Why we need the Creed: An anniversary that matters

Fr. James Martin’s homosophistry takes advantage of a clear double standard By Larry Chapp on Jul 11, 2025 01:01 am I am not a “traditionalist”. At least not in the sense that the term has come to mean these days in common ecclesial parlance. I have sharp theological disagreements with the theological tendencies among some [...] Read in browser » San Bernardino diocese grants Sunday Mass dispensation to those fearing deportation By Catholic News Agency on Jul 10, 2025 06:55 pm Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino, Calif. / Farragutful via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 17:55 pm (CNA). Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California has granted a dis... [...] Read in browser » Meritage Collection of hotels offers Clergy Hospitality Program By Jim Graves on Jul 10, 2025 01:09 pm The Meritage Collection of hotels, owned and operated by Catholic businessman and philanthropist Tim Busch’s Pacific Hospitality Group (PHG), is offering a Clergy Hospitality Program for priests in good standing with the Catholic Church. When [...] Read in browser » U.S. Catholic bishops: Church will not endorse political candidates despite IRS shift By Catholic News Agency on Jul 10, 2025 10:25 am United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 9, 2025 / 18:25 pm (C... [...] Read in browser » Why we need the Creed: An anniversary that matters By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jul 10, 2025 03:00 am Anniversaries help us to remember and celebrate the gifts we have received: our life, milestones in our vocation and the most important events of history. This Jubilee Year, we celebrate 1700 years from the First [...] Read in browser » The Eucharist, the Papacy, and the Martyrs of Gorkum By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Jul 09, 2025 02:30 pm Although their feast is not observed in the general Roman calendar or the calendar of the United States, the Roman Martyrology and the national calendar of the Church in the Netherlands today observe the feast [...] Read in browser » The Ascension vs. Human Composting By George Weigel on Jul 09, 2025 04:00 am There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 By CWR Staff on Jul 09, 2025 03:00 am Holy Americans – “Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood.” Holy, Independent: Meet 12 of the Many Americans on the Path to Sainthood (National Catholic Register) [...] Read in browser » Leo XIV and the Liturgical Renewal of Creation By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Jul 08, 2025 11:26 pm Still basking in the joy of having a successor of St. Peter who hails from the land of my birth (though admittedly still a bit disappointed that he’s not a Cubs fan), I, like many, [...] Read in browser » IRS ends 70-year gag rule, says churches can now endorse political candidates By Catholic News Agency on Jul 08, 2025 12:54 pm A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2025 / 13:54 pm (CNA). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week backed off a decades-old rule first esta... [...] Read in browser » On the psychology of sin By Matthew Becklo on Jul 07, 2025 07:37 pm Sixty years ago, on June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court in its Griswold v. Connecticut decision ruled against a state ban on contraception. This established the infamous “right to privacy” that was later used to [...] Read in browser » Navigating false prophets in confused time: A conversation with Michael D. O’Brien By Pete Baklinski on Jul 07, 2025 06:09 pm False prophets have existed ever since God first began communicating with mankind. They claim to hear voices from heaven—whether from God, saints, or angels—and that they have been entrusted with urgent revelations. That they exist [...] Read in browser » Vatican’s synod office postpones reports on controversial issues By Catholic News Agency on Jul 07, 2025 12:15 pm Participants of the Synod on Synodality gather for a group photo on Oct. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 7, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s synod office has said that final reports from Synod on Synodality study groups ... [...] Read in browser » Church leaders: It’s time for Nigeria’s Christians to defend themselves By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Jul 06, 2025 11:00 pm “When the Fulanis attacked our village of Yelwata, they slaughtered three of my sons. The youngest, who is lying here, had his hand cut off and his back slashed. My daughter was severely burned. My [...] Read in browser » Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for summer vacation By Catholic News Agency on Jul 06, 2025 12:45 pm Pope Leo XIV greets people as he arrives for a two-week stay in the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, 40 km southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, revives a long-standing papal tradition paused under Francis, a... [...] Read in browser » Letting girls be born for all the wrong reasons By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Jul 06, 2025 08:44 am The Economist recently lauded the fact that sex selection abortions seem to be on the decline. “The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being girls has become dramatically less common.” Earlier ultrasounds and modern [...] Read in browser » Facing the future with hard heads and soft hearts By David Paul Deavel on Jul 05, 2025 08:53 pm How do you approach the future? The old joke about economists (attributed to the late Paul Samuelson) is that they have successfully predicted nine of the last five recessions. Some of us are born economists [...] Read in browser » Catholics mobilize aid after historic flash floods devastate Texas Hill Country By Catholic News Agency on Jul 05, 2025 01:00 pm Trees emerge from flood waters along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas with multiple fatalities reported. / Credit: Eric Vryn/Getty Images San Anto... [...] Read in browser » Proclaiming the Kingdom in the splendor of the Son By Carl E. Olson on Jul 05, 2025 12:00 pm Readings: • Is 66:10-14c • Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 • Gal 6:14-18 • Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 Anyone who has seen a sunrise from a viewpoint overlooking a grand vista knows the wonder of [...] Read in browser »