The zero-sum crisis and the paradoxical solution
By Matthew Becklo on Mar 13, 2025 02:58 pmTwo recent editorials in The New York Times—one by Damien Cave and one by Amanda Taub—argue that “zero-sum game” thinking is on the rise in American geopolitics. In a zero-sum game, like tic-tac-toe or chess, one person’s gain is [...]
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Vatican could be close to decision in Rupnik case, report says
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 13, 2025 10:50 amFather Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Rome Vatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). A media report says the Vatican’s doctrine office could be close to a decision in the case of the ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik.Ac... [...]
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The works of the Father: How Jesus teaches us to live
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Mar 13, 2025 04:00 amGod has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so often trapped in isolated thoughts and feelings. Jesus, however, stands as our [...]
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A win for religious freedom in Colorado
By Charles J. Russo on Mar 12, 2025 06:31 pmFor the second time in less than a year, another federal trial court judge in Colorado upheld religious freedom in education. On February 24, 2025, in Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy, Judge Daniel D. Domenico permanently enjoined [...]
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The Last Supper is too safe and sentimental to be significant
By Sean Fitzpatrick on Mar 12, 2025 12:26 pmWhen Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ came out in 2004, the Catholic and Christian reaction blew the doors off theaters. Love it or hate it, the impact that remarkable (though rough) film has had on [...]
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Demythologizing some recent Catholic history
By George Weigel on Mar 12, 2025 04:00 amThe National Catholic Reporter recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s 75th birthday by perpetuating two myths—falsehoods, really—about events in contemporary Church history in which the cardinal was involved. As it happens, I was, too. So I’m [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
By CWR Staff on Mar 12, 2025 03:00 amProgressive Catholicism Is Not Prophetic Catholicism – “Staying in tune with a liberal society that has no clear idea of what it is moving forward to, doesn’t necessarily constitute being prophetic.” The Psychological Makeup of [...]
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Blessed Mary, Ever Virgin—and Refuge of Sinners
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Mar 11, 2025 10:06 pmAs we focus on Lent and conversion, we are called to admit we are sinners. In the old Confiteor, right after acknowledging our sins to God, we do so “to blessed Mary, ever Virgin.” It [...]
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Syrian patriarchs condemn massacres as sectarian violence escalates on Syria’s coast
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 11, 2025 10:30 amMembers of security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government hold up their firearms as they stand by the Mediterranean sea coast in Syria’s western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, called for nat... [...]
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Thoughtful home, better world
By Jane Greer on Mar 10, 2025 07:07 pmWe all know—we all know—that family and home life are the most important shapers of human character, and thus the most important shapers of society. “Train up a child in the way he should go; [...]
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Can unity on the issue of ‘brain death’ be achieved among Catholics?
By Joseph M. Eble, MD on Mar 10, 2025 03:01 pmOn February 27-28, 2025, a Symposium on “brain death” was held at The Catholic University of America titled “ Integrity in the Concept and Determination of Brain Death: Recent Challenges in Medicine, Law, and Ethics .” Questions [...]
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Europe and the Betrayal of the Faith
By Joseph Pearce on Mar 09, 2025 04:00 pm[T]here remains the historical truth: that this our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the [...]
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Mexican bishops warn of ‘manifestations of death’ in the country
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 09, 2025 02:00 pmMexico City cathedral. / Diego Grandi/Shutterstock. Mexico City Newsroom, Mar 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Church in Mexico warned this week about the “manifestations of death that have been taking place in our country,” which, according to th... [...]
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What is required in the face of temptation and trials
By Carl E. Olson on Mar 09, 2025 09:00 amReadings: • Dt 26:4-10 • Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 • Rom 10:8-13 • Lk 4:1-13 “The whole story of the Temptation is misconceived,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Knox, “if we do not recognize that it [...]
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New book addresses indifferentism, false inter-religious dialogue
By Monica Migliorino Miller on Mar 08, 2025 09:02 pmJesus Christ made statements about himself that if not true would make him the greatest egomaniac who ever walked the earth—statements such as “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes [...]
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White House moves to drop Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho pro-life law
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 08, 2025 08:00 amCredit: Christopher E Zimmer/Shutterstock Denver Newsroom, Mar 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.Trump administration moves to drop Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho pro-life law The Tru... [...]
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Saint John of God and a Christian perspective on the care of the sick
By Dawn Beutner on Mar 07, 2025 10:00 pmThe modern debate over health care is certainly a debate worth having. But sometimes it’s helpful to step back from modern proposals about the care of the sick—typically involving legislation, bureaucracy, and costs—to think about [...]
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Are Catholics too focused on converting Protestants?
By Casey Chalk on Mar 07, 2025 04:13 pmThe evangelical Protestant “megachurch” that I attended in high school was filled with former Catholics. Many of whom had been specifically targeted and proselytized by evangelicals who encouraged them to make a personal decision for [...]
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