Category: News

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Alternative news sources for secular news. Here is a list of online news sources that don’t reheat the standard New-York-Times-CNN-BostonGlobe-HuffPo-etc-etc-approved version of what goes on in the world. We in no way endorse the editorial policies of these organizations, but neither could we do the same for the common media outlets.

Coming soon to a parish near you?

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: What happened in St. Patrick’s cathedral last week could happen in your parish soon, if your community is unprepared. Is your parish ready? Granted, New York, the self-proclaimed “capital of the world,” offered a unique opportunity … Continue reading

Media malpractice

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Have you been reading the stories in the mainstream media (MM) about the mass protests by European farmers? Have you been seeing footage of the huge caravans—the hundreds of tractors lined up in demonstrations, in one … Continue reading

The Ash Wednesday phenomenon

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The chapel was packed this morning. It always is, on Ash Wednesday. Every Catholic church can expect unusually large congregations today. This is the one day of the year—apart from Christmas Day—when a clever pastor might … Continue reading

In the land of the living

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Re-reading Jesus of Nazareth, I find myself stopping frequently to meditate on Pope Benedict’s many incisive observations. But recently I was stopped in my tracks by what seemed an almost parenthetical remark: his observation that “the … Continue reading