Master’s degree in Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies the first of its kind
By Jim Graves on May 02, 2024 07:40 pmThe University of St. Thomas Houston (UST Houston) is offering a new online Master of Arts in Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies, school officials announced Thursday, May 2nd. According to the school website, the program [...]
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Trump polls ahead of Biden among Catholic voters with shift in Hispanic vote
By Catholic News Agency on May 02, 2024 02:26 pmnull / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 2, 2024 / 15:26 pm (CNA). Former President Donald Trump is polling more than 10 points ahead of President Joe Biden among Catholic voters, thanks in part to increasing support from Hisp... [...]
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Athanasius contra mundum: A Saint for a time of confusion
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on May 02, 2024 05:00 amOur saint of the day, Athanasius of Alexandria, was probably born in that city between 296 and 298 A.D., a hub of the Greco-Roman world at that time, culturally, politically, intellectually, and morally. It was [...]
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Bishops, borders, and the (bully) pulpit
By Dr. Randall B. Smith on May 02, 2024 03:30 am“Texas Bishop Taking on Greg Abbott Gets Pope Francis’ Protection” is the curious title of an April 30th article in Newsweek. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso needs “protection” from Greg Abbott? Are there Texas [...]
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The example of St. Joseph the Worker amid postmodernism, transgenderism, and wokism
By Father George E. Schultze, SJ on May 01, 2024 02:00 pmThe Feast of St. Joseph the Worker strikes a chord that reverberates through the body and soul of every reflective Catholic boy or man. Without denying the contributions women have made in every era, Catholic [...]
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Against cosmic melancholia
By George Weigel on May 01, 2024 04:00 amOn September 5, 1977, “Voyager 1,” built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Titan IIIE rocket. It’s still going, almost forty-seven years later and some 15 billion miles away: [...]
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Why did a priest write a novel about the Mafia, Confession, and Providence?
By Paul Senz on May 01, 2024 03:30 amArt can be a tremendously effective means of communicating theological truths. We have seen this over the centuries and across millennia, and it is no less true today. In recent years, there has been a [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
By CWR Staff on May 01, 2024 02:00 amFlamboyant Corruption – “Now the Vatican is once again paralysed by scandals, but this time round, correspondents working for secular and Catholic outlets are trying to protect Francis, who faces more serious questions about his [...]
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Flannery O’Connor’s faith is front-and-center in Wildcat
By Catherine Harmon on May 01, 2024 12:00 am“I owe my existence and cheerful countenance to the pituitary glands of thousands of pigs butchered daily in Chicago, Illinois at the Armour packing plant.” This quote from Flannery O’Connor appears after the end-credits of [...]
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The Fullness of Life: Bishop Erik Varden’s Resurrection of Chastity
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 30, 2024 08:34 pmWhile Lent offers us a clear path of conversion, turning away from the world, Easter invites us into God’s own life. In Lent, we seek to die with Christ; in Easter, we must live with [...]
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Catholic healthcare leader warns of transgender mandate in change to Obamacare rule
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 30, 2024 02:30 pmnull / JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 30, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Chris Faddis, president of Solidarity HealthShare, is sounding the alarm over a new Biden administration change to the Affordable Care Act that he says deni... [...]
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Napa Institute Summer Conference 2024 to focus on “What it Means to be Human”
By Jim Graves on Apr 29, 2024 08:03 pmThe 14th annual Napa Institute Summer Conference will be held at The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California, from July 24 to 28, 2024. The annual event features presentations by prominent Catholic speakers, daily [...]
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Spanish bishop to Biden: Invoking Jesus Christ in support of abortion is a sacrilege
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 29, 2024 05:52 pmPresident Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2024. / Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 29, 2024 / 16:52 pm (CNA). U.S. pre... [...]
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Catherine of Siena: Sister, Daughter, Mother, and Saint
By Dawn Beutner on Apr 29, 2024 01:24 pmIf the Catholic Church had only investigated the virtue and diplomatic skills of Saint Catherine Benincasa of Siena (1347-1380), there would have been ample evidence to canonize her. After all, besides living a virtuous life, [...]
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A good biopic is hard to find, but Wildcat artfully delivers
By Andrew Petiprin on Apr 28, 2024 07:21 pmIn the new movie Wildcat, a feverish and immobile Mary Flannery O’Connor, played by Maya Hawke, asks her parish priest, played by Liam Neeson, whether he has ever read James Joyce. He admits he has not, [...]
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Democratic Republic of Congo bishops: Amid growth of Church ‘the Congolese state is dead’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 28, 2024 10:00 amMembers of the Provincial Episcopal Assembly of Bukavu (ASSEPB). / Credit: Radio Moto ACI Africa, Apr 28, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have denounced ... [...]
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The population of hell and the limitations of human freedom
By Larry Chapp on Apr 27, 2024 10:26 pmWith the promulgation of the latest document from the DDF (Dignitas Infinita) much focus has been on the use of the word “Infinite” in the title as a qualifier for the ontological nature of human [...]
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The Vine, the Branches, and “Eternal Security”
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 27, 2024 12:00 pmOn the Readings for Sunday, April 29, 2018, the Fifth Sunday of Easter [...]
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Whodunnit? The Strange Case of Shakespeare’s Will
By Joseph Pearce on Apr 26, 2024 09:00 pmWilliam Shakespeare is a mystery. What we know about the facts of his life is outweighed by what we don’t know. His life can be likened metaphorically to a jigsaw puzzle in which most of [...]
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Keeping it real: AI, Catholic Answers, and the Vatican
By Christopher R. Altieri on Apr 26, 2024 06:07 pmThe robot uprising is gon’ be a hoot. That’s the lesson from this week, one that saw the world’s first-ever sacerdotal AI chatbot ordained and assigned to general ministry, then swiftly laicized and reinvented as [...]
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Four German bishops resist push to install permanent ‘Synodal Council’
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 26, 2024 12:57 pmCardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023. / Credit: Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner CNA Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 13:57 pm (CNA). Four German bishops on Wednesday distanced themselves fr... [...]
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