Mary’s Queenship directs us to her Son and to motherhood
By Susan Ciancio on Aug 22, 2025 04:00 amOn August 22nd, we celebrate the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Established by Pope Pius XII in 1954, this feast illustrates the fact that not only is Mary queen of heaven [...]
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James Dobson, promoter of family values in the public square, dies at 89
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 21, 2025 05:19 pmJames Dobson during an event marking the National Day of Prayer in the East Room of the White House on May 1, 2008, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA). James Dobson, the evangelical C... [...]
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Understanding the popularity of psychics
By Anne Hendershott on Aug 21, 2025 03:30 pmIt is difficult to know what to do after the loss of a loved one who has been the most important part of your life. Although I know I am certainly not the first to [...]
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Wisdom for the pro-life movement in Christ’s Beatitudes
By Susan Ciancio on Aug 21, 2025 04:00 am“We all want to know: What can I expect my life to look like when I’m following Jesus? How do I know I’m doing it right?” Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, asks this at the beginning of [...]
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French historian delves into the tumultuous history of traditionalism
By Jesse Russell on Aug 21, 2025 01:18 am“…the Church, in her teaching, life and worship, perpetuates and hands on to all generations all that she herself is, all that she believes.” — Dei Verbum, 8 In 1993, from August 10 to 15, World Youth [...]
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‘Being a young Catholic is difficult’: The challenges facing young Cubans today
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 20, 2025 09:00 amYoung people walk the streets of Camagüey, Cuba. / Credit: Camagüey Youth Ministry ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). During the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, young people from around the world gathered to celebrate a mosaic of univer... [...]
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Our age of martyrdom
By George Weigel on Aug 20, 2025 04:00 amRobert Royal and I have been friends, colleagues, and co-conspirators for nigh on to four decades. Dr. Royal is a gifted linguist, a serious Dante scholar, and a close student of modern Catholic intellectual life. [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, August 20, 2025
By CWR Staff on Aug 20, 2025 03:00 amThe Diabolical – “Following a sermon by Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Edward Feser examines the elements which have governed the modern age, and he charts a postliberal path for putting this diabolical modernity behind us.” The [...]
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Healing through Curiosity and Compassion
By CWR Contributors on Aug 20, 2025 12:20 amLillian Henricks, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist practicing in Littleton, CO, who also works remotely with residents in PsyPact member states. Before studying psychology, she served as a lay missionary in Ireland and Slovakia. [...]
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Western Civilization under Attack: Part One
By Paul Seaton on Aug 19, 2025 02:13 amMilitia est vita nostra declared Job (at least in the Vulgate version of the Bible): “Our life is a constant battle.” In a similar vein, St. Augustine declared that the need for the virtue of [...]
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Opinion: A Pastor’s Cowardice
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Aug 18, 2025 06:31 pmA couple of weeks back, I placed a commentary in the Pastor’s Bulletin Insert that caused a minor stir among parishioners. Based on evidence from Internet news reports, I argued that the Israeli indiscriminate attacks [...]
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French archbishop rescinds appointment of priest convicted of rape, asks for forgiveness
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 18, 2025 05:20 pmArchbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Toulouse ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2025 / 15:34 pm (CNA). Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France, has reversed his decision to appoint a priest convict... [...]
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Beneficial bloodsucking: Making you sick in the name of “public health”
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Aug 18, 2025 03:48 pmShould scientists be allowed to edit the genes of ticks to make you allergic to eating red meat? “Yes” is the answer of two Michigan academics, Parker Crutchfield of Western Michigan University and Blake Hereth [...]
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Legends and History of the True Cross
By Sandra Miesel on Aug 17, 2025 08:00 pm“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the World.” Relics of Our Lord’s Passion have always been dear to his followers. The True Cross, the actual wood on which Jesus [...]
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Pope Leo XIV: Bear Christ’s ‘fire of love’ to spread peace throughout the world
By Catholic News Agency on Aug 17, 2025 02:16 pmPope Leo XIV preaches at the historic Rotonda church in Albano, Aug. 17, 2025. / Vatican media screenshot Rome Newsroom, Aug 17, 2025 / 07:16 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV celebrated Sunday Mass at the Shrine of Santa Maria della Rotonda together with... [...]
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Le Fort’s novel about the Thirty Years’ War resonates amid contemporary tensions
By Casey Chalk on Aug 16, 2025 08:52 pmRecently, I was directed to an article by conservative Evangelical author and activist Katy Faust entitled “No Time for Friendly Fire: Why Catholics and Evangelicals Need Each Other Now More Than Ever.” I confess that [...]
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The Purifying Fire of Dividing, Divine Love
By Carl E. Olson on Aug 16, 2025 12:00 pmReadings: • Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 • Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 • Heb 12:1-4 • Lk 12:49-53 In the summer of 2007, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a document containing “responses to some [...]
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Bad Guys in space make for a fun film with good morals
By Nick Olszyk on Aug 16, 2025 05:00 amMPAA Rating: PG Reel Rating: 3 out of 4 reels Disclaimer: This review contains (ridiculously silly) spoilers It took the Fast and Furious franchise nine movies to eventually get their team of car-chasing investigators into outer [...]
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A dystopian novel about the culture of death and the reality of God’s grace
By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Aug 15, 2025 11:00 amMaelin Kivela lives between two worlds. She is a citizen of Lantua, a mega-metropolis that rose from the ashes of the United States, a technological utopia where one’s cooperation with government policies determines one’s financial [...]
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