St. Catherine of Siena and leaving the Church
By Thomas McDermott, OP on Apr 28, 2023 04:15 amIn the wake of so many clerical sex abuse scandals, too many people the Catholic Church appears hypocritical and bankrupt morally and spiritually. In the midst of such trying times, how can Catholics justify remaining [...]
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“If you don’t believe in the devil, declare war on him and find out what happens.”
By Jim Graves on Apr 27, 2023 05:40 pmThe writing and directing team of Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon (God’s Not Dead, Do You Believe?, Unplanned) released their new movie Nefarious on April 14. It tells the story of a mass-murdering inmate (Sean Patrick [...]
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Mexico law banning ‘conversion therapy’ would unleash ‘witch hunt,’ pro-family leader says
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 27, 2023 08:55 amWoman holding transgender sign. Via Shutterstock / null ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 27, 2023 / 07:55 am (CNA). A bill that would ban so-called “conversion therapy” for people with same-sex attraction could trigger a “witch hunt” against parents and h... [...]
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The Catholic crisis over “us”
By George Weigel on Apr 27, 2023 01:10 amCambridge historian Richard Rex has provocatively proposed that Catholicism today is embroiled in the third great crisis of its bimillennial history. The first crisis was the fierce, Church-dividing debate over “What is God?” That question [...]
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What we can learn from the Salem witch trials about today’s trans mania
By William Kilpatrick on Apr 26, 2023 11:23 pmFor the last couple of years, J.K. Rowling has been the victim of a witch hunt. The author of the Harry Potter series has been harassed, hounded, shouted down, and targeted with numerous death threats. [...]
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Vatican announces laypeople, including women, will vote in Synod on Synodality assembly
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 26, 2023 08:07 amnull / USCCB Rome Newsroom, Apr 26, 2023 / 07:07 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly, a break with past custom, which allowed laype... [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for April 26, 2023
By CWR Staff on Apr 26, 2023 04:00 amCatholic Intelligent Design – “In my experience, Catholics face many challenges when it comes to thinking about evolution and intelligent design. Many of us somewhere along the way had a priest or teacher tell us [...]
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What is the relationship between wokeism, Marxism, and liberalism?
By Dr. Edward Feser on Apr 25, 2023 11:41 pmIn his book Conservatism: A Rediscovery, Yoram Hazony argues that there is indeed a significant link between wokeism and Marxism. Paul Gottfried responds at Chronicles, arguing that the similarities between the two have been overstated. Let’s take [...]
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Archbishop Paglia’s moral and theological gymnastics
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 25, 2023 08:36 pmAn Italian paper published what are supposed to be last week’s remarks of Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia on assisted suicide, with specific reference to the debate in Italy. Archbishop Paglia is president of the Pontifical Academy [...]
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Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 25, 2023 04:50 pmnull / Ivan Galashchuk/Shutterstock. St. Louis, Mo., Apr 25, 2023 / 15:50 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the request of Pope Francis,... [...]
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Cracks appear in U.S. pro-life movement over Pavone’s leadership
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 25, 2023 06:30 amFrank Pavone. / Credit: Frank Pavone/YouTube, April 20, 2023 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 25, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA). Frank Pavone, the national director of the pro-life organization Priests for Life, has repeatedly framed his dismissal from t... [...]
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The endless white flags of progressive Catholicism
By Larry Chapp on Apr 24, 2023 02:15 pmMary Eberstadt, in her wonderful new book from Ignatius Press titled Adam and Eve After the Pill: Revisited (an updated version of her 2013 book on the same topic), makes a great case for why the [...]
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The necessary kindness of speaking the truth about “menstrual equity”
By Susan Ciancio on Apr 24, 2023 01:37 pmSt. Thomas Aquinas once said, “The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” I couldn’t help but think about this quote as I read a recent [...]
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Forming students who will build up the Kingdom: An interview with Mark Middendorf
By Paul Senz on Apr 23, 2023 10:32 pmAve Maria University was founded in 1998 as Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 2007 the campus was moved to Florida, and it added graduate programs, making it a full-fledged university. The school has [...]
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BREAKING: Pontifical Academy of Life president calls medically assisted suicide ‘feasible’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 23, 2023 04:02 pmArchbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II, speaks at a press conference. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA). Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pon... [...]
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Let us be attentive: Active participation in Mass
By Steven D. Greydanus on Apr 23, 2023 04:00 pmProbably all of us have had the experience of finding ourselves halfway through a meal and realizing that we hadn’t been paying attention what we were eating: how it tasted, how it went down, or [...]
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Priest says Church in Cuba in position to propose transition from communism to free society
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 23, 2023 09:00 amnull / Credit: Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Only the Catholic Church in Cuba is in the position to lead a dialogue and propose a transition from communism to a free society, Father Alberto Reyes of the Archdiocese o... [...]
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Surprised by Scotus
By Casey Chalk on Apr 22, 2023 08:42 pmHave you ever had an opinion of someone or something, perhaps informed by little, if any real substantive evidence, only, upon actually learning about that person or thing, that you were terribly, and perhaps even [...]
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The road to Emmaus and the reality of the Eucharist
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 22, 2023 04:00 amReadings: • Acts 2:14, 22-33 • Psa. 16:1-2,5,7-11 • 1 Pet. 1:17-21 • Lk. 24:13-35 I grew up attending a small Fundamentalist Bible chapel that believed the Lord’s Supper should be commemorated each week. Nearly [...]
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Appeals to “experience” obscure the ambiguity of “experience”
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 22, 2023 12:30 amBack when I was an undergraduate student, my introduction to systematic theology was taught by a nun who was big on “experience.” I was hoping for an introduction to basic dogmatic theology but wound up [...]
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Trump is at odds with a major pro-life group: a look at how his position on abortion has evolved
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 21, 2023 05:26 pmDonald Trump. / Christopher Halloran via www.shutterstock.com. Washington D.C., Apr 21, 2023 / 16:26 pm (CNA). Even though former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees were instrumental in overturning Roe V. Wade, the 2024 presidentia... [...]
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Environmental dogma, domination, and dominion
By Thomas M. Doran on Apr 21, 2023 04:07 pmAnother Earth Day is approaching, with corresponding pronouncements about environmental doom. What should we make of this? Discussions about the environment typically consist of agreement that the environment needs to be protected, even if we’re [...]
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