For decades, we tried canceling the devil, refraining from talking much about him, or bothering much with him at all. Catholics thought they could get by without exorcisms, relegating them to the superstitious past. Demonic […]
Myths about the pilgrims and religious freedom have obscured some surprising truths about this great American holiday. […]
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old apostolic constitution that virtually no one remembers — but that is re-asserting its […]
A Gut Punch – “After a month of Vatican insistence on listening to all perspectives, it is ironic, to say the least, that the next big news story was the removal of an American bishop, […]
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2023 / 08:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has written a letter to four German Catholic laywomen expressing his “concerns” about the direction of the Cath… […]
A true poetics engages the real. A true poetics is not kitsch or sentimentalism. As Flannery O’Connor reminds us, the best writing and poetry “is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the […]
Archbishop Li Shan of Beijing, president of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the state-managed Catholic organization in mainland China controlled by the CCP’s United Front Work Department. / Credit: Bundesministerium für Europa, Integ… […]
What I am going to say here is really nothing new for regular readers, but my recent trip to Spain brought it to mind again. The question of Church attendance and engagement is of great […]
Weekday Mass is celebrated in the Church of Sts. Simeon and Anne in Jerusalem, where the Hebrew-speaking Catholic community (keilla) gathers together. / Credit: Marinella Bandini
Jerusalem, Nov 19, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Among the many expressi… […]
A new “lives of the saints” book has resurrected the late Tomie dePaola’s unpublished illustrations for one last adventure. A lifelong New Englander, DePaola was the rare Catholic children’s artist who also achieved mainstream fame, […]
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