Features
Young Catholic men discuss the state of dating and relationships today
As a married Gen-Xer, with kids, who’s been out of the dating world for almost two decades, I wanted to get some insight into how [...]
Young Catholic men discuss the state of dating and relationships today
Features
As a married Gen-Xer, with kids, who’s been out of the dating world for almost two decades, I wanted to get some insight into how young men are faring in meeting a potential mate. Healthy [...]
“Our diocese is not a slaughter slab where human beings are butchered”
Features
Amidst ongoing preparations for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI in Cameroon, the Bishop of Kumbo Diocese has offered a chilling appraisal of the ten-year separatist conflict that has devastated Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. The Holy [...]
Features
Tensions grow in Iceland as priest upholds Church’s moral teaching
A flashpoint of Catholic faith and life in the Western liberal democracies is occurring in an unusual place: Iceland. The Church has been in the headlines this month in the North Atlantic island nation, a [...]
Chapp's Schtick
On Tracey Rowland’s important Introduction to Communio Theology
In an ancient Greek legend, Alexander the Great famously solved the challenge of untying the Gordian knot by bypassing that seemingly impossible task entirely and instead chose, simply and directly, to slice through it with [...]
Essay
Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part One
Editor’s note: The following is Part One (of two) of an address given to The Thomistic Institute of Fordham University on February 26, 2026. Introductory Remarks We are gathered in the month which marks the [...]
Books
A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”
Author E.P. Cowley is a retired homeschooling mother living in southern British Columbia, Canada, who holds a master’s degree in English literature from Portland State University. Her novel, Tales from Wakken Wood, recently published by [...]
Features
Pondering the war on Iran
A recent appeal from Pope Leo XIV urged patient diplomacy amid rising tensions between Western powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran. His words reflected the Church’s perennial instinct toward peace. Through long decades of [...]
Features
Sudanese bishops: Killings in South Sudan mark a “descent into the abyss of human depravity”
Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have described the recent killings in parts of South Sudan as “a fresh descent into the abyss of human depravity.” At least 178 people were killed on Sunday, [...]
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Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...] -
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Mary E:
With all the twists and turns of the long-running Vatican financial saga, I had forgotten about APSA contracting with PWC,…
LJ:
We adopted our children from overseas. Abortion was free and available in the country my youngest came from. He is…
Dr Martin James Rice:
Dear 'Hard Worker', your genuine pain is felt! However: am sure you'd realize it's only a tiny minority of Catholics…
