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Number of unmarried men is surging
Over the past 25 years, the gap between the number of unmarried and married men ages 20–39 has widened from 2.6 million to 15 million. The post Number of unmarried men is surging appeared first on The Catholic Thing.…
Campus keepers of the Faith
Mary Eberstadt, National Review on Wednesday, August 26, 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 rights,…
Unbroken: Chinese Catholics resist the CCP
One sentence in a popular Qing dynasty book by the Manchu novelist, Wen Kang (文康, fl. 1850) describes China’s Catholics today. “Bend a hundred times but never break (百折不撓)!” The post Unbroken: Chinese Catholics resist the CCP…
How can lay Catholics spur bishops into action?
We owe our bishops the service of honest criticism. The post How can lay Catholics spur bishops into action? appeared first on The Catholic Thing. Source link
Equipping the Church for the IVF Era
As Christians continue to rethink infertility, it is time for pastors and local churches to equip their congregations, especially those experiencing infertility, to walk in the good news of biblical anthropology. The post Equipping…
Belief isn’t dying, it’s just getting less certain
New data from Pew’s Religious Landscape Study shows young Americans are less certain God exists — but very few are becoming atheists. The post Belief isn’t dying, it’s just getting less certain appeared first on…
Religion disappearing from public life in Poland without being banned
The Polish case illustrates a broader institutional phenomenon: administrative secularization—reducing religion’s place in public life through technical rules rather than an explicit democratic decision to exclude it. The post…
The spiritual appeal of Democratic socialism
A significant minority in the Democrat party has been swept up in a movement that is embracing aspects of socialism and rejecting key facets of our constitutional system. This is dangerous for the party and for our country. The…
Why AI can’t care for creation
To avoid becoming the machines we have created, we must recover what they now and always will lack: attention, awe, joy, humility, courage, and sacrifice—and with them the capacity to receive the world as the gift that it is rather than mere…
Synodalism is an anachronism – The Catholic Thing
Msgr. Martin Grichting, The Catholic Herald on Thursday, August 20, 2026 The Second Vatican Council did not create a new Church. It did, however, seek to bring about a new social form of the Church that would once again be in harmony with the…