The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint
By Dawn Beutner on Jan 30, 2026 04:02 amFew American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the [...]
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An autistic Barbie? No, thank you, Mattel.
By Mark Bradford on Jan 30, 2026 04:00 amIn April 2023, Mattel began selling a new Barbie that had the features of a young woman with Down syndrome. At the time, I thought this was a great step forward for little girls who [...]
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Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended
By Larry Chapp on Jan 29, 2026 08:18 pmAs most close observers of Catholicism today are no doubt aware, there has arisen over the past 15 years or so a movement that goes by the rather vague moniker of “radical traditionalism”. The exact [...]
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Leo urges doctrine office to give clear guidance in face of new challenges
By EWTN News on Jan 29, 2026 11:29 amThe pope received the participants in the plenary session of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) — one of the oldest and most significant offices in the Holy See — on Jan. [...]
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On the laity and the prudential application of moral principles
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jan 29, 2026 04:00 amIn the prescient 1980s BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister, Prime Minister Jim Hacker must choose the next Anglican bishop of Bury St. Edmunds. His choice is between an atheist and a socialist. The prime [...]
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Four Lessons in Sanity from St. Thomas Aquinas for an Insane Age
By Matthew Becklo on Jan 28, 2026 11:37 amIn December 2024, I had the great fortune of venerating the skull of one of my great spiritual and intellectual heroes: Saint Thomas Aquinas. We had gathered up our four kids in the minivan, driven [...]
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P.D. James and designer parkas for chihuahuas
By George Weigel on Jan 28, 2026 04:00 amP.D. James’ detective novels, featuring Inspector Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard, are every bit as gripping as those penned by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Edith Pargeter (who wrote as “Ellis Peters” when creating [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
By CWR Staff on Jan 28, 2026 03:00 amNotre Dame Sees Record Number of Converts Preparing to Join Catholic Church (National Catholic Register): “The witness of ‘on fire’ Catholic peers and the campus’ faith-based ‘atmosphere’ are behind the 76-person-strong OCIA class.” “The contemporary [...]
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The fundamental crisis of contemporary culture and the wisdom of St. Thomas
By Joseph G. Trabbic on Jan 27, 2026 06:00 pmEditor’s note: This interview was posted originally on January 27, 2020. Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He has written for a number of Catholic and theological [...]
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German cardinal: ‘For me the Synodal Way is over’
By EWTN News on Jan 27, 2026 02:08 pmA German cardinal has declared his participation in the controversial German Synodal Way finished, expressing deep skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference. “For me the Synodal Way is concluded,” Cardinal Rainer Maria [...]
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Catholic leaders in Nigeria debate impact of ISIS strikes on 2027 presidential election
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Jan 26, 2026 07:22 pmTwo distinguished Church leaders in Nigeria have offered contrasting interpretations of the impact of the U.S. strikes targeting ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas Day 2025. On December 25, 2025, the people of Sokoto State in [...]
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Opinion: Alex Pretti didn’t have to die
By Marcus Peter on Jan 26, 2026 06:06 pmBy now, the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has been converted into a digital spectacle, parsed, dissected, meme-ified, and moralized across social media platforms. One side is casting Pretti as a canonized martyr against [...]
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‘Crux’: A reflective journey through Lent, led by Fr. Columba Jordan, CFR
By Susan Ciancio on Jan 26, 2026 04:00 amThe 40 days of Lent point us to the cross and to the hope and joy of Easter Sunday. During the fast-approaching Lenten season, it behooves us to take part in spiritual exercises that will, [...]
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Remembering Cardinal Mercier (1851–1926): Thomist, Ecumenist, Mariologist
By Robert Fastiggi on Jan 25, 2026 05:14 pmThis year marks the centenary of the death of Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier of Belgium, who died on January 23, 1926. Priest, Archbishop, Cardinal Born in 1851 in the French-speaking region of Brabant, Belgium, Mercier entered the diocesan [...]
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The great light is “Christ our Lord and the brightness of the gospel preaching”
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 25, 2026 05:00 amReadings: • Isa 8:23-9:3 • Psa 27:1, 4, 13-14 • 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 • Mt 4:12-23 Take a moment and make an inventory of every light you might use or benefit from in the [...]
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On the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jan 24, 2026 10:06 pmThis Sunday celebrates the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church. We are also fast approaching the onset of Lent. With that in mind, I would like to urge you [...]
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St. Francis de Sales: Love for a loveless age
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Jan 24, 2026 12:00 pm“Nothing so much presses man’s heart as love,” wrote St. Francis de Sales, whose feast day we celebrate today, in Treatise on the Love of God. “If a man know that he is beloved, be [...]
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Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, “normality” is returning to the Vatican
By EWTN News on Jan 23, 2026 09:48 pmIn an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican with Pope Leo XIVJan 23, 2026 / 06:27 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein says last [...]
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Reflections on SCOTUS and transgenderism in women’s sports
By Charles J. Russo on Jan 23, 2026 08:28 pmOn January 13, 2026, the Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in what promise to be blockbuster rulings—Little v. Hecox from Idaho and West Virginia v. B.P.J.—over state laws banning males claiming to be “transgender” from participating [...]
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Department of Health and Human Services bars funding research using fetal tissue
By EWTN News on Jan 23, 2026 05:34 pmCredit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Jan 23, 2026 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday that it will stop funding research that uses fetal tissue of aborted babies.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Nationa... [...]
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