The Gadfly Letter Apostolate
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jan 26, 2023 08:34 pmThe Code of Canon Law gives us the right to manifest our opinions to ecclesiastical leaders: According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the [...]
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Prosecution rests case in Mark Houck trial, defense motions to dismiss the case
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 26, 2023 07:45 pmThe Houck family / Photo credit: Thomas More Society Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 26, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA). On the second day of witness testimony in the trial of Mark Houck, a pro-life father of seven charged with violating the Freedom of Access to... [...]
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Making sense of the Vatican’s approach to dictatorial regimes
By Russell Shaw on Jan 26, 2023 03:07 pmWhy hasn’t Pope Francis spoken up forcefully about the oppression of the Church by dictatorial regimes in China and Nicaragua? It’s a fair question whose answer can perhaps be found in the precedent of several [...]
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Why is ad orientem worship so controversial?
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jan 26, 2023 03:30 amUntil the 1960s, Catholics worshipped ad orientem, with priest and congregation facing the East during Mass. Originally Christians celebrated Mass before daybreak Sunday morning with the rising sun serving as a symbol of Christ’s resurrection [...]
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A Man Called Otto a powerful portrayal of love of neighbor
By Susan Ciancio on Jan 25, 2023 05:52 pmMy son and I went to see Tom Hanks’ new movie, A Man Called Otto, recently. On the way to the theater, I commented to him that I really had no idea what the plot [...]
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‘Being homosexual is not a crime…but it’s a sin,” Pope Francis reiterates in new interview
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 25, 2023 10:10 amPope Francis speaking at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 21, 2022. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 08:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis has reiterated that homosexuality is “not a crime” in a new interview published Wednesday.Th... [...]
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The White-Martyr Cardinals’ Dinner
By George Weigel on Jan 25, 2023 04:00 amOn the night of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral, Cardinal George Pell hosted a dinner in his apartment for a group of like-minded mourners, and all present were delighted that the heroic Cardinal Joseph Zen [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for January 25, 2023
By CWR Staff on Jan 25, 2023 03:30 amAccusations Against Pavone – Laicized priest Frank Pavone was accused before his laicization of sexual harassment, grooming behavior, and coercive physical contact with young women. Pavone was accused of ‘sexual misconduct’ before laicization (The Pillar) [...]
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New book examines origins, history, and goals of the sexual revolution
By Paul Senz on Jan 24, 2023 08:00 pmOver the last several decades, the decay in our society has flowed almost exclusively from the rotten state of the family, confusion over proper approaches to human sexuality, gender, and more, all of which is [...]
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St. Francis de Sales: Love for a loveless age
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Jan 24, 2023 05:00 am“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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Garrigou-Lagrange’s On Divine Revelation is a master class of Thomistic apologetics
By Joseph G. Trabbic on Jan 23, 2023 10:57 pmI’m sure very few people ever expected to see a revival of interest in the thought of the late French Dominican theologian Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange. In preconciliar Catholic theology his traditional Thomism belonged to the mainstream, [...]
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On St. Francis de Sales and handling the news like a Saint
By Dawn Beutner on Jan 23, 2023 06:20 pmOn January 24, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Francis de Sales, the famous bishop of Geneva and patron saint of the Catholic press. But why is a priest who is best known for his spiritual [...]
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Controversial Dominican priest to lead October retreat for bishops at start of synod
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 23, 2023 11:21 amFr. Timothy Radcliffe addressing the bishops of the Catholic Church in England and Wales / © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Vatican City, Jan 23, 2023 / 09:21 am (CNA). Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich announced Monday that the October 2023 session of... [...]
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Homilies of the late Fr. Leonard Klein emphasize reality of sin, the need for grace
By Joseph Tuttle on Jan 22, 2023 10:01 pmSelected from over 500 sermons preached as a Catholic priest, A Grain of Wheat is a collection of 65 of the finest homilies given by the late Fr. Leonard Klein and arranged by his wife [...]
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Second bystander ensnared by English ban on prayer outside abortion clinics
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 22, 2023 07:00 amAdam Smith-Connor was fined for “praying for [his] son, who is deceased” near an abortion facility in Bournemouth, England. / ADF UK Denver, Colo., Jan 22, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). Amid continuing controversy over strict limits on behavior outsid... [...]
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Dialoguing with the most incoherent document ever sent out from Rome
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 21, 2023 11:16 pmShortly before his death two weeks ago, Cardinal George Pell wrote an essay lambasting what he described as “one of the most incoherent documents ever sent out from Rome.” Noted researcher and professor of sociology [...]
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Jesus Christ is not a mere fact, but a living invitation
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 21, 2023 10:22 amReadings: • Is 8:23-9:3 • Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 • 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 • Mt 4:12-23 In the opening paragraphs of Spe Salvi, his 2007 encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI observed that the [...]
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Now that the March for Life is over, here’s a snapshot of a shifting abortion landscape
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 21, 2023 08:00 amnull / Credit: Ivon19 / Wikipedia (public domain) (CC-BY-SA-4.0) St. Louis, Mo., Jan 21, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). This week, health officials in New York City said they plan to begin offering free, city-funded abortion pills at four sex... [...]
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The need for orthodoxy in a world of dangerous “orthodoxies”
By Thomas M. Doran on Jan 20, 2023 11:26 pmOne succinct definition of orthodoxy is “An authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.” Within the Catholic faith, orthodox belief is considered to be adherence to the deposit of faith that has come down [...]
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Updated: Former CWR editor George Neumayr dies with malaria while in Africa
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 20, 2023 03:39 pmUpdate (Jan 25, 2023): The Neumayr family has released a statement about George Neumayr’s death: “It is with great sadness that the family of George Neumayr announces his untimely passing on January 19, 2023. He [...]
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Focus on ‘changing hearts,’ Bishop Burbidge tells packed post-Roe Vigil Mass for Life
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 20, 2023 09:20 amSarah Achenbach (center left) and Heather Kramer (center right) traveled with other pilgrims from a pro-life Wisconsin group to the Vigil Mass for Life on Jan. 19, 2023, celebrated by Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, at the Basili... [...]
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