Sex, Morality, and Truth Embodied
By Monica Migliorino Miller on Jan 11, 2026 02:00 pmWestern culture is fading because its western roots are eroding. This failing culture has reached its lowest point in the emerging culture of death, which is antithetical to what John Paul II calls the culture of [...]
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is dull except for one sharp priest
By Nick Olszyk on Jan 10, 2026 08:48 pmMPAA Rating: R Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels The premise for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is promising; a friendly Catholic priest teams up with a sarcastic detective to solve the [...]
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At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 10, 2026 04:30 pmCardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. - Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Jan 10, 2026 / 11:30 am (CNA). Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of syn... [...]
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Was it fitting and necessary for Jesus to be baptized?
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 10, 2026 11:00 amReadings: • is 42:1-4, 6-7 • Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 • Acts 10:34-38 • Mt 3:13-17 Was it fitting and necessary for Jesus to be baptized? It is an important question, and the answer [...]
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Recovering the truth about the body in a “liquid” age
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 10, 2026 04:00 amAngela Franks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America and the President of the Academy of Catholic Theology for 2025–26. Her study and writing focus on identity, the body, the [...]
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After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 09, 2026 02:10 pmArtist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are allowed to be present. | Credit: CNN Jan 8, 2026 / 18... [...]
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“Swinging for the fences”: Lessons from my younger brother on living and dyingBy Christine Jensen on Jan 16, 2026 04:00 amDecember 12, 2021, was the day my younger brother’s scan revealed the hard news that the pain in his left hip—which he jokingly called “a giant tumor”—was indeed precisely that. For months, he had attributed [...] Read in browser » Iran, the Quran, and the WestBy Marcus Peter on Jan 16, 2026 03:00 amWhat is unfolding in Iran today is faithful to the Quran. The present regime represents the mature expression of political Islam as articulated through Quranic command, prophetic precedent, and juridical enforcement. The Iranian theocracy emerged [...] Read in browser » Republican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearingBy EWTN News on Jan 15, 2026 06:10 pmCredit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 17:10 pm (CNA). As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its review of the abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers are repeating calls for stronger federal regulations of the ... [...] Read in browser » Man as boundary phenomenon: On rediscovering the image of human natureBy Richard Clements on Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pmWhat is man? Carl Trueman argues that this is the most pressing question we face today. Paul Kingsnorth seems to agree; in his recently published book, Against the Machine, Kingsnorth asserts that “We have forgotten who we are, [...] Read in browser » Thoughts on America, Age 250By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap. on Jan 15, 2026 04:00 amAmericans are bad at history. As the late Christopher Lasch and many other scholars have noted, we’re ambivalent about the past. We claim to be a “new order of the ages,” words stamped in Latin [...] Read in browser » Report: 4,849 Christians murdered worldwide from October 2024 to September 2025By EWTN News on Jan 14, 2026 04:04 pmCredit: Lars Hallstrom/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 17:04 pm (CNA). A total of 4,849 Christians were murdered for their faith worldwide between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, 373 more than in the same period the previous year, according to th... [...] Read in browser » The evangelist in Stanley PrisonBy George Weigel on Jan 14, 2026 04:00 amIn a 1974 address to a group of lay Catholics, Pope Paul VI noted that “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, January 14, 2026By CWR Staff on Jan 14, 2026 03:00 am‘Back on the air’ – Fulton Sheen beatification to be announced (The Pillar): “The Holy See is expected to announce in coming weeks a date for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the Emmy-winning American [...] Read in browser » Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA to hold events on January 24, 2026By Jim Graves on Jan 13, 2026 04:24 pmTwo major pro-life walks organized by Catholics will return to California on Saturday, January 24. They are timed roughly in conjunction with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck [...] Read in browser » Dozens of Charlotte priests query Vatican over bishop’s move to abolish altar rails, kneelersBy Catholic News Agency on Jan 13, 2026 02:41 pmSt. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte. | Credit: Diocese of Charlotte Jan 13, 2026 / 11:41 am (CNA). Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and kneelers... [...] Read in browser » Father in MA succeeds in battle against sexualizing his kindergartener sonBy Charles J. Russo on Jan 13, 2026 04:00 amOn December 30, 2025, less than ten weeks after a father had filed suit in Alan L. v. Lexington Public Schools, a federal trial court judge in Massachusetts granted the father’s request for a preliminary injunction. In doing [...] Read in browser » Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspectiveBy James Kalb on Jan 12, 2026 08:41 pmThe men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless very different from what they expected. Why did that happen? [...] Read in browser » Pope Leo XIV proclaims Franciscan Jubilee YearBy Catholic News Agency on Jan 12, 2026 02:21 pmSt. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Paolo Gallo/Shutterstock Jan 12, 2026 / 17:21 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. During this time of grace, which wil... [...] Read in browser » Bread Grows in Winter offers bracing vision of faith, Christ-centered triumphBy Luma Simms on Jan 12, 2026 04:30 amI was heartened to read in Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience of January 7th that he will begin a cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. And how providential it is that [...] Read in browser » The late great George Pell and his enemies, Part 2By Dawn Beutner on Jan 11, 2026 05:00 pmEditor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here. In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) [...] Read in browser » |
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