Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: At his Wednesday public audience this week, Pope Francis compared Vatican II with the first council of the young Church, the Council of Jerusalem. Both councils, the Pope remarked, issued a call to evangelize the world. … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: Not many college chapels that originated as a Protestant chapel have been transformed into a beautiful Catholic one. Nor have many beautiful chapels received a major award for their transformation. The exception is Our Mother … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Francis’ appointment today of five new cardinals to advise him on Church governance aims to both rejuvenate the group he set up in 2013 to reform the Roman Curia and drive forward his vision … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: In the wake of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision overturning the pro-abortion rights Roe v. Wade ruling, several bodies at the University of Notre Dame are hosting an event series dedicated to “reproductive justice.” The … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Solène Tadié: A group of lawyers, doctors, psychologists, and others from five continents gathered in Casablanca, Morocco, on March 3 to call for the repeal of all laws allowing or tolerating surrogacy around the world. The group … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Matthew McDonald: St. Patrick died during Lent. Which year isn’t certain. But for one of the leading candidates (A.D. 461), March 17 was a Friday. And while Easter is a moveable feast, St. Patrick’s Day is always … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A Brazilian charity that cares for disabled and abandoned children, most of whom survived abortion attempts, is appealing for help after a devastating flood damaged its primary care home last year. Antonio Carlos Tavares de … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: From my personal perspective, the this week’s stunning First Things essay by Bishop Paprocki is easily the most important news story of the young year: a development that I have anxiously awaited for years. For far … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: One of the most powerful lessons that Tolkien teaches in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is that the things possessed can possess the possessor. This addictive possessiveness, or what might be called … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, on Tuesday published an essay in which he quotes the words of Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as one of two “examples” of views contrary to a “truth … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: An association of pro-life obstetricians has literally been canceled by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). For the past 15 years, the group has had an exhibit booth at the annual conference … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: The Diocese of Albany, New York, has at least temporarily banned the Traditional Latin Mass at two parishes to comply with an order issued by the Vatican last week. Effective immediately, parish churches in the … Continue reading
Aleteia, J-P Mauro: A new report from Vocation Ministry is examining the state of priestly vocations in the US, as the National Eucharistic Revival is underway. The report compares data from 2014 against fresh information from 2021, which has shown … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Year after year, Catholic churches are crowded on Ash Wednesday. Crowded churches: sadly, an unusual phenomenon, but one toward which we should aspire. So what should we learn from Ash Wednesday? Msgr. Charles Pope suggests one … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Hungary and the Holy See have not often seen eye-to-eye in recent years, mainly over immigration policy, but on the Russo-Ukrainian War there appears to be a unity of opinion. In his annual state of … Continue reading
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