By Amy Welborn on May 14, 2026 02:35 pm
Editor’s note: Part One of this essay can be read here. —————— Wait,
we’re not home yet, though. The journey’s not over. Less than a week
later, I was back in a car. A rental [...]
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By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on May 14, 2026 02:17 pm
“All roads lead to Rome.” This proverbial saying from the ancient empire
remained true even as Jesus’ disciples made their way across the world.
The Eternal City, the capital of one of the world’s greatest [...]
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By Marcus Peter on May 14, 2026 05:00 am
The Catholic Church has a simple principle that ecclesial
revolutionaries keep finding impressively difficult to understand:
obedience to legitimate authority belongs to communion and covenant
hierarchy rather than institutional convenience. The announced plan by
the [...]
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By Larry Chapp on May 13, 2026 09:00 pm
On the anniversary of his election, and with a year of the papacy under
his belt, it is fair to say that Pope Leo would make, as a friend of
mine has stated, a “good [...]
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By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on May 13, 2026 07:00 pm
Jesus makes it clear that there is a distinct relationship between love,
keeping His commandments, and bearing fruit. God’s law, authentic
Christian love, and life in abundance are inseparable. The unity helps
us reject popular [...]
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By EWTN News on May 13, 2026 12:39 pm
The Vatican’s doctrine chief warned Wednesday that the plan of the
traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to consecrate new bishops
without papal mandate will represent a schismatic act resulting in
excommunication. “This act will [...]
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By George Weigel on May 13, 2026 04:00 am
Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest
deliberative body, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was a decorated
naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut with four space shuttle
missions to his credit. Now, [...]
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By CWR Staff on May 13, 2026 03:00 am
‘Synodal Shepherds’ Attack the Sheep (The Catholic Thing): “What the
Church has only recently become accustomed to is attacks upon her
teaching coming from some of her shepherds, especially from the
never-ending pronouncements emanating from [...]
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By Daniel Payne on May 12, 2026 03:01 pm
Cardinal Blase Cupich said Father Jose Molina was accused of "improper
communications" and was barred from ministering in Chicago. [...]
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By Susan Ciancio on May 12, 2026 12:00 pm
May is Older Americans Month, a time to reflect upon the contributions
and gifts of older Americans and to “reaffirm our commitment to serving”
them. Thus, it’s a good time to reflect on the wisdom that [...]
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By L. Joseph Hebert on May 12, 2026 10:36 am
Recently, there has been a notable upsurge in adult conversions to the
Catholic faith, even amidst a long-term decline in religious
affiliation. Heartening as it is, this glimmer of hope raises a question
for those [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on May 12, 2026 12:00 am
(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited
debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April
16, 2026, address at St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Bamenda, Fon
Fru [...]
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By Madalaine Elhabbal on May 11, 2026 03:32 pm
The president likened the call to free Lai to the complexity of
releasing indicted former FBI Director James Comey as families of
Chinese prisoners rallied outside the White House. [...]
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By Charles J. Russo on May 10, 2026 10:11 pm
There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil
Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and
State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These organizations sued
the City of Quincy and [...]
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By Anne Hendershott on May 10, 2026 05:57 pm
California has always sold itself as the place where people can invent
or reinvent who they are. And it is within that culture of “borrowed
selves” that both the man accused of starting the deadly [...]
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By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on May 10, 2026 10:00 am
What happened in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary can and must happen in our own lives. Each of us has received the Holy [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on May 09, 2026 08:40 pm
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, in southern Nigeria, has declared a
week of prayer in reparation following the disturbing desecration of the
Adoration Chapel at St. Mulumba Parish, where unknown assailants stole a
monstrance containing [...]
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By Amy Welborn on May 09, 2026 03:00 pm
A few days after Pope Francis died, I drove from Alabama to Wyoming. The
ostensible reason for the journey was not to sit mobile shiva for the
dead pontiff, but simply the delivery of my [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on May 09, 2026 02:00 pm
Readings: • Acts 8:4-8, 14-17 • Psa 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 • 1 Pet
3:15-18 • Jn 14:15-21 How would you answer this question: “Who do you
think is the most mysterious and enigmatic [...]
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By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on May 09, 2026 04:00 am
Outside of his native country of Malta, St George Preca (1880-1962) is
primarily known (if he is known at all) as the originator of what we now
call the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. Yet [...]
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By Daniel Payne on May 08, 2026 03:56 pm
Courage International said the Holy See's synodal report constituted "calumny" against the 45-year-old Church apostolate. [...]
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