What happens when you turn a Saint into a scapegoat?
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 17, 2026 04:00 amEveryone knows what a scapegoat is, but few realize that the word comes from the Bible. In Leviticus 16:20-22, Moses told his brother Aaron to take a live goat, lay his hands on the goat’s [...]
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Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two
By Larry Chapp on Jul 17, 2026 04:00 amIn Part One of this essay on Dignitatis Humanae, I made the argument, following Tracey Rowland and Russel Hittinger, that DH should be read minimalistically as a simple affirmation that no person should be forcibly [...]
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Nigeria, Nicaragua, Syria, India cited in index of rising Christian persecution
By Tessa Gervasini on Jul 16, 2026 01:53 pmReligious nationalism, state control, terrorism, authoritarianism, and limits on women are among drivers of rising persecution globally, the International Christian Concern (ICC) report said. [...]
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Our Lady of the Mountain That Is Christ
By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Jul 16, 2026 01:04 pmToday (July 16) the Church observes the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While an optional memorial on the general Roman calendar, both branches of the Carmelite family — the ancient observance and the [...]
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“Generational Sin” and the Days of Darkness
By John Clark on Jul 16, 2026 12:00 pmThere is no such thing as “generational sin.” That sentence may shock some readers who have aligned themselves with well-known Catholic writers and priests who argue to the contrary. The “generational sin” concept is most [...]
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Saint Francis of Assisi was more than just a lover of birds
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 16, 2026 08:00 amIt only took 653 days. Pope Gregory IX declared Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone to be a saint on July 16, 1228, even though “Il Poverello”, the little poor man of Assisi, had only been [...]
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Why the Center Cannot Hold
By Deacon David H. Delaney, Ph.D. on Jul 16, 2026 04:00 amChristendom and the moral order of nations G. K. Chesterton once remarked that “it is impossible to have a nation without Christendom; as it is impossible to have a citizen without a city.”1 At first glance [...]
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Bishop Paprocki: Eucharistic revival calls Catholics to worthy reception of Communion
By Katherine Matt on Jul 15, 2026 08:23 pmFour years after the National Eucharistic Revival began, Bishop Thomas Paprocki says Catholics must unite belief in Christ’s real presence with moral life and worthy Communion. [...]
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The Heavenward Schism of the SSPX
By Matthew Becklo on Jul 15, 2026 03:02 pmIn second-century Phrygia, a group of spiritual Catholics—the Montanists—claimed a greater authority than the institutional Church. Montanus and his two prophetesses said they had new and direct revelations from God: The end was nigh, and [...]
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World Cup blues, of a sort
By George Weigel on Jul 15, 2026 04:00 amCRACOW. I usually find the quadrennial FIFA World Cup aggravating for the five reasons enumerated below, plus one other: my students here in the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society are sometimes so obsessed with the [...]
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Extra, extra! New and views for Wednesday, July 15, 2026
By CWR Staff on Jul 15, 2026 03:00 amMagnificent Humanity, Poor Economics (Law & Liberty): “Magnifica Humanitas could address contemporary questions more effectively if it had sounder economics.” “Blame the Rooster for the Sunrise”: The post hoc fallacy at the heart of the [...]
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Four key insights from Magnifica Humanitas
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jul 14, 2026 03:42 pmSt. Augustine uses the image of two cities to define the central conflict that runs throughout history between the self-love that constitutes the City of Man and the divine love that forms the City of [...]
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Saint Kateri Tekakwitha’s path to holiness
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 14, 2026 10:00 amSaint Camillus de Lellis founded a religious order that cares for the sick all over the world. But in the United States, his feast day is translated to another date so that Americans can honor [...]
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Book chronicles visits to all 94 basilicas in the United States
By Jim Graves on Jul 14, 2026 04:00 amGrady Connolly, founder of Social Thomist, a social media agency working online with prominent Catholics to evangelize and shape the culture, has been visiting basilicas. Almost a hundred of them. In his book, Basilicas: A [...]
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Chicago Archdiocese investigates sex abuse accusation against activist priest
By Kate Quiñones on Jul 13, 2026 05:40 pmThe Archdiocese of Chicago has withdrawn Father Michael Pfleger from ministry to review an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in an instance that allegedly occurred more than 30 years ago. [...]
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Small Catholic liberal arts colleges are doomed. Unless…
By Dr. Randall B. Smith on Jul 13, 2026 05:39 pmSince March 2020, over 70 public and private nonprofit colleges and universities have closed entirely, with nearly 50 more merging with other institutions. This development alone might come as relatively good news for the institutions [...]
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Papal nuncio to Great Britain: A visit from Pope Leo is ‘likely’
By Victoria Cardiel on Jul 13, 2026 09:57 amThe apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, Archbishop Miguel Maury, has been in the Vatican's diplomatic service for nearly four decades. [...]
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The mind of Christ and the limits of human logic
By James V. Schall, S.J. on Jul 12, 2026 08:00 pmEditor’s note: This “Sojourns With Schall” column was originally posted on July 11, 2012. ——————– “The hymn to Christ, or, more commonly, the ‘Christological hymn’ (Philippians 2:4-9) is a hymn in which all attention is [...]
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On the fragile margins of existence: A review of Little House on the Prairie
By Nick Olszyk on Jul 12, 2026 02:10 pmDistribution Service: Netflix FCC Rating: TV-PG Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars I was vaguely aware of the Little House book series as a child, but it was for girls, and I was expected to read Hardy [...]
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The joys, sufferings, and spiritual fruits of the marriage of Louis and Zelie Martin
By Dawn Beutner on Jul 12, 2026 10:00 amWhile Saint Thérèse of Lisieux seemed to live an ordinary life in a middle-class French family, her autobiography is far from ordinary. The Story of a Soul has inspired millions of Catholics to recognize that, [...]
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Opinion: Overthinking the Pledge of Allegiance
By Gene M. Van Son on Jul 12, 2026 04:32 amA recent article by Kenneth Craycraft, here at Catholic World Report, asked the question: “Should Catholics say the Pledge of Allegiance?” It suggested that Catholics need to think about what they are saying when they [...]
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American Babylon: Place of Grace and Exile
By David Paul Deavel on Jul 11, 2026 06:43 pmThis month, Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. Many Catholics who love both God and country will resonate with the words of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus in his last book. In it, [...]
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The Incarnate Word draws upon creation to reveal salvation and the Kingdom
By Carl E. Olson on Jul 11, 2026 02:00 pmReadings: • Isa 55:10-11 • Psa 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 • Rom 8:18-23 • Matt 13:1-23 This Sunday’s readings each refer, in some way, to creation and the natural world. And each also reveals something [...]
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The original vision and attraction of Saint Benedict
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jul 11, 2026 04:00 amSt. Benedict is honored today in the revised Roman calendar, while his feast is kept on March 21 (the date of his death) in the earlier calendar and among Benedictines, who also keep this date [...]
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Faithful to a Special Vocation: The Case of Rémi Brague
By Paul Seaton on Jul 10, 2026 08:38 pmI am intrigued by Catholics living out their vocations. When I come across someone who is, I pay attention. I do so to see God at work and to glean lessons and encouragement for myself. [...]
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