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
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Stanisław Grygiel, a close friend of Pope St. John Paul II and a respected professor who was an authoritative interpreter of the late pontiff’s teaching on marriage and the family, has died at the age … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The Vatican Observatory announced this week the naming of four newly-discovered asteroids after notable Catholics, including Pope Gregory XIII, who began the tradition of papal astronomers and observatories. Christopher Graney, a scientist at the Vatican … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The US Constitution (Article I, Section 9) prohibits ex post facto laws. A legislature can make an activity illegal, but it cannot make the prohibition retroactive: you cannot be punished for doing something that was legal at … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy for Life on Monday that it faces an enormous task in evaluating the ethics of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and human enhancement. The pope asked the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: An 18-inch pipe bomb was found behind a Catholic church in Philadelphia and removed by the police department’s bomb squad. According to a police report, a passerby found the pipe bomb behind St. Dominic Catholic … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, The Editors: By most accounts, last week’s European continental assembly was an occasionally tense but overall constructive experience — and a significant setback for those intent on exploiting the ongoing Synod on Synodality as a way to change … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Taking his cue from Cardinal McElroy—and ignoring the strong cautions from Archbishop Aquila and Archbishop Naumann, among others—Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich has written a column in his archdiocesan newspaper calling for full inclusion of active homosexuals … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis addressed once again the question of whether he will resign the papacy in two conversations with Jesuit priests in Africa this month. “I believe that the pope’s ministry is ‘ad vitam.’ I see … Continue reading
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