Skrmetti restores some sanity after years of insanity

Skrmetti restores some sanity after years of insanity By Charles J. Russo on Jun 19, 2025 07:08 pm On June 18, 2025, the Supreme Court restored a measure of sanity in the debate over transitioning minors. In United States v. Skrmetti the Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors, [...] Read in browser » Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices, care homes in England By Catholic News Agency on Jun 19, 2025 12:32 pm Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England (left), and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; SimeonMarcel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dublin, Ireland, Jun 19, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Tw... [...] Read in browser » NPR and the Shrinking of the Western Mind By Rodney Howsare on Jun 18, 2025 08:00 pm I have noticed something of a pattern with National Public Radio (NPR) lately: when they interview or feature religious persons, said persons tend also to be homosexual. In February 2023, Ashlee Green wrote a gushing [...] Read in browser » The potential dangers in the SCOTUS’s trans-gender mutilation ruling By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Jun 18, 2025 07:26 pm The June 18th Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender mutilation of minors–United States v. Skrmetti–is generating criticism from the Left. But there is room for concerns from those who welcome the ruling. In [...] Read in browser » Stephen King’s new novel ruined by ideology, stereotypes, and amorality By Anne Hendershott on Jun 18, 2025 04:01 pm Just a decade ago, a reasonable case could be made that, in “some important ways,” famous and best-selling author Stephen King “provides the last bastion of biblical morality in popular fiction.” Today, having finished reading [...] Read in browser » Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender procedures for minors By Catholic News Agency on Jun 18, 2025 03:23 pm null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Jun 18, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). In a pivotal 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical procedures on transgender-identifying youth.The J... [...] Read in browser » “Public” does not = “state” or “government” By George Weigel on Jun 18, 2025 04:00 am In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School v. Drummond, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand an obtuse Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that excluded St. Isidore’s from the state charter school program. Notre [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and view for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 By CWR Staff on Jun 18, 2025 03:00 am Of Social Doctrine and New Things – “It is all too tempting to try to use Catholic Social Doctrine as a policy platform with which to bludgeon one’s political opponents. Pope Leo XIV’s address is [...] Read in browser » Diaper drive brings relief to Down Syndrome families By Susan Ciancio on Jun 17, 2025 07:28 pm What happens when a 100% pro-life Down syndrome advocacy organization teams with a 100% pro-life diaper company? Families within the Down syndrome community feel seen, loved, and valued. Just after Mother’s Day, Team Iron Will, a [...] Read in browser » Cardinal Burke appeals for restoration of Traditional Latin Mass By Catholic News Agency on Jun 17, 2025 08:31 am Cardinal Raymond Burke gives the final blessing during the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage Mass in Rome on Oct. 25, 2014. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 16:31 pm (CNA). Cardinal Raymond Burke said he has asked Pope Leo... [...] Read in browser » SCOTUS rules that Catholic Charities is a religious organization By Charles J. Russo on Jun 17, 2025 12:23 am On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court rendered a major victory for religious freedom in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. In a unanimous judgment authored by Justice Sotomayor, with concurrences by [...] Read in browser » Technology and Social Justice By James Kalb on Jun 16, 2025 10:03 pm Misconceptions about human life and social order lead to endless trouble. So, I’ll make a few more comments on current misconceptions that relate to social justice. One misconception is an overemphasis on individual choice that [...] Read in browser » Up to 200 displaced Nigerian Christians killed in ‘worst’ attack yet By Catholic News Agency on Jun 16, 2025 08:01 pm Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 17:01 pm (CNA). Islamist Fulani militants swooped into the town of Yelewata ... [...] Read in browser » James Joyce’s Debt of Love By Joshua Hren on Jun 16, 2025 04:00 am On this Bloomsday, let me tell you a love story. I know, I know, (in the words of John Gordon) “novels in which love is the answer are a dime a dozen, usually the opposite [...] Read in browser » Fighting fires and growing in faith: An interview with Benjamin O’Brien By Paul Senz on Jun 15, 2025 06:31 pm Benjamin O’Brien is the author of The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17 (Ignatius Press, 2025), a memoir of a rookie firefighter who struggles to overcome the challenges of his dangerous job while growing in [...] Read in browser » “The Trinity: Three Persons in One Nature” by Frank Sheed By CWR Staff on Jun 15, 2025 12:00 pm The notion is unfortunately widespread that the mystery of the Blessed Trinity is a mystery of mathematics, that is to say, of how one can equal three. The plain Christian accepts the doctrine of the [...] Read in browser » Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to Catholics in Chicago By Catholic News Agency on Jun 15, 2025 10:00 am Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and mass to honor his selection as Pope on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images Vati... [...] Read in browser » A Man’s Place in the Home: A Biblical Perspective By John A. Cuddeback on Jun 14, 2025 11:04 am Living in Exile “Reflect on what has been assigned to you.” Sirach 3:22 Today, fewer than half of adult American women are married. While that percentage was notably higher in the 70s, I witnessed firsthand a key [...] Read in browser » The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity By Carl E. Olson on Jun 14, 2025 09:00 am Readings: • Prov 8:22-31 • Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-5 • Jn 16:12-15 The apologist and novelist Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) dryly noted, in an essay titled “The Dogma is the Drama,” that for [...] Read in browser » Carlo Acutis to be canonized Sept. 7 with Pier Giorgio Frassati By Catholic News Agency on Jun 13, 2025 10:42 am Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 04:42 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and wi... [...] Read in browser »