The scandalous, glorious point of Christmas
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 23, 2022 05:00 am“There has fallen on earth for a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternity: Into time and the terminal land…” In [...]
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The Fr. Rupnik case: What is wrong with these people?
By Christopher R. Altieri on Dec 22, 2022 03:36 pmWhat if I told you that a man with power of his own and access to more of it serially abused unsuspecting women who had turned to him for various reasons, both professional and personal, [...]
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‘Reject the Devil’s lies and turn to Christ, the way, the truth, and the life’
By Bishop Thomas John Paprocki on Dec 22, 2022 12:53 pm“Sympathy for the Devil” is the title of the 1968 Rolling Stones song composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. “Sympathy for the Devil” could also be the title of the article written by Christopher [...]
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Be free, live differently: A New Year’s resolution for men
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Dec 22, 2022 04:00 amWe count our years from the birth of Christ, and Christmas begins the year of the Lord 2023. The secular practice of making a resolution for the new year can find deeper meaning when connected [...]
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“The best Christmas present is to be silent for a time with the Lord”
By Jim Graves on Dec 21, 2022 11:31 pmBishop William Byrne, 58, has served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts since 2020. He grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended Catholic schools, and was ordained a priest for the [...]
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Pope Francis, the Supreme Court, and American Constitutional Law
By Thomas R. Ascik on Dec 21, 2022 05:39 pmA group of American lay Catholics has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to incorporate statements by Pope Francis into American Constitutional decision-making. On December 5, the Court heard oral arguments in the [...]
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Catholic maternity hospital in Bethlehem carries on work amid serious challenges
By Sean Salai on Dec 21, 2022 04:52 pmAmbassador Michele Burke Bowe is the Order of Malta’s ambassador to Palestine and president of the Holy Family Hospital Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the only maternity hospital in the West Bank area of Israel. [...]
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Extra, Extra! News and views for December 21, 2022
By CWR Staff on Dec 21, 2022 04:20 amPurgatory Now – “The practicing Catholic starts with the end-goal of heaven and more specifically the Beatific Vision, and, in working backwards, knows they must die in a state of grace in order to enjoy [...]
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Mary, the Church, Christmas, and Jimmy Lai
By George Weigel on Dec 21, 2022 03:10 amNow, on Christmas Day, the nine months have been fulfilled. What began on the day of Annunciation is made visible to the world in the person of the newborn babe of Bethlehem, who is both [...]
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When do popes teach infallibly?
By Dr. Edward Feser on Dec 20, 2022 11:46 pmIt is well-known that the Catholic Church teaches that popes are infallible when they speak ex cathedra or exercise their extraordinary magisterium. What that means is that if a pope formally presents some teaching in a manner [...]
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“Catechism in a Year” podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz begins January 1st
By Susan Ciancio on Dec 20, 2022 06:49 pmWhile most Catholics have read the Bible or at least parts of it, not nearly as many have read the Catechism of the Catholic Church cover to cover. Ascension Press wants to change that, inviting [...]
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Contraception Redux
By Sister Renée Mirkes on Dec 19, 2022 10:24 pmRecently, the Pontifical Academy for Life released a document under the English title Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition, Practical Challenges.i The 530-page volume collects the Proceedings of a 2021 interdisciplinary study seminar held in [...]
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Report: Vatican investigator says Father Rupnik and hierarchy’s ‘complicit silence’ ruined victims’ lives
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 19, 2022 08:30 pmFr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J., with the official image of the 10th World Meeting of Families in Rome. / Screenshot from Diocesi di Roma YouTube channel. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Vatican investigator who uncove... [...]
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Analysis: As the year ends, where do things stand with the Vatican ‘trial of the century’?
By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Dec 19, 2022 10:45 amnull / Vatican Media. Rome Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 08:45 am (CNA). The latest round of hearings at the Vatican’s historic finance trial has revealed several twists that profoundly changed proceedings — and raised several questions for the cour... [...]
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The three rejections of our age
By Dr. John Sehorn on Dec 19, 2022 04:39 amThe one whom the Apocalypse calls “Faithful and True” (Revelation 19:11)1 solemnly tells his disciples, “[E]very one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever [...]
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A primer on the life and work of Venerable Matteo Ricci, S.J.
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 18, 2022 11:03 pmFrom Gianni Criveller, at AsiaNews yesterday: Pope Francis declared Fr Matteo Ricci venerable, making an important gift to the Church in China and all those hoping for such a result; he did it this morning, [...]
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Frank Pavone cancels Mass but vows legal action after Vatican dismisses him from priesthood
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 18, 2022 01:29 pmFather Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington D.C., Dec 18, 2022 / 11:29 am (CNA). The national director of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone, canceled a scheduled live-streamed Mass today, one day... [...]
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Only God builds to last
By Fr. Charles Fox on Dec 18, 2022 04:00 amWe have all heard the expression: “Nothing lasts forever.” The expression is not entirely true, but it is true about many of the things we humans try to build ourselves and think are lasting. We [...]
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The cult of Mammon and the culmination of Advent
By Larry Chapp on Dec 17, 2022 09:15 pmWe are now near the conclusion of Advent and the Christmas season fast approaches. In the spirit of Advent, I was watching a YouTube video recently about the meaning of the Nativity. Doing so, I [...]
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BREAKING: Vatican dismisses Father Frank Pavone from priesthood
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 17, 2022 07:05 pmFather Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 17, 2022 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Father Frank Pavone, a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests... [...]
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Guillermo del Toro’s syncretistic, haphazard fable
By Nick Olszyk on Dec 17, 2022 04:36 pmDistribution Service: Netflix MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, first published in 1883, is [...]
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4 things to know about Pope Francis on his 86th birthday
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 17, 2022 10:00 amPope Francis celebrated his 86th birthday with the Missionaries of Charity, honoring three people who care for “the poorest of the poor” with the Mother Teresa Award on Dec. 17, 2022. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA)... [...]
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St. Joseph’s doubt and the angel’s gift
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 16, 2022 07:00 pmReadings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 “Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]
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Bishop Heiner Wilmer, this Catholic Moment, and the Catholic Future
By George Weigel on Dec 16, 2022 03:37 pmBishop Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, the boyishly handsome bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, would likely not object to being counted among the most progressive bishops in a German episcopate dominated by progressives. Nor is the [...]
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