Stuff — whether material possessions or fleeting entertainment experiences — can’t make us happy. We all know this. Yet many responses to COVID-19, despite its convergence with Lent, proved the depth of our consumerist proclivities. […]

As regular readers of CWR know, I have spent my entire priestly life and ministry in the Catholic school apostolate. I am proud of the Catholic schooling I received, and I am proud of what […]

In December 1947, an unknown Dutch Premonstratensian wrote an article for his Abbey magazine called ‘No Room at the Inn’. In it, he pleaded for the restoration of love in a lacerated world, as he […]

There’s a bus that leaves at the end of our street which goes to St John Henry Newman’s childhood home by the Thames at Ham. It’s a pleasant ride though the suburbs, and Ham, on […]

Vatican City, Apr 25, 2020 / 07:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis sent a letter Saturday encouraging Catholics to pray the rosary throughout May. He also shared two new prayers to implore the help of the […]

Among the less noted tragedies of the coronavirus pandemic is the continued suspension of Catholic funerals. The deceased are deprived of the holy sacrifice of the Mass offered for their souls’ repose, and family members […]

MPAA Rating: TV-MA Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 stars One of the most overlooked sins of the current generation is detraction; when I bring the subject up in my senior morality classes, most have […]

CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- English Catholics must avoid “any sense of self-pity” over church closures, Cardinal Vincent Nichols said at a Mass honoring workers in hospitals and care homes. Speaking […]

There is no shortage of chatter online among Catholics discussing the wisdom of closing liturgical services to the faithful and the prospects for making access to the sacraments widely available once again.  For the most […]