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The Ascension opens the doors to heaven to those who follow Christ

May 29, 2025 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

The Jesus of the Northeast, the Eastern Catholics, and those of the Anglican Ordinariate (and a few other ecclesiastical jurisdictions around the country) always catches His flight to Heaven on time, while His flight home […]

Books

Peter Kreeft’s spiritual autobiography is insightful and entertaining

May 28, 2025 Casey Chalk 12

Unless you pay much attention to the tiny subculture that is Catholic-Calvinist ecumenical debate and apologetics, you likely wouldn’t know that the discussions can get quite heated and personal. When one respected Presbyterian pastor and […]

Analysis

Education and parents’ rights a century after Pierce v. Society of Sisters

May 26, 2025 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 8

June 1, 2025, marks the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (268 US 510). What’s that, you ask? And why should I care? Pierce was a unanimous Supreme […]

Features

Remembering three martyrs 80 years after the end of World War II

May 25, 2025 Filip Mazurczak 1

May 8th marked the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II, the bloodiest conflict in human history, in which more than fifty million human lives were lost. Today, our world is once again […]

Essay

At a Secular University: Does God Talk to People?

May 24, 2025 Peter D. Beaulieu 6

Is it possible to detect the “tiny whispering sound” even at a secular university? Consider the story and influence of a particular Dominican priest, a convert whose evangelical spirit was a life ring at a […]

Books

New Vision book tells the inspiring story of Fr. Michael McGivney

May 23, 2025 Paul Senz 2

The Vision series of lives of the saints chapter books has been inspiring young people for decades now. The original series was published in the middle of the 20th century, featuring saints including Joan of Arc, Dominic, Kateri […]

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Napa Institute’s Summer Conference based around “Doers of the Word” theme

May 22, 2025 Jim Graves 5

The Napa Institute will present its 15th annual Summer Conference at The Meritage Resort and Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, California, from July 23 to 27, 2025. The conference features presentations by prominent Catholic speakers, […]

Analysis

Where Catholics marry in the United States: A look at the numbers

May 20, 2025 J. J. Ziegler 5

According to data published in the most recent (2024) edition of The Official Catholic Directory, 107,051 marriages took place in the previous year in the Latin-rite dioceses of the United States. The Directory classified 85,171 of them as […]

Analysis

Catholic Fundamentalism and the Search for Truth

May 20, 2025 Richard A. Spinello 68

On April 2, 2025, several progressive academics joined together in a symposium to celebrate the new book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America (Oxford University Press, 2025), by Father Mark S. Massa, SJ. (Two historians and an […]

Essay

Death and Life in the Nicene Creed

May 19, 2025 Dr. Jared Ortiz 6

The Nicene Creed invites us to die. Indeed, it requires it. This probably sounds rather dramatic, especially to those of us who recite the Creed each week without much serious concern. Readers of this website […]

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