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The Saint behind the ‘Dark Night’
For the Carmelites, 2026 is a jubilee year dedicated to St. John of the Cross, marking 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was proclaimed a doctor of the Church. The post The Saint behind the ‘Dark Night’…
Is there a Catholic way to read the Bible?
A Jewish scholar now leads the Catholic Biblical Association. Here’s what that says about how biblical scholars approach Scripture. The post Is there a Catholic way to read the Bible? appeared first on The Catholic Thing.…
The Medina ‘Constitution’ and the myth of Islam’s democratic origins
Describing the Medina document as evidence of “constitutional democracy” in contemporary terms imposes modern ideas onto a seventh-century Arabian society where such concepts were clearly not present. The post The Medina…
NJ teen had vision of Virgin Mary before his tumor miraculously shrank
The teen feels a calling to the priesthood: “Priesthood is a life of service, sacrifice and joy, centered on Jesus,” he says. “I trust that God is guiding me step by step. And I hope to answer his call one day.” The post NJ teen…
Making sense of the surreal storm of support for Lindsay Clancy
As Walker Percy understood decades ago, when institutions fail to form us and when culture no longer provides purpose, people begin to crave the intensity of rupture. The post Making sense of the surreal storm of support for…
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness
The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency. The post In defense of moral agency and the necessary…
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness
The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency. The post In defense of moral agency and the necessary…
Wendell Berry’s eternal story
The story that Berry told and re-told for so long was the story of the decline of the human-scale world he grew up in, its replacement by a world of technology and bureaucracy, and the need to restore the human spirit again before it is too…
What to make of Pope Leo’s Eastern canonical reform
Ed Condon and JD Flynn, The Pillar on Thursday, September 3, 2026 Get the best Catholic commentary daily in your inbox. Subscribe, for free. "*" indicates required fields © 2026 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint…
E Pluribus Unum, yesterday and today
Pope John Paul II once said: “the continuing success of American democracy depends on the degree to which each new generation … makes its own the moral truths on which the Founding Fathers staked the future of the Republic.” …