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Bishop says murder of Kenyan priest will be “a seed for new life”

The brutal killing of Kenyan priest Fr. Alois Cheruiyot Bett, pastor at the newly established St. Matthias Mulumba Tot parish in the Diocese of Eldoret, [...]
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The Fountain of Youth offers shallow fun and a trickle of truth

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels (The following review contains spoilers!) The Fountain of Youth is one of the great mythological [...]
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“I will show you the way to Heaven”

Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; it is also marks the hundredth anniversary of the canonization of St Jean-Marie-Baptiste [...]
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No one is a saint in isolation

Readings: • Acts 7:55-60 • Psa 97:1-2, 6-7, 9 • Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 • Jn 17:20-26 Pope Benedict XVI, in his January 10, 2007, [...]
Analysis

The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal

Many of us know someone—and perhaps that “someone” is you—whose life depended on an organ transplant. Many also know how challenging it can be to [...]

The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal

Analysis

Matthew Nelson May 31, 2025 13

Many of us know someone—and perhaps that “someone” is you—whose life depended on an organ transplant. Many also know how challenging it can be to procure a needed organ and receive it in time for [...]

“I am Joan and I love you”

Books

Sandra Miesel May 30, 2025 6

There had to be men and women saints of all kinds. And today. . . we ought perhaps to have saints of yet another kind. — Charles Peguy, The Mystery of the Charity of Joan [...]

Essay

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

Peter M.J. Stravinskas May 29, 2025 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

Casey Chalk May 28, 2025 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

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

Filip Mazurczak May 25, 2025 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?

Peter D. Beaulieu May 24, 2025 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

Paul Senz May 23, 2025 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 [...]

A grateful perspective from Saint Peter’s Square

Larry Chapp May 16, 2025 16

Much ink has already been spilled on the topic of Pope Leo XIV, and I have no great insights to offer on how he will guide the Church. I am reminded of a conversation a [...]
Against utopia, for reality

James Kalb May 12, 2025 26
History and Nationalism

Dr. Christopher Shannon May 10, 2025 24

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 128

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 28
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

Bishop says murder of Kenyan priest will be “a seed for new life”

The Fountain of Youth offers shallow fun and a trickle of truth

“I will show you the way to Heaven”

No one is a saint in isolation

The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal

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The use of human “bodyoids”: An alarming proposal

“I am Joan and I love you”

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

Peter Kreeft’s spiritual autobiography is insightful and entertaining

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

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

At a Secular University: Does God Talk to People?

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

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“I am Joan and I love you”

Peter Kreeft’s spiritual autobiography is insightful and entertaining

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

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

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