Easter, Creation, and holiness
By George Weigel on Mar 27, 2024 04:00 amWhat came first: Creation, or God’s covenants with the People of Israel and the New Israel, the Church? The question may seem odd, even silly. Chronologically, it’s obvious that the divine act of creation preceded [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
By CWR Staff on Mar 27, 2024 04:00 amSaint Cabrini and Women in Missions – “While doing numerous viewers the service of informing them about Cabrini’s legacy, the film presents its protagonist as ‘the first woman ever to lead an overseas mission.’ This [...]
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Ignatius Book Fairs aim to provide “the best in Catholic literature” for children
By Jim Graves on Mar 26, 2024 06:55 pmAve Maria University and Ignatius Press have teamed up to offer Ignatius Book Fairs, a Catholic book fair for parents and schools who want to offer their children an alternative to the Scholastic Book Fairs, [...]
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Supreme Court opens discussion about the abortion drug mifepristone
By Kathy Schiffer on Mar 26, 2024 04:14 pmAs the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week regarding the abortion drug mifepristone, the justices attention will include a focus on decisions made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016 and [...]
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The metaphysics of individualism
By Dr. Edward Feser on Mar 26, 2024 04:00 amModern moral discourse often refers to “persons” and to “individuals” as if the notions were more or less interchangeable. But that is not the case. In his book Three Reformers: Luther, Descartes, Rousseau (especially in chapter [...]
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Finding the path to spiritual healing for the adult children of divorce
By Paul Senz on Mar 25, 2024 09:00 pmDivorce has become an incredibly common feature of life, especially over the last 70 years or so. No matter how common or “normal” divorce becomes, the fact remains that it always inflicts a profound wound [...]
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Three-year-old “Iron Will” shares the beauty of people with Down syndrome
By Susan Ciancio on Mar 25, 2024 07:26 pmTo celebrate World Down Syndrome Day last week, the family of three-year-old Will Daub, or Iron Will (as they call him), created a brilliant video in the hopes of sharing Will’s accomplishments with the world [...]
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Palm Sunday procession in Holy Land celebrates ‘joy in being Christians’
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 25, 2024 01:30 pmCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, gives the final blessing with the relic of the holy cross at the end of the Palm Sunday procession from Bethphage to Jerusalem on March 24, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Je... [...]
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Holy Week and Easter liturgies
By Russell Shaw on Mar 24, 2024 08:00 pmHoly Week and Easter bring with them liturgies of great beauty and solemnity suitable to the momentous significance of the events they recall. That significance is, of course, redemption. And for assistance in explaining it, [...]
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Five suggestions from Mother Angelica for Holy Week
By Catholic News Agency on Mar 24, 2024 04:00 pmMother Angelica. / Credit: Eternal Word Television Network ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 24, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Mother Angelica, foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), CNA’s parent company, once offered helpful advice for Holy Wee... [...]
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Palm Sunday: Glory flows from the obedience of selfless love
By Carl E. Olson on Mar 24, 2024 08:00 amOn the Readings for Sunday, March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion [...]
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A Sunday of Victory and Suffering
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Mar 24, 2024 04:00 amThe Church calls this day by two names: Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday: The first, for victory—the name most people recognize, not surprisingly; the second, for suffering—the one most folks would sooner forget. But in [...]
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Transparency is the key to the restoration of trust
By Christopher R. Altieri on Mar 23, 2024 04:46 pmPope Francis has defrocked a Belgian bishop, 87-year-old Roger Vangheluwe, who is among the most notorious high-ranking clerics ever to face consequences for his perverse and criminal behavior. Good, one might say, but the defrocking—more [...]
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