The Vatican’s deal with China, which gives its government a role in the selection of bishops via a state-run organization, has emboldened the Chinese Communist Party in its attempts to control, limit, even destroy Catholicism. The…
On a trip back home to Southern California, I had the opportunity to visit the church of my baptism, my “mother church,” as they say. When I became Catholic at the age of twelve, in April 1976, Holy Family, in the city of Orange, had just the…
The state of Florida is threatening to pull over a billion dollars of school choice funds from Catholic schools because those schools refuse to admit unvaccinated children in obedience to the policy of the Florida Catholic Conference. The…
Mary Kate Aylward, The Lamp on Friday, August 7, 2026 © 2026 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their…
Next week, my wife and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary. We were just out of high school when we first met – barely a year older than our oldest daughter is now. It’s enough to give even a somewhat cynical middle-aged man a case of…
Next week, my wife and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary. We were just out of high school when we first met – barely a year older than our oldest daughter is now. It’s enough to give even a somewhat cynical middle-aged man a case of…
The newest freedom under “bodily autonomy” is the right to end your life on your own terms, according to leftist New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D). But a district court in New York City recently sided with Catholic nuns and ministries when they…
Significantly more people are leaving Catholicism than converting to it. By contrast, evangelical Protestants boast remarkably high conversion and retention rates and healthier levels of practical piety. The post A Catholic Moment…
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the Catholic bishops of Florida demanding that Catholic schools in the Sunshine State adopt religious exemptions to vaccine requirements or risk their ability to participate in the state’s…
Earlier this month, Orlando-based evangelist and social media influencer Whitney Lynn posted a video of herself offering a brief preaching session as passengers prepared to debark an airplane in San Diego. Below the clip – in which most people…
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