Reading and watching during Lent
By Kenneth Craycraft on Feb 19, 2026 06:02 pmThe three pillars of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—must always be our primary focus during these forty days. The purpose—or end—of these disciplines is to grow closer to God through spiritual and corporal works. While we [...]
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Cultivating pro-life values at home through the Culture of Life Studies Program
By Susan Ciancio on Feb 19, 2026 03:00 pmFor nearly 12 years, American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program has served parents, teachers, and students by providing authentically Catholic pro-life materials for kids in pre-K-12th grade. What began as a small program has [...]
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Catholic health provider agrees to $42 million settlement in class-action retirement lawsuit
By EWTN News on Feb 19, 2026 12:54 pmThe lawsuit alleged that Providence Health had failed to adhere to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in managing the company’s 401(k) plan. The Catholic health system Providence Health & Services has agreed to [..]
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Bishops: Trump advanced gender‑policy freedoms while eroding protections for migrants
By EWTN News on Feb 19, 2026 12:26 pmThe USCCB’s report warns of threats to religious liberty, citing political violence, limits on ministry in federal systems, and policies affecting schools, detainees, and religious groups.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued its annual [...]
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Virginia Catholic bishops thank state lawmakers for rejecting assisted suicide bills
By EWTN News on Feb 19, 2026 12:19 amLegislative committees in both chambers of the Virginia Legislature chose not to advance bills to legalize physician assisted suicide. Both Catholic bishops in the commonwealth praised the decision. Virginia’s Catholic bishops thanked state lawmakers who [...]
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Jesse Jackson and the weaponization of persons of color
By Marcus Peter on Feb 18, 2026 10:44 pmAs the nation marks Jesse Jackson’s death at age 84, I realize that the temptation will be either to canonize the man as an icon of civil rights sainthood or to dismiss him as a [...]
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Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika, who resigned after Vatican mismanagement investigation, dies at 68
By EWTN News on Feb 18, 2026 08:46 pmThe bishop was also the subject of a lawsuit alleging a cover-up of sex abuse allegations. Bishop Richard Stika, who resigned from leading the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2023 after a Vatican investigation into [...]
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Irish bishop braves bitter cold to distribute ashes in Waterford City streets
By EWTN News on Feb 18, 2026 07:13 pmBishop Alphonsus Cullinan spent Ash Wednesday distributing ashes on the streets of Waterford City. Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland spent Ash Wednesday on the streets of Waterford City administering ashes to [...]
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Trading in on a name: Emerald Fennell’s ersatz Wuthering Heights
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Feb 18, 2026 01:19 pmEditor’s note: This review contains some strong language and descriptions relating to sex. Last week, I attended the New Year’s celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. It was paradoxical: the cultural program included [...]
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Pope Leo XIV insists on his freedom to defend truth in turbulent times
By EWTN News on Feb 18, 2026 11:16 amThe pontiff said he must be free to denounce injustice amid today’s challenges. Pope Leo XIV said the successor of Peter must retain “complete freedom to speak the truth, denounce injustice, defend the rights of [...]
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Only The Lover Fasts
By David Paul Deavel on Feb 18, 2026 04:00 amWhy should we do it? Why do those ascetical practices in Lent or any other time? Why bother with this self-discipline, this extra penance, especially if we’re already living fairly moderate lives? Isn’t it better [...]
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“Extra, extra!” News and views for Wednesday, February 18, 2026
By CWR Staff on Feb 18, 2026 03:00 amA defense of Scott Hahn and the Hahn School (Catholic Culture): “Readers of this column know that I occasionally opine on matters of Biblical scholarship about which I have no expertise. Buckle up because I am [...]
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Three questions to answer on Ash Wednesday
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Feb 17, 2026 02:00 pmSince all human sin has its origins in that “original” sin of our first parents, let’s go back to that very beginning. [...]
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Lent: Intention makes the sacrifice
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Feb 17, 2026 11:00 amWhat is the difference between thinking and praying? Between dieting and fasting? Between spending and almsgiving? Each pair consists of an identical action: forming sentences, abstaining from food, or relinquishing money. The difference comes not [...]
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Vatican official says Notre Dame controversy shows need for dialogue on abortion
By Hannah Brockhaus on Feb 17, 2026 09:30 amThe Church should engage with universities about how to take “an ethical approach” to the dignity of unborn life, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said. [...]
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The Missionary’s Alphabet
By Dawn Beutner on Feb 17, 2026 04:00 am“But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” Saint Paul was speaking of the salvation [...]
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Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy
By Hannah Brockhaus on Feb 16, 2026 01:01 pmTyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. [...]
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The Year of Saint Francis: With Insights from Franciscans
By J. J. Ziegler on Feb 15, 2026 07:24 pmIn the eleventh canto of his Paradiso, Dante wrote that there “rose upon the world a sun,” a man who shone with love for Lady Poverty, as no man had since Christ: She, reft of her first [...]
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God and the gods: A review of The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
By Nick Olszyk on Feb 15, 2026 06:34 pmDistribution Service: DailyWire+, new episodes Thursday evenings MPAA Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels The Arthurian legend was born during a time of great historical [...]
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Jesus: Liberal rabbi or incarnate Messiah?
By Carl E. Olson on Feb 14, 2026 06:00 pmReadings: • Sir 15:15-20 • Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 • 1 Cor 2:6-10 • Mt 5:17-37 “Was Jesus in reality a liberal rabbi—a forerunner of Christian liberalism? Is the Christ of faith, and therefore [...]
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Head of U.S. bishops joins call for Notre Dame to drop appointment of pro-abortion professor
By Daniel Payne on Feb 14, 2026 01:30 pmThe school has indicated it will stick by its decision for Professor Susan Ostermann to lead a university institute. [...]
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Love and the Skeptic
By Carl E. Olson on Feb 14, 2026 03:00 amSaint Valentine's Day is a good time to remind ourselves that human love is an imitation, a reflection, of the divine love that created all [...]
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Church kidnappings plague Nigeria as clerics declare nation a “failed state”
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Feb 13, 2026 09:28 pmA wave of terror has swept through central Nigeria, marked by a series of brazen kidnappings and killings. The most recent incident occurred on February 6, when gunmen abducted nine teenage worshippers during a night [...]
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Amid criticism by bishops, Notre Dame says pro-abortion professor ‘well prepared’ to lead institute
By Daniel Payne on Feb 13, 2026 02:39 pmMultiple U.S. bishops have criticized the school’s decision and urged it to rescind the appointment. [...]
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