A simple guide to Christianity in the Arab world...

French bishop punishes priest "at Rome's request" for being an active Freemason...

Marvel, friends, at the gift that awaits you, if you die in God’s friendship...
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
The First Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity Sunday, a day some well-catechized Catholics dread for what they may hear from the pulpit. You might, for example, hear that the Trinity is like three burning candles twisted together to have one flame, or like a three-stranded rope. But then they would all have the same role. Perhaps Its like the Sun...

Pope Francis speaks on the immigration issue: "It is about, I emphasize, human beings"...

Looking for a Catholic study group this summer? Here it is. Pull up a lawn chair...

There are four challenges awaiting Pope Francis at Rio's World Youth Day...
John Allen
In exactly two months, Pope Francis will make his first overseas trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for World Youth Day. It shapes up as the biggest Catholic blowout of the early 21st century, a massive celebration of history’s first Latin American pope folded into what’s already the Catholic version of Lollapalooza. At one level...

The family fell first then faith followed...
Austin Ruse
The clearest example of the thesis on how family nurtures faith is in vocations. In the olden days larger intact families produced priests. That’s one reason the seminaries bulged back in the baby boom, also why there was something of a religious revival after the Second World War. But today’s two-child, one-child, no-child, broken-up...

How’s that “culture of encounter” workin’ for ya?
Max Lindenman
If you define a culture of encounter as a search for common ground, then the Church, by the lights of its own leadership, has been participating in one for decades. (George Weigel gives a good overview of the inner-city renewal projects co-signed by the Bishops’ Conference under Cardinal Bernardin’s leadership.) What it got in return was nuns on the bus...

I'm going to share a little life improvement secret I've discovered...
Simcha Fisher
Even at this late date, I’m still looking for it: that one, simple step I can take that will make my life easier, make my love stronger, make my brain faster, and make my pants looser. Deep down, I know there is no such thing; but hope springs eternal in the heart of a lazy person.

Heroine says Catholic faith inspired her to confront Muslims who murdered soldier in London...
Dawn Eden
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, the mother of two and former Scout leader who calmly confronted the Woolwich killers in hope of preventing further bloodshed, credits her heroic actions to her Catholic faith. Her Catholic values also come through in the video interview above, when she is asked why she wasn’t scared to confront the murderers.

Yes, Pope Francis said that all are ‘redeemed’. But is that news to anyone?

"The Secret of Notre Dame": Cardinal Dolan's 2013 commencement address...

Boy Scouts vote to admit gay members; gay activists celebrate victory as "great first step" in strategy...

Don’t make fun of renowned author Dan Brown, author of renowned book 'The Da Vinci Code'

The media coverage of Pope Francis’ "exorcism" isn't journalism. It's just embarrassing...
M.Z. Hemingway
It’s kind of charming that all popes have to deal with bad media coverage and global press frenzies. This week we’ve seen some awful media coverage of Pope Francis, including coverage of his blessing of a man after Mass on Sunday. Part of the blame must go to the Italian press, which really went crazy with the story in a way that might not be prudent.

Apologetics is not a telephone game...

It's been one month since two Orthodox archbishops were kidnapped in Syria, and we still don't know who did it...

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