Catholic World Report
Catholic World Report

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
  • Home
  • Columns
    • Chapp’s Schtick
    • Ecclesia et Civitas
    • God’s First
    • God’s Two Books
    • The Past Present
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Books
    • Editorial
    • Essay
    • Film & Music
    • History
    • Interview
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Special Report
  • The Dispatch
  • Topics
    • Pope Francis
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Books
    • Canon Law
    • All Topics
  • About CWR
  • Advertise
  • Donate
News Briefs
  • [ August 11, 2026 ] Pope chooses theme on AI and war for World Day of Peace 2027 News Briefs
  • [ August 11, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV expresses sorrow for the victims of earthquake in Colombia News Briefs
  • [ August 11, 2026 ] Nonprofit’s global review finds family-led development creates lasting pathways out of poverty News Briefs
  • [ August 11, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV appoints new members to Vatican’s Council for the Economy News Briefs
  • [ August 11, 2026 ] 7 things to know about St. Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of television News Briefs

Month: December 2023

No Picture
News Briefs

Pope Francis: Do not confuse Christmas with consumerism

December 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 24, 2023. / Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2023 / 11:40 am (CNA).
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis urged Christians not to confuse Christmas with consumerism but to celebrate the birth of Christ by… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Christmas video by Lansing Diocese highlights Eucharistic adoration, story of ‘Silent Night’

December 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A scene from the "Silent Night" Christmas video from the Diocese of Lansing. / Credit: Matt Riedl/Diocese of Lansing

CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Lansing in Michigan has released a Christmas video featuring… […]

Essay

Christmas and the unparalleled joys of motherhood

December 23, 2023 Casey Chalk 10

Earlier this year, my wife attended a baby shower for a woman having her first child. My wife, a mother of five children, was a bit of an outlier in a crowd of female professionals, […]

The Dispatch

Fiducia supplicans appears to have failed spectacularly

December 23, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 131

It isn’t every day that the top papal lieutenant goes on the record to discuss something about which he’d just said there would be no further clarification, but that’s what just happened in an interview […]

The Dispatch

Hail, Mary! Tabernacle of God and the Word!

December 23, 2023 Carl E. Olson 7

On the Readings for Sunday, December 24, 2017, the Fourth Sunday of Advent […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Catholics in the Holy Land gather at prayer vigil to prepare for Christmas

December 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A moment at the vigil in preparation for Christmas, held on Dec. 22 at the Church of St Saviour in Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini

Jerusalem, Dec 23, 2023 / 09:42 am (CNA).
Christians in Jerusalem began the weekend before Christmas with… […]

No Picture
News Briefs

Catholic Church reportedly closer to getting its first samurai saint

December 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal Thomas Aquinas Manyo Maeda of Osaka, Japan / Credit: Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2023 / 05:55 am (CNA).
The Vatican is currently investigating miracles associated with the intercession of Blessed Justu… […]

The Dispatch

A miracle-working Saint Anthony and other Brazilian saints

December 23, 2023 Dawn Beutner 1

Even non-Catholics have heard of Saint Anthony, the miracle-working saint who can help find your lost car keys. Named Fernando Martins de Bulhões at birth, Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Franciscan priest whose […]

Essay

A Grammar of Gratitude: Chesterton’s St. Francis of Assisi at 100

December 22, 2023 David Paul Deavel 1

As much as we owe modern Christmas traditions to German and English traditions, there is one to whom we owe special thanks. While the modern tradition of a Christmas crèche with figurines seems to have […]

The Dispatch

Sigmund Freud, C.S. Lewis, and a conversation of the titans

December 22, 2023 Nick Olszyk 3

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels In September 1939, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) was living out his final days in a […]

Posts navigation

« 1 … 7 8 9 … 32 »

The Dispatch: More from CWR

  • Massachusetts becomes 11th state with no abortion limits as Gov. Healey signs bill

    Tessa Gervasini August 11, 2026 2
  • The dangers of the political religious choice

    Casey Chalk August 10, 2026 6
  • New book on state of higher education offers criticism, insights, questions

    Jerry Salyer August 10, 2026 10
  • EWTN News explains: What does it mean that the pope is both head of state and head of the Church?

    Amira Abuzeid August 10, 2026 10

Follow CWR on Facebook

  • Massachusetts becomes 11th state with no abortion limits as Gov. Healey signs bill
  • Pope chooses theme on AI and war for World Day of Peace 2027
  • Pope Leo XIV expresses sorrow for the victims of earthquake in Colombia
  • Nonprofit’s global review finds family-led development creates lasting pathways out of poverty
  • Pope Leo XIV appoints new members to Vatican’s Council for the Economy
  • 7 things to know about St. Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of television
  • Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe
abortion Americas Asia - Pacific Catholic Church Catholic News COVID-19 Europe Jesus Christ Middle East - Africa Pope Francis pro-life prolife prolife2023 prolife2024 religious freedom Ukraine Ukraine War US Vatican Vatican news World
  • J Fred Muggs: And why in this case is that "fortunate"?
  • James Connor: Doesn’t the blood of the present Nigerian martyrs have something to do with the vitality of the Nigerian Church today.…
  • The Pitchfork Rebel: It's worth remembering Judas Iscariot served the Apostle's treasurer and carried the glōssokomon.

Join Our Free Newsletter

Daily
Weekly


 
Search CWR
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
Recent Comments
  • J Fred Muggs on Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime
  • James Connor on Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe
  • The Pitchfork Rebel on Pope Leo XIV appoints new members to Vatican’s Council for the Economy
  • Br. Jaques on The dangers of the political religious choice
  • Gerard on New book on state of higher education offers criticism, insights, questions
Also on CWR
No Picture
General

Will the White House back down? Bishop Zubik won’t.

Carl E. Olson February 9, 2012 0

  From an article in yesterday’s edition of The Hill: Pressure to roll back the new contraception policy mounted quickly as the day wore on, driven by divisions among Democrats, mixed messages from President Obama’s […]

  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • Free Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© Catholic World Report

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

A FAITHFULLY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust!

* indicates required


Daily
Weekly