The saints are sealed, called, and saved by God
By Carl E. Olson on Nov 01, 2024 04:00 amReadings: • Rev 7:2-4, 9-14 • Psa 24:1BC-2, 3-4AB, 5-6 • 1 Jn 3:1-3 • Mt 5:1-12a Many readers are understandably confused or puzzled when hearing a passage from the Book of Revelation. It is [...]
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Holiness and the giving of ourselves thoughtfully and recklessly
By Fr. Charles Fox on Nov 01, 2024 03:00 am“Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if [...]
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The Enneagram: A tool for wisdom or a spiritual trap?
By Tim Vail on Oct 31, 2024 10:18 pmDuring Halloween and All Saint’s Day, there’s a renewed awareness of the occult in our cultural landscape. This is a time of year when mystical symbols, esoteric beliefs, and New Age practices often emerge in [...]
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Using a mascot misses and obscures the point of the Jubilee Year
By Matthew Balan on Oct 31, 2024 01:11 pmA social-media firestorm erupted on October 28 after Archbishop Rino Fisichella unveiled the official mascot—Luce—for the 2025 Jubilee. The female character, which bears the Italian form of the name “Lucy” (or “Lucia”), is depicted in [...]
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The Hermit is the powerful story of “a priest who showed no fear”
By Paul Senz on Oct 30, 2024 10:09 pmPriests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much [...]
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In Rome, theologians reflect on ‘reception’ stage of Synod on Synodality
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 30, 2024 03:25 pmAn academic congress — “From the Council to the Synod: Rereading a Church’s Journey, 60 Years on Since Lumen Gentium (1964–2024)” — was hosted by the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from Oct. 28–30, 2024. / Credit: Pontifical Gregorian U... [...]
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Hard times a’ comin’, whoever wins
By George Weigel on Oct 30, 2024 04:00 amShortly after taking office, British foreign secretary David Lammy described the “nature crisis” as a greater threat than terrorism because the nature crisis is “more fundamental,” “systemic,” “pervasive,” and “accelerating toward us at pace.” The Rt. Hon. [...]
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In defense of trick-or-treating
By Rachel Hoover Canto on Oct 30, 2024 04:00 amAlas, it is that time of year again when certain suburban moms across America log onto the neighborhood Facebook group to request that Halloween trick-or-treating be moved to a different day so that their kids [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
By CWR Staff on Oct 30, 2024 03:00 amA Crescendo of Chaos – “In any political community, large-scale corruption, major upheavals, and revolutionary violence never come out of the blue. They come first by a succession of little sins …” You Have to [...]
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Vatican publishes first report on Church safeguarding efforts worldwide
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 29, 2024 11:00 amPope Francis joines the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in prayer at the Vatican on March 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday assess... [...]
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Higher education, stronger faith? Challenging assumptions about college and religion
By J.C. Miller on Oct 29, 2024 04:00 amCatholic colleges can have a positive impact on a student’s faith, but what impact does attending college have in general? Social scientists have studied and surveyed the impact, and college attendance is clearly linked to higher religiosity. [...]
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Suffering joyfully is possible with God
By Susan Ciancio on Oct 29, 2024 02:30 amSuffering comes in many forms, and there’s no escaping it. There has never been a single person who has not had a cross to bear. Yet one of the worst things to hear when we [...]
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Rediscovering the Enchanted Universe: A review of Living in Wonder
By Sandra Miesel on Oct 28, 2024 05:00 amO world invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, . . . —Francis Thompson, “The Kingdom of God” This review presents an unusual challenge. As a regular reader of the author’s excellent [...]
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Dante and All Souls’ Day
By Russell Shaw on Oct 28, 2024 04:00 am“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.” The speaker is the Roman poet Virgil, Dante’s companion and guide in scaling [...]
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Dilexit Nos confronts dualisms old and new
By Daniel B. Gallagher on Oct 27, 2024 08:29 pmIf you have not yet read Pope Francis’ newly released encyclical Dilexit Nos, you are missing out on a modern spiritual masterpiece, a rich and profound meditation on the love of Christ. Of the many [...]
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10 questions (and answers) about the Synod on Synodality’s final document
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 27, 2024 01:00 pmPope Francis gives a blessing to participants at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). On Saturday, Pope Francis made the unprecedented dec... [...]
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Pope Francis ratifies Synod on Synodality’s final document, marking new approach to Church reform
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 26, 2024 08:30 pmIn a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Oct. 26, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a separate post-synodal document. / Credit: ... [...]
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The dangers of spiritual inflation
By Fr. Dan Pattee on Oct 26, 2024 08:00 pmThere’s more than economics to inflation. Peter inflated to preside over Jesus, responding to His passion predictions, saying, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you” (Mt 16:22). It was a gesture, [...]
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Secular modernity and the divisions in the Church
By Rodney Howsare on Oct 26, 2024 05:00 am“The Catholic does not shrink from the world’s boundless horizon, and he does not abandon a supposedly ‘secularized age’ for some safe inner sanctum; rather, he robustly spells out everything—Church and world—using the alphabet he [...]
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Walking the road of gathering, exodus, and salvation
By Carl E. Olson on Oct 26, 2024 04:00 amReadings: • Jer 31:7-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Heb 5:1-6 • Mk 10:46-52 “In the beginning,” states Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “God made human nature one [...]
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The Prodigal Father
By Nick Olszyk on Oct 25, 2024 09:32 pmMPAA Rating: PG-13 Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels Forgiveness is the central to Christianity, in both word and deed. To forgive is also one of the hardest things to do, especially when the [...]
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The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is complete: A conversation with Scott Hahn
By Paul Senz on Oct 25, 2024 10:22 amAfter nearly 25 years of work, and the publication of dozens of individual volumes, the complete Ignatius Catholic Study Bible has finally arrived. St. Jerome famously wrote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” and [...]
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