The U.S. birthrate has declined to record lows in recent years, well below population replacement rates. So the news that the vice president and second lady are having a fourth child is welcome (and significant) news indeed, for several reasons.…
An Italian priest from the 1600s is credited with bringing skiing from remote Scandinavia to other parts of Europe. Father Francesco Negri was a natural history and geography buff, and he had many helpful hints for successful skiing, including…
Philosophers since the time of Plato have spoken about the “transcendental” properties of being – properties that all beings have, such as Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Something we might learn from this list is that truth is a good. No one…
The Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon in Canada has issued a strong condemnation of abortion, describing it as resulting in the killing of unborn children and contributing to a broader cultural devaluation of human life. In a pastoral message…
“The Pope is not a Führer,” Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller said in a recent interview. The prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith described the veneration of the private and political opinions of Pope Francis as…
A Maryland abortion facility that aborts preborn babies through the third trimester recently removed a section from its website that mentioned working with Georgetown University. The Catholic institution vehemently denied ever having a…
Loyalty is a republican virtue, and more than that. “The American people have been chary of the word loyalty, perhaps because they regard it as the correlative of royalty,” Orestes Brownson says, in his great work on our country, The American…
Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg If you send your children to a Catholic school, you should ask the principal or a teacher if they can answer two questions: “What is a human person?” and “What is the purpose of an education?” You’ll likely hear about…
Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission Tuesday, January 27, 2026 These midwinter days, don’t miss God’s gift. It is true, it comes at the price of weather-related hardships. But MAYBE just maybe, God can get a few of us to stop, for just a…
Abby Strelow, National Catholic Register Tuesday, January 27, 2026 This year, Notre Dame’s Order of Christian Initiation of Adults program boasts a record number of participants. In total, 76 students are enrolled, including 42 catechumens, 12…
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