She reported on a “prairie fire from hell”: Author Donna Steichen dies at 97
By Monica Seeley on Oct 30, 2026 12:42 amThe year was 1985. A nun in a zip-up velour robe was demonstrating liturgical dance at my all-girls high school. Spotlighted onstage in the darkened auditorium, she swayed and bowed, long grey hair falling to [...]
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Celestial lights and daylight saving time
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Oct 29, 2026 08:10 pm“Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the seasons, the days and the years, and serve as lights in the dome of the sky, [...]
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Pro-life group protests Cardinal Cupich’s award to philanthropist, Planned Parenthood donor
By Tyler Arnold on Oct 29, 2026 03:11 pmCardinal Blase Cupich said the award is not an endorsement of every stance a person has, but Illinois Right to Life accused him of “scandalizing the faithful” at the Oct. 29 banquet. [...]
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Opinion: The Twelve Bishops and Trump—Controversy and Context
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Oct 28, 2026 07:17 pmOn October 22, twelve American successors to the Apostles cleared up a conundrum that has baffled theologians for centuries: What is the unpardonable sin against the Holy Spirit? Thanks to them, we now know: it [...]
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Ohio courts invalidate parental educational choice program
By Charles J. Russo on Oct 28, 2026 09:00 amThe latest front in the battle to protect the God-given parental right to direct the educational upbringing of their children, because “the child is not the mere creature of the state,” affording them genuine choices [...]
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The Gospel, not “listening,” is the message
By George Weigel on Oct 28, 2026 04:00 amToward the end of the recent Roman meeting to discuss the Church’s 21st-century mission to marriage and the family, Pope Leo XIV asked the participating bishops to share their reflections on that experience. Bishop Erik [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 28, 2026
By CWR Staff on Oct 28, 2026 03:00 amLooking beyond the numbers on Mass attendance (The Catholic Weekly): “Overall, this study is dominated by the opinions of white, middle class, female, highly educated, non-Mass goers aged between 40 and 60.” The Archdiocese of [...]
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Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal
By Marcus Peter on Oct 27, 2026 04:00 amWe have reached such an extraordinary degree of political derangement within Catholic discourse in the U.S. that twelve bishops praying over the President of the United States now constitutes a scandal requiring public apologies and [...]
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Why OCIA is not a class…
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Oct 26, 2026 07:11 pmWhat does it take to make someone a Catholic? The waters of Baptism bring new birth, yet when we look around, we find many baptized pagans in the world today. In response, it’s easy to [...]
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Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship
By Paul Seaton on Oct 26, 2026 04:24 pmI taught in fine seminary programs at the beginning and end of my full-time teaching career, with stints at Catholic colleges and universities in between. I continue to teach part-time for the college seminary of [...]
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Opinion: Voting as if God and the common good matter
By Dawn Beutner on Oct 25, 2026 07:34 pmWhen the citizens of thirty-nine states line up for the final day of voting on November 3, 2026, they will find questions as well as candidates on their ballots. According to Ballotpedia, residents of some [...]
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Milwaukee Archbishop Grob issues ‘public apology’ over White House meeting
By Tina Dennelly on Oct 25, 2026 02:02 pmArchbishop Jeffrey Grob said his “intention was never to cause confusion, anger, or disappointment among the people entrusted to my care” and that the meeting was publicized without consent. [..]
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What the Catholic Church in Egypt is doing to keep youths attached to their faith
By ACI Africa Staff on Oct 25, 2026 11:00 amSpeaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Emmanuel Bishay of Egypt’s Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luxor said that relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches are good. [...]
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On Christ the King and the idolatry of politics
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Oct 25, 2026 10:00 amEditor’s note: This homily was preached on the feast of Christ the King (Extraordinary Form), October 25, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. In the calendar of the Usus Antiquior, [...]
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The multi-layered immorality of In Vitro Fertilization
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Oct 24, 2026 04:28 pmIn 2004, The Final Cut was a science-fiction thriller about a future in which chips implanted in people at birth record their lives. After a person dies, a professional editor, played by Robin Williams, assembles [...]
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Denver archbishop responds to criticism over Trump prayer meeting: ‘I was being a Catholic priest’
By Daniel Payne on Oct 24, 2026 02:00 pmArchbishop James Golka led a prayer during an Oct. 22 meeting at the Oval Office between Trump and over half a dozen of his fellow U.S. bishops. [...]
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The greatest commandment and the maximum happiness
By Carl E. Olson on Oct 24, 2026 11:00 amReadings: • Ex 22:20-26 • Psa 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 • 1 Thess 1:5c-10 • Mt 22:34-40 “When you buy an automobile,” wrote Archbishop Fulton Sheen in Remade for Happiness (Ignatius Press, 2014; orig. 1946), [...]
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Bishop Barron slams ‘clownish irrelevance’ of German Catholic academy in blistering statement
By Daniel Payne on Oct 23, 2026 04:43 pmControversy over Bishop Robert Barron's acceptance of a 2025 award from a German Catholic institution resurfaced this week. [...]
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New book examines roots and goals of the escalating attack on the family
By Robert R. Reilly on Oct 23, 2026 02:41 pmTimothy S. Goeglein, a former White House official and long-time vice president of government affairs at Focus on the Family, has written an important and timely book. At the beginning, he states his intent: I [...]
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