In recent months, there have been several articles in both Catholic and secular press noting an uptick in interest in the Catholic Church among young adults in the United States. While encouraging, some of the […]
As widely commentated, the most obvious continuity framework for Magnifica Humanitas is Rerum Novarum (1891). The Holy See presented Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical as a document on “safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence,” signed on May 15, […]
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (MH), has received considerable attention, including from sources not ordinarily interested in papal documents. The reason is understandable, given the attention it gives to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Pope […]
3,035 diocesan seminarians are preparing for priestly ordination in the Latin-rite dioceses of the United States, an increase of nearly 2% over the previous year, according to data published in the most recent (2025) edition […]
Good news not being thick on the ground these days, I’m delighted to note some very good news from the mother country: on April 24, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to […]
Note: All quotes are from the Report and annexed testimonies, unless otherwise indicated. A Synod Study Group Report (“Report”) published in early May has drawn searing criticism and predictable plaudits for its “paradigm shift” towards same-sex sexual relationships. New reports that Fr. James […]
I continue to be puzzled by the language in the documents emerging from ecclesiastical bureaucrats. Who are these people talking to? Not “people of goodwill” around the world, nor the basic layman in the pew. […]
There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These organizations sued the City of Quincy and […]
What is going on in the Church in America? Is She singing a swan song, or is She rising again from the ashes like the legendary phoenix? In the spirit of legendary Yankee catcher Yogi […]
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And the state’s persistent animus toward Christianity has been keeping the […]
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