The liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024, where Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided over the beatification Mass Father Max Josef Metzger. Metzger was a C… […]
Editor’s note: This essay was published originally on November 18, 2020, and is reposted in response to the news that McCarrick died recently at the age of 94. From the day it was announced that […]
Readings: • Ez. 37:12-14 • Psa. 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • Rom. 8:8-11 • Jn. 11:1-45 “Lazarus, come out!” With that simple, dramatic command, the Incarnate Word spoke words that demonstrated his power over death. It concludes one […]
It was a fine afternoon at the University. The semester was in full swing, the day was growing late, and a student had stopped by the office to talk literature. The conversation turned—as it so […]
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Massachusetts’ Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021. / Credit: Andrew Bukuras/CNA
CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA).
Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former cardinal … […]
After months of online uproar that tagged the new Snow White as everything from “woke heresy” to “committee-made mush,” I braced for impact. So imagine my surprise when I found myself… enjoying it. Is it […]
As Cameroon prepares for a Presidential election later this year, Catholic Bishops in the Central African country are warning against apathy, stating that October’s presidential election could be the most consequential in the country. In […]
This week’s Lenten focus on conversion and the old Confiteor takes us to “the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul.” I always liked the description an Australian priest friend once applied to them: they were “two […]
Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. / Credit: Women World Platform, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Puebla, Mexico, Apr 2, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA).
Attacks against Christians, especially Catholics, ar… […]
The Catholic Church is prudently patient in awarding the title “Doctor of the Church” to her greatest teachers. However luminous someone’s explication of the truths of the Catholic faith may seem in his or her […]
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