Author Archives: Jillian Singer

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say.” That was the headline on a CNN report posted yesterday. Is Covid making a comeback, then? Actually, no. But it might, and … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A Michigan farmer can continue selling his products at a farmers market after a court ruled that city officials in East Lansing, Michigan, violated his religious freedom when they barred his participation in the event … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Raymond Burke has congratulated the authors of a new book aimed at exposing the dangers they say are associated with the upcoming Synod on Synodality — a process he describes as a “revolution” that … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: When I teach an undergraduate course about the Church’s tradition of just-war teaching, I always emphasize how the moral questions are wrapped up in prudential judgments. No one has perfect information about the strengths and intentions … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis announced during an audience with lawyers Monday that he is writing a second part to his 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si’. The pope said with this new writing he is updating Laudato Si’ … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register: After news leaked out earlier this year about the existence of an internal FBI memo targeting “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as potential domestic terrorists, FBI Director Christopher Wray hastily assured Congress it was merely a highly regrettable blunder initiated … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Members of religious orders affiliated with two Catholic high schools in Massachusetts have told Worcester Bishop Robert McManus that they will not be implementing the diocese’s new policy concerning gender ideology and sexual confusion because, … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: A federal appeals court this week sided with a group of pro-life protesters who claim the city of Washington, D.C., discriminated against them by arresting them for anti-abortion messages they had written with chalk in … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Marcelo Musa Cavallari: The long dominance of liberation theology is at the root of the decline of Catholicism in Brazil, according to Friar Clodovis Boff. Until 2007, the religious was an important theologian of liberation theology, although … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Earlier this week, an internet search took me to the web site of the Archdiocese of Albany, New York, where I happened upon an official profile of retired Bishop Howard Hubbard. The profile is formulaic, listing … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: The natural region of Trièves in the French Alps south of Grenoble is a haven of spiritual, natural, and architectural treasures. For the few missionary priests in this vast, secularized territory, keeping parishes alive is … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: The devastating Maui fires appear to have spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction. At least 93 deaths had been reported as of Sunday, Aug. 13, … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Pope Francis appointed Colin Donovan, vice president of theology at EWTN Global Catholic Network, to the Pontifical International Marian Academy, which is tasked with promoting theological understanding and devotion to the Mother of God, the … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: My friend A, a lawyer, tells me that he is dismayed by what it happening to his profession. The weaponization of the justice system, the flagrant favoritism showed by prosecutors, the growing tendency of judges to … Continue reading →