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Mozambique insurgents decried as ‘devils’ preying on children

July 1, 2025 Ngala Killian Chimtom 0

Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops’ Conference, has issued a stark condemnation of the armed groups operating in Mozambique, labeling them as “devils.” In comments to CWR, […]

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The changing fortunes of Catholic “Founding Father” in American history

July 1, 2025 Kevin Schmiesing 22

As Catholic Americans prepare to mark Independence Day, we naturally look not only to the well-known “founding fathers” such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington but also to our Catholic forbears who were […]

Essay

Catholic progressives and the development of sexual doctrine

June 30, 2025 Matthew Becklo 26

In 2023, the newly minted cardinal Robert Prevost was asked by CNS about comments he made a decade earlier on “beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel,” including abortion and the “homosexual lifestyle.” Had his views […]

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The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the burning furnace of divine love

June 27, 2025 Larry Chapp 8

June is the month the Church sets aside for the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This has always been one of my favorite devotions and I love all the traditional trappings that adorn […]

Essay

Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

June 26, 2025 Monsignor Martin Grichting 57

(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to […]

Essay

Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

June 25, 2025 Dr. Edward Feser 42

Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light […]

Essay

Is “Eucharist” a noun or a verb?

June 23, 2025 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 21

Current Eucharistic debates cannot be reduced to allowing or not allowing the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. If that was the issue rather than just a symptom, a solution might be more readily worked […]

Analysis

Reality or “Reality”? A critique of Fr. David Tracy’s view of religious pluralism

June 22, 2025 Eduardo Echeverria 11

Editor’s note: The prominent Catholic theologian Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025), who was known for his writings on pluralism, religious diversity, and interreligious dialogue, died on April 29th, at the age of 86. In this essay, aspects […]

Essay

Why St. John Fisher lost his head—and why it still matters

June 22, 2025 Dawn Beutner 15

When the Catholic Church commemorates the martyrdoms of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More every June 22nd, people tend to think that their deaths were just collateral damage in King Henry VIII’s spat with the […]

Features

Opinion: The U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran

June 21, 2025 Dr. Edward Feser 139

Let me say at the outset that I agree with the view that it would be bad for the Iranian regime to acquire a nuclear weapon. How close it is to actually acquiring one, I […]

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