Category: News

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Do you remember the “long hot summer” of 1967, when racial violence broke out in the inner cities all across the US? Then the following year there melees in the streets of Chicago when the Democratic … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Andrea Gagliarducci: Pope Francis is reportedly considering returning to the United States in September to speak before the United Nations General Assembly. The news was initially reported by the French Catholic newspaper La Croix and has not yet … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The horror stories are going to multiply: A troubled girl says that she would like to be a boy, or a boy says he wants to be a girl. The child’s grammar-school teacher, saturated in gender-theory … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is putting the finishing touches to a new document that sets out clear rules on discerning apparitions and other such supernatural events. The dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Victor … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Catholic faith and traditions of the Habsburg monarchies helped them enjoy mostly stable marriages and large, happy families that were crucial in governing their kingdoms for more than eight centuries. Now, some of those … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: In the latest move in Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican judiciary, the pope issued a new motu proprio on Friday on the retirement age and benefits for cardinal judges and magistrates in the Vatican’s … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “What is truth?” That cynical question, memorably posed by Pontius Pilate, is enjoying new currency today, thanks to public statements by Katherine Maher, the newly installed head of National Public Radio (NPR). ”We all have different … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: In boxing, when one fighter becomes unable to protect himself, the referee stops the fight and declares a technical knockout (TKO). The same system might profitably be applied to public debates: When one side has been … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Math test: What is infinity minus 5? The question makes no sense, because infinity cannot be measured. Infinity cannot expand or contract; it is boundless. God is infinite. His creatures are not. But Dignitas Infinita begins … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: As my colleague Jeff Mirus has pointed out, there are strong points in Dignitas Infinita. But another friend, Robert Royal, has observed that with this document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Katie Quiñones: The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, a twice-daily prayer of the rosary who at his death was the confirmed oldest man in the world, died on April 2, just weeks before his 115th birthday. Mora held … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Matthew Santucci: The Vatican’s top doctrinal office next week will unveil a new declaration on the theme of human dignity, one that is expected to address a range of contemporary moral issues including gender ideology and surrogacy. … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Francis currently has “no particular illnesses,” is “doing well consistent with his age,” and has the “head of a 60-year-old,” a doctor who has operated on him in recent years has said. In a … Continue reading →