As someone who has long labored in the service of the Catholic Church’s teachings on fraught sexual expression topics, I think I understand Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks on Catholic sexual morality in response to […]
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 […]
Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) will be beatified and receive the title of “Blessed” at a beatification Mass on Thursday, September 24, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Sheen was among the […]
When Pope Leo XIV recently compared the rise of artificial intelligence to the Industrial Revolution, many immediately recognized the significance of the analogy.1 The comparison was not merely technological or economic, but deeply anthropological. Just as […]
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. […]
Editor’s note: This essay was mistakenly attributed to the wrong author when first posted. I apologize for the error. As any reader of Catholic World Report knows very well, May is designated by the Church as the […]
Editor’s note: Part One of this essay can be read here. —————— Wait, we’re not home yet, though. The journey’s not over. Less than a week later, I was back in a car. A rental […]
On the anniversary of his election, and with a year of the papacy under his belt, it is fair to say that Pope Leo would make, as a friend of mine has stated, a “good […]
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