“A funny thing happened on my walk up Broadway”

St. John the Baptist: A martyr for the truth about marriage By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Aug 29, 2025 04:00 am Today’s liturgical commemoration demands the answer to a fundamental question: Have you accepted the challenge to be a long-distance runner for Christ? [...] Read in browser » Reflections on Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Message on Creation By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Aug 28, 2025 08:00 pm In my last column, I reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s approval of a new liturgical formulary, the Mass for the Care of Creation, highlighting the rich opportunity it affords to renew the Church’s liturgical prayer [...] Read in browser » Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic politicians to follow the Gospel in public life By Catholic News Agency on Aug 28, 2025 11:30 am Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of political representatives and civic leaders from the Diocese of Créteil, France, on Aug. 28, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on T... [...] Read in browser » Why I’m Catholic By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Aug 28, 2025 04:00 am St. Paul certainly could not boast about his conversion. He didn’t read his way into the Church. He wasn’t compelled by the witness of charity. He was knocked off his proverbial horse on the way [...] Read in browser » Augustine of Hippo: A Saint for the 21st century By Jerry Salyer on Aug 28, 2025 03:00 am Thanks to the myth of there being a perpetual war between science and religion, even broad-minded unbelievers are liable to think the faithful are trying to effect damage control when we emphasize that the Bible [...] Read in browser » 2 children killed in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic church, police say By Catholic News Agency on Aug 27, 2025 09:41 am null / Credit: CNA CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 10:41 am (CNA). At least two victims are reportedly dead, with multiple injuries reported, after a mass shooting incident at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school. A massive police presence descen... [...] Read in browser » Judge again attempts to compel Little Sisters of the Poor to provide birth control By Charles J. Russo on Aug 27, 2025 04:00 am To put it bluntly, the decision in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey v. Trump, Kennedy, et al., filed on August 13, 2025, is a travesty. Blatantly ignoring two Supreme Court cases to [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, August 27, 2025 By CWR Staff on Aug 27, 2025 03:00 am Fulton Sheen Biography – “Cheryl C. D. Hughes’ new biography of the American Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is a rare exception, one that illuminates the history of the 20th century and of the Catholic [...] Read in browser » Helping couples who are carrying the unexpected cross of infertility By Cassandra Taylor on Aug 26, 2025 05:24 pm A few days after our wedding, I gave up on charting my cycle. Whatever God wants, we said. Let the babies come! But less than two years later, my husband and I knelt before the [...] Read in browser » Trump’s HHS gives states 60 days to remove ‘gender ideology’ in school material By Catholic News Agency on Aug 26, 2025 02:57 pm null / Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 26, 2025 / 16:57 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned states and American territories that they must remove references to “g... [...] Read in browser » Bishop Fernandes on vocations, the Latin Mass, Abp. Vigano, and developing a prayer life By Jim Graves on Aug 25, 2025 10:31 pm Bishop Earl K. Fernandes, 52, has led the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio since 2022. He is the first bishop of Indian descent appointed a bishop in the United States. His parents are from Mumbai, [...] Read in browser » Three bills undermining parental rights moving forward in California By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Aug 25, 2025 06:21 pm California legislators are working to move forward three bills whose effect—if not overt intent—will be to undermine parental rights. AB495, the “Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025,” cleared third reading in the California State Assembly [...] Read in browser » Where does the United States stand on life issues?  By Catholic News Agency on Aug 25, 2025 11:00 am A young pro-lifer holds a sign that says “No human is a mistake” at the Colorado March for Life in Denver on Friday, April 11, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA CNA Staff, Aug 25, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). When it comes to unborn life, only 19 sta... [...] Read in browser » Cameroon’s bishops call for “fire of love” to quell Anglophone conflict By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Aug 24, 2025 07:43 pm As Cameroon’s military forces and separatist fighters continue their deadly confrontation in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, Catholic bishops from these conflict zones have issued a powerful call for peace, urging the faithful to [...] Read in browser » The Two Hands of God By Fr. Robert B. Imbelli on Aug 24, 2025 05:00 pm In his hugely influential work, Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), St. Irenaeus of Lyons employs a striking image. Irenaeus speaks of the Trinity’s action in creating and redeeming as the Father employing his “two hands: the Son and [...] Read in browser » Rethinking Pope St. John Paul II’s call for a “new feminism” By Deborah Savage, PhD on Aug 23, 2025 07:15 pm In transforming culture so that it supports life, women occupy a place, in thought and action, which is unique and decisive. It depends on them to promote a “new feminism” which rejects the temptation of [...] Read in browser » St. Pius X’s rebuke of ‘modernism’ rings true today, scholar says By Catholic News Agency on Aug 23, 2025 02:00 pm St. Pius X. / Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Pius X on Aug. 21 — an influential pope at the turn of the 20th century whose w... [...] Read in browser » How narrow is the way of the Cross? By Carl E. Olson on Aug 23, 2025 11:00 am Readings: • Is 66:18-21 • Ps 117:1, 2 • Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 • Lk 13:22-30 Over the past few weeks, we have heard, in the readings from the Gospel according to St. Luke, about Jesus [...] Read in browser » “A funny thing happened on my walk up Broadway” By Sara S. Frear, PhD on Aug 22, 2025 09:44 pm During my encounter with a demon, described in my previous article, I was also reflecting on my belief in chastity, although I would not have used that word at first. Words such as “chastity” and [...] Read in browser » ‘The Knight:’ The untold story of one of the 20th century’s greatest saints By Catholic News Agency on Aug 22, 2025 04:00 pm “The Knight” — which airs at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, on EWTN — highlights three historical events that had a decisive impact on the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe. / Credit: EWTN Birmingham, Ala., Aug 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Most... [...] Read in browser »