Last week a report was circulated that Pope Emeritus Benedict had told a visitor that his decision to resign from the papacy earlier this year was the result of a “mystical experience” that has continued […]
A few weeks ago, readers of the New York Post were confronted with a story whose sensational title was characteristic of the tabloid: “I’m a Guy Again! ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch […]
• Having recently published Dale Ahlquist’s review of Fr. Robert Wild’s book, The Tumbler of God: Chesterton as Mystic (Angelico Press, 2013), I was reading a bit about Servant of God, Catherine de Hueck Doherty (1886-1995), […]
This afternoon Joseph Bottum, former editor of First Things whose article in Commonweal on same-sex marriage ignited a firestorm of Internet commentary over the weekend, spoke with Al Kresta on his radio show about the […]
As summer winds down and the congressional August recess dwindles, the efforts of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and other advocates of immigration reform are still at a high level. “We’re in a […]
Readings: • Is 66:18-21 • Ps 117:1, 2 • Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 • Lk 13:22-30 Over the past few weeks we have heard, in the readings from the Gospel according to St. Luke, about Jesus […]
The National Catholic Register recently published a piece, “LCWR 2013 Assembly: Little Evidence Yet of Any Reforms” (Aug. 20, 2013), by Ann Carey, a CWR contributor and author of the recently published Sisters in Crisis: […]
“[O]ne cannot abstract from the historical situation of the nation or attack the cultural identity of the people. Consequently, one cannot passively accept, still less actively support, groups which by force or by the manipulation […]
In a more than 9,000 word essay for Commonweal, claiming a basis in the work of Thomas Aquinas and of Pope Francis, former editor of First Things Joseph Bottum has announced his support for same-sex […]
Ultimately the proper response to the question is probably: anywhere, anytime, because it is the same Mass, the same sacrifice of the Lord on the Cross at Calvary. But having said that, try to consider […]
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