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The Motionless Flight: First English translation of Divo Barsotti’s spiritual diary

People look for treasures in different places. Pearl divers go into the depths of the ocean, adventurers go into the Amazon forest, and academics go [...]
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Madison, Dane County drop 50-person attendance cap after lawsuit threat

MADISON, Wisconsin — Less than 48 hours after refusing to budge on their 50-person limit on attendance at Holy Mass and other religious gatherings, local [...]
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“Now more than ever we are praying for the whole world”

After a life dedicated to the apostolate, on March 3, 2020, the late Mother Tekla Famiglietti (1935-2020), abbess emerita of the Bridgettine Order, passed away [...]
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NYC Mayor de Blasio: Protests essential, but not religion

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2020 / 03:32 pm (CNA).- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that ongoing protests in the city [...]
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In defense of homeschooling

Although a Harvard law school professor’s recent proposal that homeschooling children be banned provoked a predictable hornets’ nest of justifiably outraged responses, the article by [...]

The Motionless Flight: First English translation of Divo Barsotti’s spiritual diary

Books

David Fagerberg, Ph.D. June 5, 2020 0

People look for treasures in different places. Pearl divers go into the depths of the ocean, adventurers go into the Amazon forest, and academics go into the library. That last search is not as dangerous [...]

No shelter-in-place for the unborn

Features

Monica Seeley June 4, 2020 8

These past three months have often felt like wartime, complete with restrictions and rationing. And as often happens in wartime, a parallel struggle has played out under cover of the general chaos. Its battles have [...]

Books

Body Language: A Review of Hope to Die

Dr. Leroy Huizenga June 2, 2020 3

Upon first receiving my review copy of this substantive little book (it is truly a work in the situation of multum in parvo), I assumed it would be classic Scott Hahn: robust Catholic teaching informed [...]

Columns

Social justice as a religion

James Kalb June 1, 2020 17

Last month I noted that modern people are impressed by the power of technology, industrial organization, and the managerial state. The resulting emphasis on man’s power over things has led people to view the social [...]

Essay

A Saintly View of Vatican II

Douglas Bushman May 31, 2020 25

“By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God’s grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and [...]

Editorial

Riots, Technocrats, and Normality

Carl E. Olson May 30, 2020 38

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, [...]

Essay

The Holy Spirit in and of the Church

Peter M.J. Stravinskas May 29, 2020 5

Condensing forty-five pages of the Catechism into a brief reflection is a frustrating exercise, especially when the topic is the meaning of life in the Church. The approach here is not so much to summarize [...]

Features

Treat politicians the same as priests in sexual misconduct allegations

Sean Salai, S.J. May 28, 2020 44

Yesterday, I published an op-ed in The Washington Times online edition, asking Democrats not to repeat the mistakes of the Catholic Church with Tara Reade. It appeared in the newspaper’s print edition this morning. Many [...]