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John Henry Newman’s long war on liberalism
Blessed John Henry Newman’s devastating critique of liberal religion remains even more relevant in our own time. […]
Pope Pius IX
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The Blessed Virgin Mary: Sinless by grace, saved by grace, assumed by grace
On the Readings for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2018 […]
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The Mathematician Saint
Saints inspire others to become saints, and the famous Saint John Bosco proves that point. Don Bosco, as everyone called him at the time, was a priest who founded religious orders of priests and sisters […]
News Briefs
From Pius XI to Pope Francis: A history of Spiritual Exercises at the Vatican
Vatican City, Feb 22, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- For nearly 100 years, popes have set aside time for an annual retreat and meditation on spiritual exercises.
Pope Francis and the Roman Curia began a weeklong Lenten retreat Sunday, but for the … […]
Clark on China
China, politics, faith, and the liturgical village: Cardinal Joseph Zen in context
Editor’s note: During the week of May 28 to 31, 2019, several hundred Catholic lay faithful, priests, deacons, nuns, and three bishops gathered at Spokane, Washington, for the annual Sacred Liturgy Conference. The conference was […]
Books
Vatican I, Pius IX, and the problem of ultramontanism
John W. O’Malley’s new history of the First Vatican Council provides an impartial and detailed account that offers both historical context and insight into the […]
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Catholic lessons from an Anglican royal wedding
In Cardinal Newman’s nineteenth century, the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church were much closer to each other, both doctrinally and morally, than in the […]