By Anna Farrow on Apr 18, 2025 04:00 am
On April 14, noted public Catholic intellectual Robert George posted on X, “Something’s happening. It’s happening in France. It’s happening in England. It’s happening in the U.S. I only began noticing it a few weeks [...]
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By Dr. Randall B. Smith on Apr 18, 2025 03:00 am
Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of [...]
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By MIchel Therrien on Apr 17, 2025 03:26 pm
The clergy sex abuse scandal has, without question, been devastating to the life of the Church, especially for all the victims and their families. In all the years I have followed the analysis of the [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 17, 2025 10:00 am
A view of the edicule and the oculus of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. March 30, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini
CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
While Easter dates usually differ between Eastern and Western Christians, this yea... [...]
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By Anne Hendershott on Apr 16, 2025 08:37 pm
Describing her as one of the TIME100 “pioneers,” TIME Magazine chose late-term abortionist Julie Burkhart as one of a hundred people who are transforming the world. The magazine praised Burkhart for challenging Wyoming’s abortion ban by opening Wellspring Health [...]
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By Father Seán Connolly on Apr 16, 2025 07:00 pm
"St. Athanasius calls Easter 'the Great Sunday' and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week 'the Great Week.' The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 16, 2025 10:00 am
The Catholic Church in France will welcome a record number of adults into the faith in 2025, with particularly strong growth in the numbers of young adults and teenagers, according to newly released statistics from the country’s Conference of Bi... [...]
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By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 16, 2025 03:30 am
Our Lenten journey through the saints in the Confiteor ends this week. After asking the intercession of Our Lady, St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, and Ss. Peter and Paul, the old Confiteor offers more: [...]
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By CWR Staff on Apr 16, 2025 03:00 am
Theological Mysteries – “This year is special for Christians because all the Christian calendars—Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant—have us celebrating Easter on April 20.” Imagining the Divine Drama this Holy Week Immortality and Immorality – “Apologist [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 15, 2025 07:43 pm
Concerns over the safety of Mgr. Wilfred Anagbe, the Bishop of Makurdi in Nigeria, and Fr. Remigius Ihyula are growing after the two men testified about the persecution of Christians in Africa’s most populous nation. [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 15, 2025 01:26 pm
Father Antonio Aurelio is vicar general of the Trinitarian order. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News
Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 14:26 pm (CNA).
The Trinitarian order was founded at the end of the 12th century to free persecuted Christians. To... [...]
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By Paul Senz on Apr 14, 2025 08:00 pm
What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition [...]
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By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 14, 2025 07:00 pm
Starbucks faced consumer pushback a few years back when, in the name of “inclusivity,” it started featuring red and green coffee cups in December while scrupulously omitting the word “Christmas.” Sometimes the cups added “Happy [...]
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By Judie Brown on Apr 14, 2025 03:00 am
As pro-life people, we know that the preborn child is truly present within his mother’s body from the first cell onward. There is no point throughout a woman’s pregnancy when a child is not really [...]
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By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Apr 13, 2025 04:00 am
The Church calls this day by two names: Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. The first, for victory—the name most people recognize, not surprisingly; the second, for suffering—the one most folks would sooner forget. But in [...]
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By Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P. on Apr 12, 2025 11:02 pm
It’s sometimes said that synodality has never been properly defined, perhaps because modern ecclesiastical texts are not written by Schoolmen. A suitable definition might run, ‘Synodality is a spirit of co-responsibility for the life and [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 12, 2025 10:30 am
The choir, clergy and guests stand during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors to the world in th... [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Apr 12, 2025 05:00 am
Readings: • At the procession with palms, Gospel: Lk 19:28-4 • Is 50:4-7 • Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 • Phil 2:6-11 • Lk 22:14—23:56 It is done. We have judged our God and have [...]
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By Nick Olszyk on Apr 11, 2025 06:23 pm
MPAA Rating: G USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels It’s been less than a month since The Last Supper, but already there’s another major [...]
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By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 11, 2025 02:00 pm
“It’s not possible.” “Do it anyway.” This is how I would summarize my recent reading of Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 2023). No matter what anyone thinks of this polarizing innovator, [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 11, 2025 02:00 pm
“I have heard some great sermons throughout my life on truth and on goodness, [but] not enough on beauty yet,” says the celebrated Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan, shown here conducting The Catholic University of America Chorale on April 9... [...]
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