Commentary
Cardinal Müller: Synod on Synodality is a ‘secular takeover’
In a foreword to a new book, The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church, written by the pseudonymous “Father Enoch”, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, warns that the synodal process…
Reflections on “Dilexi Te”, the first magisterial document of Leo XIV’s papacy
St. Pope John Paul II’s first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis, was a Christocentric theological anthropology very near and dear to his heart. And as his full papacy made clear, it was indeed a definite programmatic statement from the new pope…
At last, the world is noticing the persecution of Christians
The world tends not to pay much attention to the persecution of Christians, even though Christians are attacked and repressed in more countries than any other religious group. But sometimes the persecution is so extreme that it gains, at least…
12 quotes from “Dilexi te”
Pope Leo XIV‘s first apostolic exhortation, “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), promulgated yesterday – the feast day of St. John Henry Newman – explores love and charity for the poor. Among the quotes that give a sense of what the document…
A world without God or state?
I was brought up a Catholic. I remember praying each night with my grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, when I would go to stay with him and my grandmother in Bournemouth, and sensing the certainty of his faith. I still have two circular prayer cards,…
When can Catholic employers fire employees for not following the Church?
Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency Thursday, October 9, 2025 A New Jersey teacher’s dismissal from her Catholic school classroom over her role as a surrogate mother has raised the question of when Catholic employers can dismiss workers for not…
‘The Chosen’ warns today’s priests: Beware the Caiaphas within
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register Thursday, October 9, 2025 Recently, The Chosen TV series highlighted how much opposition to Jesus came from the clerical establishment of the day. And every year in September, Catholic clerics…
Pope Leo’s Moment – The Catholic Thing
Gavin Ashenden, What We Need Now Wednesday, October 8, 2025 We have been waiting with bated breath since the election of Pope Leo for him to disclose his heart and mind, and to know what kind of papacy we face after his election. And we have…
Jordan Peterson needs our prayers against ‘spiritual attack’
Alyssa Murphy, National Catholic Register Wednesday, October 8, 2025 In a viral video posted on October 4, Mikhaila Peterson shared that her father has spent almost an entire month in the intensive care unit fighting pneumonia and sepsis.…
How will the USCCB move on from ‘Durbingate’?
When Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that he would not give an award next month to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, he also offered a statement explaining why he’d offered the award in the first place, and what he hoped would come after a…