On hacking Planned Parenthood...
I suppose the name of Planned Parenthood should be changed to Parenthood Denial since the bulk of the organization’s work consists not only of preventing pregnancy but of terminating pregnancy, that is, of preventing birth. The organization’s traffic in embryonic tissue has also been well-documented. There is, of course, a great deal of money involved in its operations...
What Makes Someone Want to Be Virtuous?
There is nothing like parenting, or teaching, or any real formation of the young to help us to see and focus on what really matters. If we have come to the insight that living well—or living virtuously—is at the center of the human vocation, then the enormity of a question begins to dawn on us: what makes people actually want to live that way?
Women’s fertility and the family are what make the world go round...
There is a video circulating on social media of an octogenarian woman offering her best advice. She is clad in large, chic glasses and chunky jewelry. To live her best life, she explains, a woman needs to be as independent as possible: no men, no children, lots of money, and lots of friends. As I watched, I was amazed at how compelling she was. And clearly, I’m not the only one — with thousands of comments affirming that this woman is a living sage.
As Visitors Get Ready to Visit Rome, the Vatican Awaits Its ‘Moment For Evangelization’...
The Eternal City is known for its crowded piazzas and bad traffic. City officials and the Vatican also want you to think of it as a place to visit in 2025.The city is preparing for a jubilee year, a time when the Catholic Church invites pilgrims to Rome. The events, which will officially began on Christmas Eve this year and end on Dec. 28, 2025, constitute a special time dedicated to prayer and pilgrimage.
The March for Life in London shone a beam of light for a nation lost in fog of moral relativism...
Why did the CCHD amp up spending while contributions were dropping?
Before He Voiced Darth Vader, Catholic Convert James Earl Jones Was a Wise Man...
Quito, a Whale Spy, and ‘Sensory Masses’...
Greetings from Quito, Ecuador, where I arrived last night to cover the International Eucharistic Congress, a week-long global pilgrimage event organized under the aegis of the creatively named Pontifical Committee for Eucharistic Congresses at the Vatican. I got to Quito well after midnight, and I really haven’t seen or done anything yet, save for taking a Tylenol PM and hitting the hay.
Pope Francis Arrives in East Timor, Asia’s Youngest and Most Catholic Country...
Reading With a Second Friend: Pope Francis on Literature...
Pope Francis’s pontificate has been, to put it mildly, controversial. His judgments—theological, administrative, and otherwise—have generally cheered those who seem to want the Catholic Church to resemble the liberal Protestant groups that are evaporating before our eyes. The ambiguity with which Francis has expressed many of these judgments has unleashed before us...
Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea: ‘Put Love Before Superstition and Fear’...
The New Maori Queen in New Zealand is Catholic...
NYTimes and AP look at the ideas that led J.D. Vance to become Catholic...
One of the world’s most important newsrooms just offered a finely detailed profile of Catholic convert J.D. Vance and, imagine this, the feature focused on the emotions and ideas that led him to swim the Tiber. This included his intellectual and spiritual attraction to the work of St. Augustine, one of the most important minds in all of Western culture.
Mike Aquilina Explores 12 Ancient Cities and How They Were Evangelized...
Brothers in Arms, Romeo and Juliet, and Knives Out...
Pope Francis Arrives in Papua New Guinea Amid Reports of Foiled Attack in Indonesia...
In Jesus, our temperaments become facets of the Beatitudes...
Understanding emotional temperaments helps us understand our natural strengths and weaknesses and those of others. Self-knowledge of good and bad emotional and behavioral inclinations helps us grow in humility. However, the temperaments cannot adequately describe the emotional and spiritual make-up of Jesus. His sinless self-portrait directs every temperament...
‘Story of a Soul’ podcast brings to life the “little way” of St. Thérèse...
Following the Messiah: A Reflection on the Upcoming 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time...
In today’s Gospel, we reach a pivotal moment in our walk with the Lord. After weeks of listening to His words and witnessing His deeds, along with the disciples we’re asked to decide who Jesus truly is.Peter answers for them, and for us, too, when he declares: “You are the Messiah.” Many expected the Messiah to be a miracle worker who would vanquish Israel’s enemies and restore the kingdom of David (see John 6:15).
The Holy Name of Mary Is Our Weapon and Shield...
“Surely,” says St. Bernard, “the Mother of God could not have a name more appropriate, nor one more impressive of her high dignity. Mary is, in fact, the beautiful and brilliant star which shines upon the vast and stormy sea of the world.” It was a stormy sea, all right, that was calmed by Mary and gave reason for her universal feast. In 1683, people were celebrating the feast of the Holy Name of Mary in Spain...
Singapore Welcomes Pope Francis on Final Stage of 45th Apostolic Journey...
Why Ross Douthat Has Become an Optimist About America’s Future...
America has had no shortage of pessimistic critiques in recent years.And with titles like Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics and The Decadent Society: How We Became Victims of Our Own Success to his name, Ross Douthat has become something of a master of the genre.But at a Sept. 6 talk at the University of Notre Dame, the conservative Catholic commentator and New York Times columnist sounded an uncharacteristically optimistic note regarding the United States’ prospects.
No, your parish is not ‘vibrant’...
Could we all please agree to stop using the adjective “vibrant” to describe a Catholic parish, diocese, or other faith community? My desktop dictionary (admittedly an antique, Webster’s New Collegiate, published in 1974) defines “vibrant” as “oscillating or pulsating rapidly”—something that is ordinarily done by inanimate objects, not by human beings, let alone human communities...
What Are Some Psalms Worth Memorizing for Different Occasions?
The psalms are the prayer book of the Church. For this reason, we do well not only to pray them regularly, but also to commit to memorizing them by heart so that “His praise will always be on my lips” (Ps 34:1). What follows is a small sampling of psalms worth learning for different occasions, following the numbering system employed by the NAB and RSV translations...
Pope Francis Asks Papua New Guinea Catholics to Spread the Gospel to ‘Peripheries’...
Thanks, Richard Dawkins...
When I became Catholic in 2006, the New Atheism was at its height. New Atheism taught young people that religion is superstitious and irrational and, therefore, should not be tolerated. Proponents advocated an “antitheist” view that criticism of religion using, what they considered, rational argument, especially where religion and society intersect in politics and education...
The Straits Times: Indonesian police detain seven in a failed plot to attack Pope Francis...
Voyage Classics Releases St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s ‘Story of a Soul’ With Original Artwork...
EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research Poll: Kamala Harris Leads Donald Trump Among Catholic Voters...
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