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Catechumens in Canada enter Church drawn to truth, beauty, goodness

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 [...]
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Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life

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 […]
Analysis

Wounded Witness: A different perspective on the clergy sex abuse crisis

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 [...]
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Why Eastern and Western Easter dates differ — and why 2025 is different

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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TIME lauds late-term abortionist who is “transforming the world”

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 [...]

Wounded Witness: A different perspective on the clergy sex abuse crisis

Analysis

MIchel Therrien April 17, 2025 14

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 [...]

Bishop Anagbe, in DC testimony, warns of “Islamic agenda to homogenize” Nigerians

Features

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 15, 2025 5

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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Prayers for Catholic Men aims to help men deepen their relationship with God

Paul Senz April 14, 2025 7

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 [...]

Analysis

Surveying Synodality

Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P. April 12, 2025 79

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 [...]

Features

Elon Musk and the Impossible

Dr. R. Jared Staudt April 11, 2025 118

“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, [...]

Books

Knowing and rejecting the Ideological Lie: An interview with Daniel J. Mahoney

Carl E. Olson April 10, 2025 10

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 [...]

Columns

Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. April 9, 2025 8

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 [...]

Features

“We exist to help young men apprentice themselves to Jesus Christ…”

Conor Dugan April 8, 2025 4

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 [...]

Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. April 9, 2025 8

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 [...]
Is the family still fundamental?

James Kalb April 3, 2025 20
On offices as hell, Severance, and white-collar work

Andrew Petiprin March 31, 2025 24

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 126

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 27
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

Catechumens in Canada enter Church drawn to truth, beauty, goodness

Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life

Wounded Witness: A different perspective on the clergy sex abuse crisis

Why Eastern and Western Easter dates differ — and why 2025 is different

TIME lauds late-term abortionist who is “transforming the world”

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