Commentary
The collapse of trans identity
Jonathon Van Maren, First Things Monday, November 17, 2025 After a decade of record numbers showing young people identifying somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum (in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that around a quarter of high school…
When death seems random and God seems silent, only the Cross of Christ reveals why
Larry Chapp, National Catholic Register Friday, November 14, 2025 Our culture does not like to focus on death. Lacking a substantively real faith in God, the modern world vacillates between a nihilistic atheism that views death as annihilation…
Mother Frances Cabrini: The unsinkable saint who missed the Titanic
Joseph Pronechen, Catholic News Agency Friday, November 14, 2025 In April 1912, Mother Frances Cabrini was in Italy with her sisters. Her plans were to visit her foundations in France, Spain, and England before sailing back to the United States…
Babies, made to order: The ‘New York Times’ sounds the reproductive tech alarm
Noor Siddiqui is the founder of Orchid, a genetic testing company that “gives parents the power to protect their children before pregnancy begins,” by isolating potential monogenic diseases (from mutations of a single gene) and polygenic…
Study: In emergencies, few call for a priest anymore
Priests still frequently offer confession, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick at hospitals, of course, but not so much at the scenes of accidents. The words “priest called to the scene” and similar phrases appeared in many news stories in the…
A quiet American papacy – The Catholic Thing
Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Over the past six months, the unthinkable has taken shape: a quiet American papacy. Given the intense national enthusiasm that followed Pope Leo XIV’s election, in May, perhaps the most…
The new Manichaeism – The Catholic Thing
Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic Culture Wednesday, November 12, 2025 We have often become practical Manicheans – within our nation, our communities, even our families. We are quick to demonize opponents and slow to see their humanity. Justice…
They could not have been mistaken. Saints, Doctors affirmed Mary as Co-Redemptrix
Bishop Athanasius Schneider (via Diane Montagna) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Over the course of time, the Ordinary Magisterium, together with numerous Saints and Doctors of the Church, all taught the Marian doctrines of Co-redemption and…
The pope’s new knights: Bringing faith to the tech frontier
Solène Tadié, National Catholic Register Tuesday, November 11, 2025 How can a civilization increasingly relying on code and data remain truly human? From Silicon Valley to Brussels, observers sense that technology is not just transforming…
Six months on, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style
“You get used to it.” That was Pope Leo XIV‘s matter-of-fact response when King Charles III asked about the swarms of television cameras documenting his historic visit to the Vatican last month. After his shocking election in May and sharp…