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What It Means To Be Protestant is mostly about not being Catholic

What is Protestantism? It seems a straightforward thing to answer. Protestantism is the affirmation of Scripture as the ultimate, unparalleled authority of Christian faith and [...]
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The Smiling Face of Erasure

I was recently interviewed on CTV, Canada’s national broadcaster, about Pope Leo’s start in the papacy. The interviewer asked a question that I have been [...]
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U.S. executions rise in 2025 amid shifting public opinion

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign [...]
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Grumpy priests and Saint Thomas Becket

We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton [...]
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Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

Dec 28, 2025 / 08:00 am Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi, an expert consultant for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, clarified [...]

What It Means To Be Protestant is mostly about not being Catholic

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Casey Chalk December 29, 2025 0

What is Protestantism? It seems a straightforward thing to answer. Protestantism is the affirmation of Scripture as the ultimate, unparalleled authority of Christian faith and practice. Protestantism is the “five solae” of the sixteenth-century Reformation: Sola Scriptura, Solus [...]

A Church that goes out to the hungry and brokenhearted

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Tim Glemkowski December 27, 2025 24

My first ministry job was teaching high school theology, and in my first year, I was assigned a semester-long morality class for an unruly group of sophomores. It was a good Catholic school, but, like [...]

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Nigerian Christians react to U.S. bombings of ISIS targets

Ngala Killian Chimtom December 26, 2025 9

The Trump administration has followed through on an earlier warning to use military force to protect Nigerian Christians if the Nigerian government failed to do so. On Christmas Eve, the U.S. military bombed ISIS targets [...]

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“God from God, Light from light, true God from true God …”

Peter M.J. Stravinskas December 25, 2025 2

Editor’s note: This homily was preached, in slightly different form, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, on Christmas 2025. ————- Let me set the stage for our reflection on this glorious Solemnity of [...]

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Nigerian Christians again face threats of deadly attacks during Christmas

Ngala Killian Chimtom December 23, 2025 2

A US-based humanitarian organization has issued a grave warning that armed groups are planning coordinated attacks against Christian communities in northern Nigeria during the Christmas period. The non-profit organization, Equipping the Persecuted, provides essential support [...]

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New book examines the relationship between Judaism and the Catholic Church

Paul Senz December 22, 2025 78

The historical relationship between Judaism and Catholicism is complex. Deep and abiding theological differences endure, and yet Jesus himself said that “salvation comes from the Jews” (Jn 4:22), and Pope Pius XI said that, “Spiritually, [...]

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Persona humana at Fifty: Why the Church’s sexual ethics still matter today

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. December 21, 2025 64

December 29th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Persona humana, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s (CDF) “Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics.” Issued in 1975, the document reaffirmed Catholic teaching on [...]

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St. Joseph’s doubt and the angel’s gift

Carl E. Olson December 20, 2025 2

Readings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]

The “True” Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. December 14, 2025 50

I. Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, states that the Mohammedans “profess their faith as the faith of Abraham, and with us they worship the one, merciful God who will [...]
Equality and the American Founding: A Catholic perspective

Dr. Christopher Shannon December 11, 2025 33
Vatican II at 60

Larry Chapp December 8, 2025 101

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 54
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130

What It Means To Be Protestant is mostly about not being Catholic

The Smiling Face of Erasure

U.S. executions rise in 2025 amid shifting public opinion

Grumpy priests and Saint Thomas Becket

Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

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What It Means To Be Protestant is mostly about not being Catholic

A Church that goes out to the hungry and brokenhearted

Nigerian Christians react to U.S. bombings of ISIS targets

“God from God, Light from light, true God from true God …”

Nigerian Christians again face threats of deadly attacks during Christmas

New book examines the relationship between Judaism and the Catholic Church

Persona humana at Fifty: Why the Church’s sexual ethics still matter today

St. Joseph’s doubt and the angel’s gift

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The “True” Islam

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The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

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