Why St. John Fisher lost his head—and why it still matters
By Dawn Beutner on Jun 22, 2025 03:10 amWhen the Catholic Church commemorates the martyrdoms of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More every June 22nd, people tend to think that their deaths were just collateral damage in King Henry VIII’s spat with the [...]
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The Blessed Sacrament: It’s either All or nothing
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 21, 2025 02:00 pmReadings: • Gen 14:18-20 • Psa 110:1, 2, 3, 4 • 1 Cor 11:23-26 • Lk 9:11b-17 Shortly after my wife and I entered the Catholic Church in 1997, I had a conversation with an [...]
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Opinion: The U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran
By Dr. Edward Feser on Jun 21, 2025 04:00 amLet me say at the outset that I agree with the view that it would be bad for the Iranian regime to acquire a nuclear weapon. How close it is to actually acquiring one, I [...]
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga and education in chastity
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jun 21, 2025 04:00 amOur saint of the day, Aloysius Gonzaga, lived in the sixteenth century and came from nobility on both the Italian and Spanish sides of his family. He renounced his earthly patrimony to enter the Jesuits, [...]
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A timeless and miraculous Saint for youth
By Dawn Beutner on Jun 21, 2025 03:00 amCan a twenty-first-century teen learn anything about dealing with anger, lust, or greed from a child of the sixteenth century? Might a modern young adult better understand how to show respect for imperfect parents from [...]
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Hospitality that leaves a mark and draws others to Christ
By Mallory Smyth on Jun 20, 2025 01:20 pmThey say, “Never meet your heroes; you’ll only be disappointed.” That rule must apply even more when you are a devout Catholic, and your hero is a Protestant pastor. Nevertheless, I, the Catholic, ignored that [...]
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A culture of death among the undead
By Nick Olszyk on Jun 27, 2025 04:00 amDistribution Service: Theatrical MPAA Rating: R USCCB Rating: NR Reel Rating: 1.5 out of 5 In 2002, when British unknown Danny Boyle premiered 28 Days Later, the zombie genre was largely dormant (or dead). But his [...]
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the burning furnace of divine love
By Larry Chapp on Jun 27, 2025 03:00 amJune is the month the Church sets aside for the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This has always been one of my favorite devotions and I love all the traditional trappings that adorn [...]
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Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0
By Monsignor Martin Grichting on Jun 26, 2025 07:12 pm(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to [...]
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Pope Leo XIV: Pope Francis’ legacy of synodality is a style, attitude
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 26, 2025 11:55 amPope Leo XIV meets with the synod’s 16th ordinary council near the Vatican on Thursday, June 26, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 26, 2025 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an att... [...]
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Solidarity: The path between Nationalism and Globalism
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jun 26, 2025 04:00 amWe are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of Christ’s Mystical Body that unites believers worldwide. Given these bonds, we might wonder if [...]
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Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran
By Dr. Edward Feser on Jun 25, 2025 05:47 pmLast week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light [...]
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New report details the expansion of Planned Parenthood’s deadly reach
By Susan Ciancio on Jun 25, 2025 05:18 pmIn the book of Proverbs, we read that seven actions are an “abomination” to God: “haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that are quick to [...]
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On Flannery O’Connor’s Centenary
By George Weigel on Jun 25, 2025 04:00 amHow appropriate that Flannery O’Connor should have been born on the Solemnity of the Annunciation: the liturgical feast celebrating the willing acceptance of a God-given vocation. As we marked Miss O’Connor’s centenary three months ago [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, June 25, 2025
By CWR Staff on Jun 25, 2025 03:00 amHong Kong TLM and Procession – “Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun knew exactly what he was doing when he posted online a photo of himself leading a Eucharistic procession after saying a traditional Latin Mass in [...]
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Bishop Barron responds to criticism over participation in Religious Liberty Commission
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 25, 2025 01:00 amBishop Robert Barron responded on June 22, 2025, to criticism of a talk he gave at the first meeting of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, D.C. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun ... [...]
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Wisconsin woman on a mission to bring Our Lady of Good Success to others
By Karen Mahoney on Jun 24, 2025 10:41 amThe Blessed Mother worked in Karin Strasser’s life all along, even if she didn’t realize it. In the early 1990s, she traveled to the Working Boys Center, now known as the Center for Working Families, [...]
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Is “Eucharist” a noun or a verb?
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Jun 23, 2025 07:51 pmCurrent Eucharistic debates cannot be reduced to allowing or not allowing the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. If that was the issue rather than just a symptom, a solution might be more readily worked [...]
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Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 23, 2025 02:00 pmSt. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health. / Credit: Terry O’Neill Vancouver, Canada, Jun 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A gove... [...]
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From the Iconic to the Idolatrous
By Joan Elizabeth Bauer on Jun 23, 2025 03:00 amIn his debut collection of stories, Lucas Smith depicts people of faith under challenging circumstances ranging from the historical to the contemporary and futuristic. A vaccine dissenter retreats to a homeless encampment; a Catholic survivor [...]
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Reality or “Reality”? A critique of Fr. David Tracy’s view of religious pluralism
By Eduardo Echeverria on Jun 22, 2025 07:00 pmEditor’s note: The prominent Catholic theologian Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025), who was known for his writings on pluralism, religious diversity, and interreligious dialogue, died on April 29th, at the age of 86. In this essay, aspects [...]
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