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French authors present exhaustive study of modern proofs of the existence of God

The thesis of God: The Science, the Proofs: The Dawn of a Revolution (not yet available in English translation) is summarized, simply and directly, on pages 507-508 by [...]
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San Francisco’s “Prop O” aims to destroy crisis pregnancy centers

In a June 18th press conference at San Francisco’s Planned Parenthood, Mayor London Breed announced yet another pro-abortion measure designed to expand the City’s abortion [...]
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Friend or enemy? Rising above the theories of Carl Schmitt

Well, the election is only a short time away. And lest you felt that political campaigning couldn’t get any more base, you were wrong. Over [...]
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Ana Finat — aristocrat, influencer, and convert: Trusting in God gives immense freedom

Ana Finat said writing her conversion story “was very scary,” especially because of the implications for her husband and daughters. / Credit: Courtesy of Ana Finat

Madrid, Spain, Oct 12, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Spanish influencer and aristoc… […]
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The real failure of the rich young ruler

Readings: • Wis 7:7-11 • Psa 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 • Heb 4:12-13 • Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 “This is the saddest story in the gospel,” [...]

Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome

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Catholic News Agency October 11, 2024 24

The General House of the Society of Jesus in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Madrid, Spain, Oct 11, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Soc… […]

Is Christianity “conservative”?

Columns

James Kalb October 10, 2024 23

Last month I pointed out serious problems with progressive Christianity, mostly having to do with the progressive rejection of transcendence. To fill out the discussion, it seems I ought to say something about conservative Christianity. [...]

Books

On the continuity of the Roman Mass: An interview with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

Paul Senz October 9, 2024 11

The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly [...]

Features

New Converts, Old Selves

Matthew Becklo October 7, 2024 29

In his First Letter to Timothy, St. Paul, when laying out the qualifications of a bishop, includes this telling remark: “He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit [...]

Features

Encountering Christ the Healer in MyCatholicDoctor

Edward Short October 6, 2024 6

While the need for a more faithful, more far-reaching, and more sustainable Catholic healthcare model has long been acknowledged, especially in circumstances in which the deficiencies of secular healthcare, especially with respect to life and [...]

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The liberal and flawed roots of tiresome synodal grievances

Larry Chapp October 5, 2024 50

One of the things I have learned in my 65 years of being a Catholic is that the meaning of the term “Church reform” in the post-Vatican II era is almost always a cognate for [...]

Essay

My Father Gives Me Bread: What the LGBTQ+ community needs from the Church

Amy E. Hamilton October 4, 2024 27

Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, [...]

Features

Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit mark ninth year in the Southwest

BK O'Neel October 2, 2024 1

There aren’t many who would embrace a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience to serve an often-forgotten people in one of the hottest places in the United States. But that’s just what one of the [...]

Is Christianity “conservative”?

James Kalb October 10, 2024 23

Last month I pointed out serious problems with progressive Christianity, mostly having to do with the progressive rejection of transcendence. To fill out the discussion, it seems I ought to say something about conservative Christianity. [...]
The liberal and flawed roots of tiresome synodal grievances

Larry Chapp October 5, 2024 50
The many (and sometimes puzzling) paths of Pope Francis

Larry Chapp September 16, 2024 90

Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 54

A week ago, the editors of the National Catholic Register published an editorial titled “It’s Time to Remove Father Rupnik’s Art”. Their strong stance, they said, was “not an expedient surrender to iconoclasm or ‘cancel [...]
Welcome to the Church of Perpetual Change and Confusion

Carl E. Olson October 19, 2023 72
Synodality, Soteriology, and “Sharing the journey”

Carl E. Olson October 10, 2023 21

French authors present exhaustive study of modern proofs of the existence of God

San Francisco’s “Prop O” aims to destroy crisis pregnancy centers

Friend or enemy? Rising above the theories of Carl Schmitt

Ana Finat — aristocrat, influencer, and convert: Trusting in God gives immense freedom

The real failure of the rich young ruler

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Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome

Is Christianity “conservative”?

On the continuity of the Roman Mass: An interview with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

New Converts, Old Selves

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The liberal and flawed roots of tiresome synodal grievances

My Father Gives Me Bread: What the LGBTQ+ community needs from the Church

Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit mark ninth year in the Southwest

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