Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend led University of Notre Dame students in praying the Rosary at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, following Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The prayer gathering came amid…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech two weeks ago at the Munich Security Conference has been praised for its conciliatory tone, and even for its putative revival of grand political oratory. Looked at from the point of view of recent papal…
An open letter to Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., President of The University of Notre Dame: As alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends of Notre Dame, we join Notre Dame’s bishop, the Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, in calling for the…
A responsible American Catholic who accepts the burdens of history, reflects theologically, and weighs the demands of Catholic social doctrine will be a Zionist, however qualified with criticisms of Israeli policies, however nuanced by hopes for…
It snowed last week here in the nation’s capital, and everything shut down. This storm was unusual, not so much for the amount of snow (about five inches where I live) but for the several inches of sleet that piled on top of the snow and then…
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…
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