What comes after the insanity of the transgender moment?

What comes after the insanity of the transgender moment? By Anne Hendershott on Oct 23, 2025 06:34 pm The transgender moment, once hailed by many as a moral imperative and cultural breakthrough, is giving way to a reckoning as ideology is finally beginning to acknowledge reality. A new study by political scientist Eric Kaufman found [...] Read in browser » The travels, detours, and miracles of Saint Anthony Mary Claret By Dawn Beutner on Oct 23, 2025 05:00 pm Amazing supernatural events sometimes occur during the lives of the saints. But it is rare for miracles to be so frequent in an individual saint’s life that one could write a book simply about those [...] Read in browser » On “brain death” and the conflict between clinical and pastoral practice By Joseph M. Eble, MD on Oct 23, 2025 12:43 pm On September 7, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis. Saint Carlo’s enthusiastic love of God and his selfless service are inspirational, especially to young Catholics. So it was with great enthusiasm that the Church [...] Read in browser » Banishing and Baptizing Halloween By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Oct 23, 2025 04:00 am The American holiday calendar is surprisingly rich with Catholic traditions—St. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, All Hallows Eve, Christmas, and Easter. All of them, however, have taken on a life of their own, shaped by [...] Read in browser » Nigerian church leaders welcome conclusions confirming Christian genocide By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Oct 22, 2025 07:57 pm Church leaders in Nigeria say they are gladdened at the conclusion reached by a U.S. fact-finder that there is a systematic plan to erase Christianity in the African country. Mike Arnold, on October 14th, presented [...] Read in browser » Opinion: Demonstrating what? Protesting who? And why? By Dr. Randall B. Smith on Oct 22, 2025 06:37 pm We recently had another round of “Not a King” demonstrations. As many have noted, we still do not have a king. So, good for us. One might have wished these crowds had been out in [...] Read in browser » Dying from compassion By George Weigel on Oct 22, 2025 04:00 am The “Mother of Parliaments”—that’s the one in London—has been embroiled for months in a debate over “assisted dying,” which is euphemized elsewhere under other Orwellian monikers: “Medical Assistance in Dying,” “Physician Assisted Suicide,” “Physician Assisted [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 By CWR Staff on Oct 22, 2025 03:00 am A Little Blue School – “Even more difficult than opening a classical Catholic school in East Tennessee is opening a Chesterton Academy, for the mere reason that no one here knows who G.K. Chesterton is.” [...] Read in browser » In South Carolina, Senate Bill 323 may soon make abortion illegal By Kathy Schiffer on Oct 21, 2025 04:29 pm The state of South Carolina is among the strongest pro-life states in America. The state already has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, banning abortions about six weeks after a woman’s [...] Read in browser » ‘Womb Service’ is a disservice to young women By Susan Ciancio on Oct 21, 2025 12:38 am As a woman and as a mother, I was both disgusted and saddened by this recent NBC headline: “A Student ‘Womb Service’ Works Covertly to Deliver Contraception at a Catholic College”. The story covers the [...] Read in browser » On the liberal, petty, and hypocritical attacks on Bishop Robert Barron By Larry Chapp on Oct 20, 2025 04:52 pm At its annual meeting in November, the USCCB will be electing a new president and vice president. A slate of ten names has been put forward. They are as follows: Bishop Robert Barron, Diocese of [...] Read in browser » Catholic bishops criticize Trump’s IVF expansion: Every life is ‘sacred and loved by God’ By Catholic News Agency on Oct 20, 2025 03:53 pm null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2025 / 13:53 pm (CNA). U.S. Catholic bishops are criticizing President Donald Trump’s effort to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) — a fertility treatment... [...] Read in browser » Opinion: Why Catholic schools need Catholic teachers By Chuck Koach on Oct 19, 2025 07:57 pm If a Catholic school is serious about forming Catholic students, it must be equally serious about hiring Catholic teachers. That shouldn’t be controversial. But in many circles, sometimes even within Catholic education itself, it is. [...] Read in browser » “Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King reigns in consciences By Douglas Bushman on Oct 19, 2025 07:00 pm That Jesus taught His disciples to pray for the coming of the kingdom (Mt 6:9–13; Lk 11:2–4) long before they could fully understand its true nature has long intrigued me. Clearly, Jesus intends to lead [...] Read in browser » A Clash of Liberalisms By MIchel Therrien on Oct 18, 2025 10:01 pm   When framing out a room, everyone knows that the first corner must be square, or else the second will be off at the far end of the wall. Even if the first corner is imperceptibly off, [...] Read in browser » Catholic music debate: Should certain hymns be banned? By Catholic News Agency on Oct 18, 2025 06:00 pm Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana. / Credit: EWTN News in Depth/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jeff... [...] Read in browser » The Prayer That We Breathe By Carl E. Olson on Oct 18, 2025 11:00 am Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we [...] Read in browser » Against saying “Catholics believe” By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Oct 17, 2025 08:12 pm My sophomore English teacher taught an invaluable writing lesson that has stayed with me: “Show, don’t tell.” In explicating texts, we should make our point directly without saying we are doing so. Rather than begin [...] Read in browser » Theologians, scholars who deny the virginity of Mary are a ‘challenge’ for the Church By Catholic News Agency on Oct 17, 2025 06:30 pm Vatican City, Oct 17, 2025 / 07:00 amFather Stefano Cecchin, OFM, president of the Pontifical International Marian Academy, (PAMI by its Italian acronym), which reports directly to the Roman Curia, said in a recent interview that [...] Read in browser » On St. Ignatius of Antioch and Catholic distinctives of the early Church By Dr. Leroy Huizenga on Oct 17, 2025 05:00 pm The second-century martyr bears witness to the early provenance of Catholic distinctives. [...] Read in browser »