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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026 CWR Staff 7

The Wine Is Jesus’ Blood (Catholic Answers): Christ’s blood at the Last Supper could still be present in the chalice even if it didn’t yet have the status of being the ‘blood of the covenant,’ […]

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The choice: Rebuild the tower of Babel or rebuild the walls of Jerusalem

May 26, 2026 Dale Ahlquist 12

The first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (“On Safeguarding The Human Person In The Time Of Artificial Intelligence”) should of course be of interest to everyone. But it is of special interest to […]

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Toward an “ecology of communication” in Magnifica Humanitas

May 26, 2026 Kenneth Craycraft 4

Initial reactions to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, are necessarily brief, and most have tried to focus on one or two particular aspects of the encyclical. While it is helpful to consider a general […]

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After the Spike ranges from frustrating and flawed to commendable and valuable

May 25, 2026 Sandra Miesel 37

After the Spike is a frustrating book. It sounds the alarm on a real contemporary problem—the worldwide decline in birthrates that may be sending whole societies, even humanity itself, into a demographic death spiral. The […]

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Pope Leo unveils his encyclical: AI has ‘even greater consequences’ than Industrial Revolution

May 25, 2026 Victoria Cardiel 9

The pope thanked Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah for his presence at the presentation: “What a great sign of hope it is that with our differences we can listen to one another.” […]

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Men such as these: A Memorial Day reflection

May 25, 2026 George Weigel 16

It was the Psalms, the Hebrew prophets, and the Gospels that inspired in these men a life-sustaining hope. […]

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Pentecost, the Church, and the 120 in the Upper Room

May 24, 2026 Stephen K. Ray 3

Pentecost is affectionately referred to as the “birthday of the Church”. There is a clue in the biblical account of the gathering in the Upper Room (Acts 1:12ff) that helps us in better understanding the […]

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At Pentecost, the Spirit of Truth reversed the Tower of Babel

May 23, 2026 Carl E. Olson 4

Readings: • Acts 2:1-12 • Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25 • Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 “Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere […]

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On the eternal allure of Rome

May 23, 2026 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 14

As Peter preached the first sermon on Pentecost, he could hardly have imagined that he was shaping a Catholicism—a new way of life in Christ for all people—that would become Roman. There was nothing Roman […]

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Czech cardinal reflects on martyrs under communism ahead of priest beatifications

May 22, 2026 Tyler Arnold 1

The two priests were imprisoned and executed by the Czechoslovak communist regime because of its hatred of the Catholic faith, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. […]

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