Three gifts offered by Jesus on His way to the Cross

Catechumens in Canada enter Church drawn to truth, beauty, goodness By Anna Farrow on Apr 18, 2025 04:00 am On April 14, noted public Catholic intellectual Robert George posted on X, “Something’s happening. It’s happening in France. It’s happening in England. It’s happening in the U.S. I only began noticing it a few weeks [...] Read in browser » Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life By Dr. Randall B. Smith on Apr 18, 2025 03:00 am Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of [...] Read in browser » Wounded Witness: A different perspective on the clergy sex abuse crisis By MIchel Therrien on Apr 17, 2025 03:26 pm The clergy sex abuse scandal has, without question, been devastating to the life of the Church, especially for all the victims and their families. In all the years I have followed the analysis of the [...] Read in browser » Why Eastern and Western Easter dates differ — and why 2025 is different By Catholic News Agency on Apr 17, 2025 10:00 am A view of the edicule and the oculus of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. March 30, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). While Easter dates usually differ between Eastern and Western Christians, this yea... [...] Read in browser » TIME lauds late-term abortionist who is “transforming the world” By Anne Hendershott on Apr 16, 2025 08:37 pm Describing her as one of the TIME100 “pioneers,” TIME Magazine chose late-term abortionist Julie Burkhart as one of a hundred people who are transforming the world. The magazine praised Burkhart for challenging Wyoming’s abortion ban by opening Wellspring Health [...] Read in browser » Holy Week: A biblical chronology and liturgical guide By Father Seán Connolly on Apr 16, 2025 07:00 pm "St. Athanasius calls Easter 'the Great Sunday' and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week 'the Great Week.' The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ [...] Read in browser » Social media and personal research driving France’s record baptism boom, survey reveals By Catholic News Agency on Apr 16, 2025 10:00 am The Catholic Church in France will welcome a record number of adults into the faith in 2025, with particularly strong growth in the numbers of young adults and teenagers, according to newly released statistics from the country’s Conference of Bi... [...] Read in browser » Every saint was a sinner and every sinner should be a saint By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 16, 2025 03:30 am Our Lenten journey through the saints in the Confiteor ends this week. After asking the intercession of Our Lady, St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, and Ss. Peter and Paul, the old Confiteor offers more: [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! New and views for Wednesday, April 16, 2025 By CWR Staff on Apr 16, 2025 03:00 am Theological Mysteries – “This year is special for Christians because all the Christian calendars—Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant—have us celebrating Easter on April 20.” Imagining the Divine Drama this Holy Week Immortality and Immorality – “Apologist [...] Read in browser » Bishop Anagbe, in DC testimony, warns of “Islamic agenda to homogenize” Nigerians By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 15, 2025 07:43 pm Concerns over the safety of Mgr. Wilfred Anagbe, the Bishop of Makurdi in Nigeria, and Fr. Remigius Ihyula are growing after the two men testified about the persecution of Christians in Africa’s most populous nation. [...] Read in browser » Trinitarians, guardians of persecuted Christians: ‘We were born to go to the dungeons’ By Catholic News Agency on Apr 15, 2025 01:26 pm Father Antonio Aurelio is vicar general of the Trinitarian order. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 14:26 pm (CNA). The Trinitarian order was founded at the end of the 12th century to free persecuted Christians. To... [...] Read in browser » Prayers for Catholic Men aims to help men deepen their relationship with God By Paul Senz on Apr 14, 2025 08:00 pm What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition [...] Read in browser » The erasure of Easter By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 14, 2025 07:00 pm Starbucks faced consumer pushback a few years back when, in the name of “inclusivity,” it started featuring red and green coffee cups in December while scrupulously omitting the word “Christmas.” Sometimes the cups added “Happy [...] Read in browser » The Eucharist and the Preborn Child By Judie Brown on Apr 14, 2025 03:00 am As pro-life people, we know that the preborn child is truly present within his mother’s body from the first cell onward. There is no point throughout a woman’s pregnancy when a child is not really [...] Read in browser » A Sunday of victory and suffering By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Apr 13, 2025 04:00 am The 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 [...] Read in browser » Surveying Synodality By Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P. on Apr 12, 2025 11:02 pm It’s sometimes said that synodality has never been properly defined, perhaps because modern ecclesiastical texts are not written by Schoolmen. A suitable definition might run, ‘Synodality is a spirit of co-responsibility for the life and [...] Read in browser » Record number of adult baptisms in France shows surge among youth By Catholic News Agency on Apr 12, 2025 10:30 am The choir, clergy and guests stand during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors to the world in th... [...] Read in browser » Three gifts offered by Jesus on His way to the Cross By Carl E. Olson on Apr 12, 2025 05:00 am Readings: • At the procession with palms, Gospel: Lk 19:28-4 • Is 50:4-7 • Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 • Phil 2:6-11 • Lk 22:14—23:56 It is done. We have judged our God and have [...] Read in browser » The King of Kings is a story-within-a-story filled with wonder By Nick Olszyk on Apr 11, 2025 06:23 pm MPAA Rating: G USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels It’s been less than a month since The Last Supper, but already there’s another major [...] Read in browser » Elon Musk and the Impossible By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 11, 2025 02:00 pm “It’s not possible.” “Do it anyway.” This is how I would summarize my recent reading of Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 2023). No matter what anyone thinks of this polarizing innovator, [...] Read in browser » Composer Sir James MacMillan speaks at Catholic University on beauty, music, and faith By Catholic News Agency on Apr 11, 2025 02:00 pm “I have heard some great sermons throughout my life on truth and on goodness, [but] not enough on beauty yet,” says the celebrated Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan, shown here conducting The Catholic University of America Chorale on April 9... [...] Read in browser »