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Bioethicist provides blueprint to combat the consumerist throwaway culture

On this continent and abroad, governments are increasingly debating, and often passing into law, a so-called “right to die.” This faux right is the permission [...]
Essay

The Artificial God

Modern politics began in the seventeenth century with a technological ambition: to build an “artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural,” [...]
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St. John the Baptist, prophet of Advent and preacher of repentance

Readings: • Isa 11:1-10 • Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 • Rom 15:4-9 • Mt 3:1-12 If you saw John the Baptist preaching on a [...]
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You better watch out—St. Nicholas is coming to town

Everyone loves jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas. There is something romantic and cozy about telling Santa stories around the crackling fire. He is an icon of [...]
Columns

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

When devout Catholic young people start approaching you, troubled by the possibility that God has abandoned the Jews and that they somehow stand behind our [...]

The Artificial God

Essay

Michael Hanby December 7, 2025 5

Modern politics began in the seventeenth century with a technological ambition: to build an “artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural,” an “automaton that moves by springs and wheeles as doth [...]

Pope Benedict XVI uses a cane as he arrives for an audience with priests of the Diocese of Rome in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring; Feb. 14

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

Columns

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. December 6, 2025 37

When devout Catholic young people start approaching you, troubled by the possibility that God has abandoned the Jews and that they somehow stand behind our social ills, it becomes clear that something has gone deeply [...]

Analysis

Artificial Womb Technology: Daedalus Revisited

Sister Renée Mirkes December 4, 2025 11

On May 30, 2025, Japanese researchers at Juntendo University (Bunkyō, Tokyo) pulled back the curtain on their model of artificial womb technology (AWT). Dubbed the EVE therapy system, this artificial womb, after being successfully tested [...]

Columns

Faith here and now

James Kalb December 3, 2025 4

Chesterton called America “a nation with the soul of a church.” He was largely right. Not all Americans buy into the whole of our national creed, but it’s real, and it dominates public life. It [...]

Analysis

Scrolling ourselves to death

Marcus Peter December 2, 2025 15

The recent revelation that Meta employees privately compared themselves to drug pushers while the company suppressed evidence of severe mental health harms to children arrives with the subtlety of a fire alarm in a library. [...]

Features

Eastern Catholics in the United States: A Look at the Numbers

J. J. Ziegler December 1, 2025 18

In Orientalium Ecclesiarum, the 1964 Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, the fathers of the Second Vatican Council declared: The Catholic Church holds in high esteem the institutions, liturgical rites, ecclesiastical traditions and the established standards of [...]

Features

Bishop Daniel E. Thomas discusses vocations, evangelization, transgenderism

Jim Graves November 29, 2025 14

Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, 66, is the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio. He is originally from Philadelphia and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1985. He lived in [...]

Essay

Embracing the Embarrassment of Advent

Carl E. Olson November 28, 2025 6

“It might be said of Advent that it is not for the faint of heart. To grasp the depth of the human predicament, one has to be willing to enter into the very worst.” — [...]

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. December 6, 2025 37

When devout Catholic young people start approaching you, troubled by the possibility that God has abandoned the Jews and that they somehow stand behind our social ills, it becomes clear that something has gone deeply [...]
Faith here and now

James Kalb December 3, 2025 4
Some reflections and questions about Notre Dame’s “refreshed” staff values

Larry Chapp November 20, 2025 38

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 146

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 54
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130

Bioethicist provides blueprint to combat the consumerist throwaway culture

The Artificial God

St. John the Baptist, prophet of Advent and preacher of repentance

You better watch out—St. Nicholas is coming to town

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

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The Artificial God

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

Artificial Womb Technology: Daedalus Revisited

Faith here and now

Scrolling ourselves to death

Eastern Catholics in the United States: A Look at the Numbers

Bishop Daniel E. Thomas discusses vocations, evangelization, transgenderism

Embracing the Embarrassment of Advent

Columns

What Benedict XVI taught us about Israel—and why it matters now

Editorial

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

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In new book, Cardinal Sarah delves deeply into worship, liturgy, and sacred music

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

In new book, Cardinal Sarah delves deeply into worship, liturgy, and sacred music

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

The challenge of Saint Carlo: To love Jesus and know Him in the Eucharist

The Artificial God

Artificial Womb Technology: Daedalus Revisited

Scrolling ourselves to death

Eastern Catholics in the United States: A Look at the Numbers

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Nigerian church leaders welcome conclusions confirming Christian genocide

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