]
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Pope Francis appoints Providence Bishop Richard Henning as archbishop of Boston
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 05, 2024 09:00 amCardinal Seán O’Malley and Archbishop-elect Richard Henning. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; Diocese of Rockville Centre CNA Staff, Aug 5, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Providence, Rhode Island, Bishop Richard Henning a... [...]
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Never hit a woman—even if you’re a woman!
By Anna Mahjar-Barducci on Aug 04, 2024 06:15 pmBeing a feminist, I don’t like watching women boxing at the Olympics. (I’ll explain this more in a moment. However, I followed with interest the debate over the Italian boxer Angela Carini pulling out after [...]
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The curious case of a felonious Father, a defrocked Cardinal, and missing money
By Dr. Robert Warren on Aug 03, 2024 08:04 pmOn May 1, 2017, disgraced Catholic priest John Mattingly confessed to United States District Court Judge Deborah Chasanow to embezzling $400,000 from the parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown, Maryland, where he [...]
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The ministerial exception, religious freedom, and a tale of two courts
By Charles J. Russo on Aug 03, 2024 07:24 pmRecent litigation from Michigan and New Jersey, involving different factual settings focused on the same underlying issues regarding religious freedom in education, reveal two widely varying degrees of respect for the ministerial exception, which affords [...]
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Vatican deplores Olympic ‘offense done to many Christians’
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 03, 2024 02:16 pmA banner bears the signs of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the Olympic Rings at the Trocadero in Paris on July 14, 2024. / Credit: STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 3, 2024 / 15:16 pm (CNA). In response to the July 26 Par... [...]
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Pope Francis acknowledges conference for ‘LGBT Catholics’
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 03, 2024 10:00 amGeorgetown University. / Credit: Sharkshock/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 17:51 pm (CNA). Pope Francis this week said he is “united in prayer” with those participating in a conference for Catholics who identify as LGBT taking place this... [...]
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The New Manna is a Man!
By Carl E. Olson on Aug 03, 2024 04:00 amOn the Readings for Sunday, August 5, 2018 [...]
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Catholic bishops around the world demand IOC formal apology for ‘blasphemous’ Olympic opening
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 02, 2024 08:00 amThe Olympic flag flutters during a practice session at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 24, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. / Credit: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Aug 2, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). In a strongly... [...]
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