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Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico

Flag of Mexico. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 3, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Recent episodes of violence against the Catholic Church, including the murder of a priest and the attempted murder of an archbishop, once again bri… […]
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The Two Gods

If we think wrongly about God, most everything else goes wrong. […]
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Theology in Practice is the spiritual testament of two Cistercian priests

Theology is, as the name suggests, the study of God. St. Anselm of Canterbury described the theological pursuits as Fides quaerens intellectum, or “faith seeking [...]
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Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2023 / 12:40 pm (CNA).
Bish… […]
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The central Mystery of the Faith, the Source of Reality

Readings: • Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 • Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 • 2 Cor 13:11-13 • Jn 3:16-18 The Trinity, the Catechism states, is [...]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is an incomplete triumph

Features

Steven D. Greydanus June 1, 2023 7

“You’re like me.” That simple phrase, repeated a number of times in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is close to the film’s emotional center. Into the Spider-Verse is a layered movie brimming with ideas: It’s [...]

On the fading faith of Anglicanism

Columns

Andrew Petiprin May 31, 2023 24

I’ve been thinking about two Anglicans named Charles lately. But before I talk about them, I want to say something about how and why I still talk occasionally about my former ecclesial group. When I [...]

Chapp's Schtick

Catholic alliances today and tomorrow: A response to Dr. Matthew Minerd

Larry Chapp May 30, 2023 31

I want to begin by thanking Dr. Matthew Minerd for his generous and thoughtful response to my recent article on who it is that controls the narrative of modern Catholicism. Dr. Minerd and I have [...]

Analysis

“The child is not the mere creature of the state…”

Charles J. Russo May 29, 2023 4

In 1925, in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names Jesus and Mary, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the right of parents in Oregon to have their children educated where they wished. Officials [...]

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Mary for Today provides timeless insights for our deeply confused age

Casey Chalk May 28, 2023 7

“Can’t you see, this is me, I’m a woman,” sang musical superstar Tina Turner. None of the obituaries or commemorations of Ms. Turner, who died recently at age 83, seem to have any doubt that [...]

Analysis

The masks are coming off in Germany

Birgit Kelle May 27, 2023 12

Finally, the ZdK (Central Committee of German Catholics) is openly showing its true strategy: the gloves have come off in the battle for their declared goal of completely disempowering the bishops in the long term. [...]

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A deep dive: The Little Mermaid then and now

Steven D. Greydanus May 26, 2023 73

There’s something profoundly melancholy about Disney returning, in its present state of creative exhaustion and corporate decadence, to The Little Mermaid—the nucleus from which the entire Disney renaissance exploded, in a way along with everything [...]

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Catholic theology yesterday and today: A Thomist’s response to Dr. Larry Chapp

Dr. Matthew Minerd May 25, 2023 31

It was with great interest that I read Dr. Larry Chapp’s recent column “The Progressive Revolution’s Continued Control of the Ecclesial Narrative” (May 18, 2023). Dr. Chapp and I agree quite substantively on the current [...]

On the fading faith of Anglicanism

Andrew Petiprin May 31, 2023 24

I’ve been thinking about two Anglicans named Charles lately. But before I talk about them, I want to say something about how and why I still talk occasionally about my former ecclesial group. When I [...]
Catholic alliances today and tomorrow: A response to Dr. Matthew Minerd

Larry Chapp May 30, 2023 31
The progressive revolution’s continued control of the ecclesial narrative

Larry Chapp May 18, 2023 98

Cardinal Hollerich’s less than “Honest to God” moment

Carl E. Olson March 30, 2023 51

Raised in a Fundamentalist Protestant home and Bible chapel, I held to more than a few incorrect (and even wildly false) notions about the Catholic Church. Most of these involved Mary and the papacy. Catholics [...]
Cardinal Cupich misuses the words and teaching of Pope Benedict XVI

Carl E. Olson February 18, 2023 76
Dialoguing with the most incoherent document ever sent out from Rome

Carl E. Olson January 21, 2023 79

Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico

The Two Gods

Theology in Practice is the spiritual testament of two Cistercian priests

Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute

The central Mystery of the Faith, the Source of Reality

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is an incomplete triumph

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Catholic alliances today and tomorrow: A response to Dr. Matthew Minerd

“The child is not the mere creature of the state…”

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The masks are coming off in Germany

A deep dive: The Little Mermaid then and now

Catholic theology yesterday and today: A Thomist’s response to Dr. Larry Chapp

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On the fading faith of Anglicanism

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