By Carl E. Olson on Apr 10, 2025 05:57 pm
Daniel J. Mahoney is a professor emeritus at Assumption University, where he taught from 1986 until 2021. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University [...]
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By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 10, 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 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 10, 2025 12:04 pm
Our Lenten trek with the saints invoked in the old Confiteor includes “the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul.” Last week we considered Peter; this week, we look at Paul. Like Peter, Paul had a checkered [...]
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By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Apr 09, 2025 11:50 pm
In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 09, 2025 06:54 pm
A British Mill Hill missionary who was kidnapped in Cameroon’s war-torn Northwest region on Tuesday, April 1, has been released. Huub Welters, 83, and assistant Henry Kang were released Friday, April 4, according to a [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 09, 2025 04:11 pm
The Missionaries of Charity convent located on the compound of Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in Gaza, was damaged by rocket fire on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 17:11 pm (CNA).... [...]
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By George Weigel on Apr 09, 2025 04:00 am
After defining, within strict limits, the infallibility of papal teaching on faith and morals, the First Vatican Council intended to take up the parallel question of the authority of bishops in the Church. But the Franco-Prussian [...]
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By CWR Staff on Apr 09, 2025 03:00 am
Gnosticism and Christianity – “As surely as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so the elite media can be counted on to write pieces debunking Christianity precisely at the holiest time in the Christian [...]
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By Ronald L. Jelinek, Ph.D. on Apr 09, 2025 01:00 am
During the past couple of weeks, I’ve been offering “Lenten Lessons for Sales Professionals.” My goal is to get business-to-business salespeople, particularly those who are Catholic, to consider the ways Lent might invite them to [...]
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By Conor Dugan on Apr 08, 2025 11:30 pm
In recent years, there has been a veritable boom in Catholic trade schools, and more are on the horizon. A pioneer in this area is Harmel Academy, a male residential, post-secondary Catholic trade school, opened in the inauspicious months of the [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 08, 2025 11:40 am
Dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, featuring Christ Pantocrator. / Credit: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA).
Twenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars ... [...]
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By Paul Senz on Apr 07, 2025 05:00 pm
Detective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 07, 2025 12:01 pm
Professor Scott Hahn speaks at St. Paul Catholic Church at Harvard University on Friday, April 4, 2025, about the saving truth of Scripture. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Harvard Catholic Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Apr 7, 2025 / 13:01 pm (C... [...]
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By Matthew Becklo on Apr 07, 2025 12:00 am
When Mufasa: The Lion King was released in theaters, I was unable to join our family in seeing it. But, almost immediately after, my wife and kids began drawing me into the world of its [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 06, 2025 07:51 pm
Francisca Awah carefully scours her 25-acre Cassava plantation in Cameroon’s East region, removing unwanted weeds and parasitic plants. “Our country has all this fertile land,” says the committed Catholic with a broad smile. “Why did [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 06, 2025 04:15 pm
The liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024, where Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided over the beatification Mass Father Max Josef Metzger. Metzger was a C... [...]
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By James P. Bernens on Apr 05, 2025 07:00 pm
When the prominent 19th-century English writer and artist William Morris was still a young man, he penned a heartfelt article describing a visit to the Cathedral of Amiens in France. Moved by the majesty and [...]
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By George Weigel on Apr 05, 2025 02:01 pm
Editor’s note: This essay was published originally on November 18, 2020, and is reposted in response to the news that McCarrick died recently at the age of 94. From the day it was announced that [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Apr 05, 2025 10:00 am
Readings: • Ez. 37:12-14 • Psa. 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • Rom. 8:8-11 • Jn. 11:1-45 “Lazarus, come out!” With that simple, dramatic command, the Incarnate Word spoke words that demonstrated his power over death. It concludes one [...]
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By Ben Reinhard on Apr 04, 2025 08:55 pm
It was a fine afternoon at the University. The semester was in full swing, the day was growing late, and a student had stopped by the office to talk literature. The conversation turned—as it so [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Apr 04, 2025 02:47 pm
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Massachusetts’ Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021. / Credit: Andrew Bukuras/CNA
CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA).
Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former cardinal ... [...]
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