Bishop says murder of Kenyan priest will be “a seed for new life”
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Jun 01, 2025 02:04 pmThe brutal killing of Kenyan priest Fr. Alois Cheruiyot Bett, pastor at the newly established St. Matthias Mulumba Tot parish in the Diocese of Eldoret, has sent shock waves in a region plagued by poverty [...]
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The sexual revolution Is undermined by its own triumph
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 01, 2025 07:00 amMany books and essays have looked at the many cultural, social, and historical aspects of the Sexual Revolution. But few have delved into the destruction and suffering caused by that revolution, and have provided a [...]
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The Fountain of Youth offers shallow fun and a trickle of truth
By Nick Olszyk on May 31, 2025 03:59 pmMPAA Rating: PG-13 Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels (The following review contains spoilers!) The Fountain of Youth is one of the great mythological quests: a mysterious spring that gives immortality. It has seen [...]
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“I will show you the way to Heaven”
By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on May 31, 2025 10:40 amToday is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; it is also marks the hundredth anniversary of the canonization of St Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney, perhaps better known for the priestly assignment to which [...]
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No one is a saint in isolation
By Carl E. Olson on May 31, 2025 05:00 amReadings: • Acts 7:55-60 • Psa 97:1-2, 6-7, 9 • Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 • Jn 17:20-26 Pope Benedict XVI, in his January 10, 2007, general audience, focused on St. Stephen the Protomartyr, touched on [...]
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The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal
By Matthew Nelson on May 31, 2025 04:00 amMany of us know someone—and perhaps that “someone” is you—whose life depended on an organ transplant. Many also know how challenging it can be to procure a needed organ and receive it in time for [...]
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Cardinal Eijk: Pontifical Academy for Life should examine ethics of ‘transgender’ therapy
The Glory of Chartres
By Sandra Miesel on Jun 06, 2025 02:24 amThis Pentecost weekend, 19,000 pilgrims are making a three-day walk from Paris to reach Chartres Cathedral. Now organized by a French Catholic lay group called Notre Dame de Chrétienté (“Our Lady of Christendom”), the pilgrimage has expanded so much [...]
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Abortion wounds the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Susan Ciancio on Jun 06, 2025 02:10 amImagine a crown of thorns surrounding your heart, pressing in on it, piercing it, and causing an almost unbearable pain. Most parents can imagine this. Maybe your child has lost or abandoned the faith or [...]
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France moves ahead with legalizing of “assisted dying”
By Anne Hendershott on Jun 05, 2025 02:30 pmLast week, France’s National Assembly—the lower house of Parliament—voted 305-199 in favor of legalizing what they are calling “assisted dying.” The legislation now moves on to the Senate, where the proposal will probably become law [...]
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The Lessons of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea
By David Paul Deavel on Jun 05, 2025 11:00 amMay 20 marked the 1700th anniversary of the beginning of the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. June 19 marks the date of the drawing up of the “Symbol” or “Nicene Creed,” the first draft [...]
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SCOTUS declines to intervene in MA case over “Two Genders” t-shirt
By Charles J. Russo on Jun 05, 2025 03:00 amOn May 27, 2027, the Supreme Court, over dissents by Justices Thomas and Alito, refused to hear an appeal after public school officials suppressed student speech with which they disagreed. The Court was unwilling to review the First Circuit’s [...]
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New book by George Weigel focuses on universities, truth, faith, and reason
By Carl E. Olson on Jun 04, 2025 05:29 pmPomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice (Ignatius Press, 2025) brings together two dozen commencement addresses and university lectures, given since the turn of the century, from George Weigel. These addresses and lectures, given in academic settings, [...]
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Charlotte bishop delays Traditional Latin Mass restrictions after backlash
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 04, 2025 08:39 amnull / Credit: PIGAMA/Shutterstock National Catholic Register, Jun 4, 2025 / 09:39 am (CNA). The bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, has delayed his plan to restrict the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in his diocese, pushing the date back by nea... [...]
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Petrocentrism: a problem?
By George Weigel on Jun 04, 2025 04:00 amOne hundred fifty-five years ago, when the freshly minted Kingdom of Italy conquered the rump of the Papal States and Pope Pius IX withdrew behind the Leonine Wall as the “prisoner of the Vatican,” elite [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, June 4, 2025
By CWR Staff on Jun 04, 2025 03:00 amThe Quickness of Cardinals – “Did the 2025 conclave end too quickly?” Conclave Haste? (The Catholic Thing) Signs of Hope – “Speaking to a packed audience at the Four Seasons Hotel on 30 May, Archbishop [...]
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Where infants are baptized: A look at the numbers
By J. J. Ziegler on Jun 03, 2025 09:49 pmAccording to data published in the most recent (2024) edition of The Official Catholic Directory, 480,905 infant baptisms took place in the previous year in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States. In the Code [...]
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Ending the Abortion Pill Crisis
By Katie Brown Xavios on Jun 03, 2025 04:15 pmThe abortion pill crisis would come to a screeching halt if attention were given to the facts and decisive action were taken. Current analysis, if taken seriously, demands swift and intentional abolishment of the deadly [...]
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Why a bishop’s preferences can never become law
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jun 02, 2025 07:37 pmBy now, many readers will have heard about the draft liturgical policy,“‘Go In Peace, Glorifying the Lord By Your Life’: A Pastoral Letter on the Celebration of the Liturgy”, produced by Bishop Michael Martin of [...]
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What did Jesus look like? New documentary explores 3 divine images
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 02, 2025 02:00 pmThe Veil of Manoppello, which is kept in a church in Manoppello, Italy, known as the Santuario del Volto Santo. / Credit: Sonovision CNA Staff, Jun 1, 2025 / 10:12 am (CNA). Over the centuries, many people have asked: “What did Jesus look like?... [...]
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Gazing on—and beyond—the universe with Fr. Robert Spiitzer, SJ
By Jerry Salyer on Jun 02, 2025 12:48 pm“In studying how the world works, we are studying how God works, and thereby learning what God is. In that spirit we can interpret the search for knowledge as a form of worship, and our [...]
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