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Independence Day #249

In the twelve months leading up to next year’s American semiquincentennial, the tale will frequently be told of Benjamin Franklin’s encounter with Philadelphia matron Elizabeth Willing Powel, [...]
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Was Traditionis Custodes Based on Falsehoods? – “Previously undisclosed documents raise serious questions about the stated rationale for Pope Francis’ 2021 decree restricting the Traditional [...]
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Mozambique insurgents decried as ‘devils’ preying on children

Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops’ Conference, has issued a stark condemnation of the armed groups operating [...]
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Cardinal Ambongo: Opposition to same-sex blessings not an ‘African exception’

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 / 14:47 pm (CNA).
The leader of Africa’s Catholic bishops pus… […]
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The quintessential American saint who was never an American

Junípero Serra Ferrer, OFM, died on August 28, 1784, almost seven decades before California became a U.S. state. But it is certainly fitting for Catholics [...]

Mozambique insurgents decried as ‘devils’ preying on children

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Ngala Killian Chimtom July 1, 2025 0

Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops’ Conference, has issued a stark condemnation of the armed groups operating in Mozambique, labeling them as “devils.” In comments to CWR, [...]

The changing fortunes of Catholic “Founding Father” in American history

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Kevin Schmiesing July 1, 2025 22

As Catholic Americans prepare to mark Independence Day, we naturally look not only to the well-known “founding fathers” such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington but also to our Catholic forbears who were [...]

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Catholic progressives and the development of sexual doctrine

Matthew Becklo June 30, 2025 26

In 2023, the newly minted cardinal Robert Prevost was asked by CNS about comments he made a decade earlier on “beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel,” including abortion and the “homosexual lifestyle.” Had his views [...]

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The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the burning furnace of divine love

Larry Chapp June 27, 2025 8

June is the month the Church sets aside for the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This has always been one of my favorite devotions and I love all the traditional trappings that adorn [...]

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Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

Monsignor Martin Grichting June 26, 2025 57

(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to [...]

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Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

Dr. Edward Feser June 25, 2025 42

Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light [...]

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Is “Eucharist” a noun or a verb?

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. June 23, 2025 21

Current Eucharistic debates cannot be reduced to allowing or not allowing the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. If that was the issue rather than just a symptom, a solution might be more readily worked [...]

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Reality or “Reality”? A critique of Fr. David Tracy’s view of religious pluralism

Eduardo Echeverria June 22, 2025 11

Editor’s note: The prominent Catholic theologian Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025), who was known for his writings on pluralism, religious diversity, and interreligious dialogue, died on April 29th, at the age of 86. In this essay, aspects [...]

The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the burning furnace of divine love

Larry Chapp June 27, 2025 8

June is the month the Church sets aside for the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This has always been one of my favorite devotions and I love all the traditional trappings that adorn [...]
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James Kalb June 16, 2025 7
The idolatry and “religion” of our present age

Dr. Christopher Shannon June 12, 2025 33

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 128

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 28
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Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

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