To mark 800 years in Britain, four Dominicans are walking through southern England — send your prayer intentions and follow the pilgrimage here...
Fr. Samuel Burke
This year, the Order of Preachers is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Dominic in Italy, and the arrival in 1221 of the Dominican Order in Great Britain. To mark the occasion, a group of British Dominicans are following the footsteps of their predecessors on a walking pilgrimage in England, starting at Ramsgate on Aug. 1 and arriving in Oxford on Aug. 15...

The Pope’s “August surprise” could be most counter-cultural stand of all...
John Allen
In American politics, the term “October surprise” refers to the possibility that an incumbent president trailing in the polls may use executive authority to try to shake up the race late in game. Going to war would be the classic scenario, but it could also be some major economic, social or foreign policy twist.

Exorcist Diary: Evil spirits thrive on anger, unforgiveness, arrogance, disobedience, self-hate and pervasive fear. Don’t feed the demons...
Msgr. Stephen Rossetti
We always have a few cases which go too slowly or are stalled. The Team faithfully prays with the afflicted person but progress is virtually nil. So, we know it’s time to discern: what are the demons feeding on? Demons especially thrive on anger, unforgiveness, arrogance and disobedience. As long as these are festering in the afflicted person’s heart, the demons are not going to leave...

Pope Francis to Medjugorje Youth Festival: Christ Frees Us ‘From the Seduction of Idols’...

How two friends decided to share Olympic gold in Tokyo...

With Rome’s blessing, Switzerland’s Bishop Charles Morerod appoints lay people to be his regional “vicars”...

The Pope’s motu proprio places a new burden on bishops — particularly on Cardinal Gregory...
Fr. Raymond de Souza
Being a bishop is not easy. Being the Pope’s man in Washington, D.C., is more difficult still. And the recent liturgical changes have added to the challenges. Just ask Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who in June took the lead in attempting to delay the U.S. bishops’ discussion of a document on the Holy Eucharist...

The Pillar stories do raise questions — but not about journalistic ethics...
Phil Lawler
Journalistic ethics: That’s not a topic often discussed by Catholic media outlets, and for two good reasons. First, most Catholic media outlets are heavily subsidized, and therefore reliant on the goodwill of their sponsors. A diocesan newspaper, for instance, is reporting on the institution that pays its bills. There’s a conflict of interest there—albeit one so obvious that it doesn’t really require disclosure.

A grizzly bear terrorized a man for days in Alaska. The Coast Guard saw his SOS...

New podcast: What could go wrong? NYTimes looks at Facebook’s religious ambitions...
Terry Mattingly
Truth be told, I am not prone to flashbacks — even though I did come of age in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Anyway, I had a big flashback recently while reading a very interesting New York Times feature that ran with this headline: “Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience.” In this case, the subhead is also crucial...

Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ is an underwhelming ride to nowhere...
Deacon Steven Greydanus
There’s a back story involving Spanish conquistadors cursed with immortality by wronged natives. A swaggering captain with a dark past who is both more and less than he seems. There’s magic involving the rays of the moon, but also a quest for a mythical source of life deep in the jungle and a magic MacGuffin that points the way. We have supernatural antagonists whose deteriorating bodies have assumed...

In 1974, Archbishop Sheen prophetically warned of a coming crisis in Christendom...

St. Mary of Bethany — she has chosen the better part...

Dutch bishop calls ‘Traditionis Custodes’ a ‘declaration of war’...

“Distraction?” Using euphemisms like this to describe grave misconduct reduces our moral authority elsewhere...

We don’t just have a history of abuse of children in the Church; we may have a subculture of sexually active priests. So we all need to pray...

Benedict XVI Laments Lack of Faith Within Church Institutions in Germany...

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