The public challenge of the Catholic Faith

An insightful detective story reaffirming the value of every single life

By Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin on Jul 17, 2018 11:36 pm
Fiorella De Maria's second Father Gabriel mystery, The Vanishing Woman, goes beyond the simplicity of much crime-fiction to offer a portrait of the long-term costs of war. [...]
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Getting out of the Sacristy: A look at our pastoral priorities

By Bishop Robert Barron on Jul 17, 2018 05:01 pm
We once could trust that many people would come to our institutions—schools, seminaries, and parishes—to be evangelized, but we absolutely cannot assume that today. [...]
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The public challenge of the Catholic Faith

By Christopher R. Altieri on Jul 16, 2018 09:18 pm
Catholic citizens have an indispensable contribution to make to the national discourse in the present day, one that could prove to be the salvation of [...]
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James Faulkner on playing St. Paul: “This role was a game changer for me…”

By Jim Graves on Jul 16, 2018 03:32 pm
"Paul’s faith is one that has love at the very heart of it," says the noted English actor in discussing Paul, Apostle of Christ, "a love [...]
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How Politics Becomes Religion

By Dr. Samuel Gregg on Jul 15, 2018 09:38 pm
The sheer ferocity of contemporary politics suggests that, for many people, it’s their real religion. [...]
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New life, new voices in Catholic letters

By James Matthew Wilson on Jul 14, 2018 06:41 pm
That such poetry, as found in recent collections by Ryan Wilson and Mark Amorose, is being published now should tell us that literary culture is far better [...]
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Answering the divine call to participate in the mercy of God

By Carl E. Olson on Jul 14, 2018 11:57 am
On the Readings for Sunday, June 15, 2018 [...]
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Pascal’s Wager, certitude and doubt, and the human condition

By Carl E. Olson on Jul 13, 2018 05:06 pm
"The wager," says Thomas S. Hibbs, author of a new book on Pascal's philosophy and faith, "demands a kind of self-transformation of one’s passions, a [...]
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“Ant-Man and the Wasp” is simple, modest, and wonderful

By Nick Olszyk on Jul 13, 2018 01:37 pm
This is pure entertainment in a way rarely seen since the adventure serials of the 1930s. [...]
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Once a priest, always a priest—even after a gay wedding?

By Ines Angeli Murzaku on Jul 12, 2018 05:28 pm
A case in Italy involving a parish priest who “married” another man is raising questions in some minds about the permanence of priestly ordination. [...]
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