Mothering Sunday: The baptismal holiday we missed in America...
Jeff Mirus
It’s a little late for this year, but I’ve just learned, for the first time in my life, of the special day called Mothering Sunday, observed in the United Kingdom and some other related countries. Contrary to some sources, this is not an opportunity for people to visit their mothers, and it doesn’t have much to do with the movie of the same name. Rather, this observance originated in the Middle Ages on the fourth Sunday in Lent...

This book offers support and hope for Catholic dads who have lost a child...

The Fruitful Trials of St. Paul...
Fr. Victor Feltes
Imagine if Osama bin Laden, after masterminding terrorist attacks, had repented and begun proclaiming Jesus Christ and the Gospel? Christians might understandably still be afraid of him and wary of his claimed Christian conversion. In the first century, prior to his famous conversion, St. Paul had intensely persecuted God’s Church and tried to destroy it...

Here’s a Catholic spiritual hand grenade for you...
Marcel LeJeune
I have a charism that causes problems for me periodically. It can feel like I am tossing a spiritual hand grenade into the room and walking out before it goes off. But, before I tell you more about it, I want to make sure we all understand charisms the same. A charism is a gift of the Holy Spirit, given for the good of others, so the person with the charism becomes a channel of God’s love for others.

Beep baseball is like regular baseball, but it’s the hitter, not the ump, who’s blind. And its World Series is coming in July...

What you pray for, virtual priesthood, and an Eastern mystery...
Ed Condon
I must say, I think everyone at Catholic Answers is taking the AI priest debacle — and it has been a bit of a debacle — in pretty good humor. It takes an admirable dose of humility to admit that you spent several months and thousands of dollars building and testing a thing, only to watch Twitter break it for you in a matter of hours. By contrast, I think a lot of the critics of the “Fr. Justin” app have become a bit over-invested in the whole thing

Pope Francis May Visit United States in September After UN Invitation...
Andrea Gagliarducci
Pope Francis is reportedly considering returning to the United States in September to speak before the United Nations General Assembly. The news was initially reported by the French Catholic newspaper La Croix and has not yet been officially confirmed by the Vatican. A source from the Vatican Secretariat of State, meanwhile, told CNA this week that...

Pope Francis Gives Interview to CBS News on Ukraine, Gaza: ‘a Negotiated Peace Is Better Than a War Without End’...

What should you do if your employer asks you to sign a non-discrimination policy?
E. Christian Brugger
Since you have no intention of denying any rightful moral or professional claims to your gender-confused colleagues, signing such a document should pose no problems. But since you are dealing with the whole area of gender ideology, you will likely be expected to “respect” false claims. If there were no bad consequences of refusing to sign the non-discrimination policy, you should refuse.

Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies?

Welcome to the Reign of Gay, Ecclesiastical Edition...

Catholic Answers Pulls Plug on ‘Father Justin’ AI Priest After Social Media Firestorm...
Matthew McDonald
Father Justin, we hardly knew ye.Less than two days after debuting an artificial intelligence (AI) priest character to overwhelmingly negative reviews, Catholic Answers has given “Father Justin” the virtual heave-ho.The lay-run apologetics and evangelization apostolate, based in El Cajon, California, told the Register that it will replace him on its app with a lay character named “Justin” within a week.

The Church Draft: God’s Divine Roster for an Apostolic Age...

Whether you realize it or not, you are made for contemplation...

Former Car Thief Explains How Car Theft Actually Works — and What You Should Do to Protect Yourself...

Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Elizabeth Anscombe, Consequentialism and The Bomb...

Texas Carmelites Reject Oversight of Vatican-Appointed Federation...

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