A few years back, there was some energy and zeal around something people called “the new evangelization.” I never quite knew what it meant, but I am in favor of evangelizing, so anything serving that goal seems good to me. But as long as…
Joseph Ratzinger had an enormous impact on the Universal Church – as a theologian and as pope. Yet as consequential as his papacy was, it can be argued that the most important event of his post-conciliar career took place when he was still a…
The late American Catholic novelist Walker Percy once remarked that the contemporary vision of a human being is a brain connected to a pair of “genitals” (the actual term he used is a bit salty for the present site). There seems to be nothing in…
“Positive medical advances and generous acts of charity remain signs of hope. Yet, thousands of unborn children still lose their lives each month, and countless mothers, fathers, and families continue to be wounded by the tragedy of abortion,”…
We hope the administration heeds Pope Leo XIV’s reminder that the long-standing priorities of promoting democracy and upholding human rights around the world shouldn’t be discarded at the expense of hemispherical hegemony. It’s certainly not the…
One of the oddest things about my evangelical upbringing was the catechesis I received in creationism. Because of a certain hyper-literalist interpretation of the Book of Genesis, the evangelical churches that my family attended periodically…
As the Church in America marks “A Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children” on Thursday, January 22, it is fitting to consider the importance of our commitment to the protection of every human life from conception to natural…
This January 13th statement is marking the 53rd anniversary of the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Roe v. Wade January 22 marks the anniversary of the tragic U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, that legalized…
Larry Chapp, What We Need Now Wednesday, January 14, 2026 The Church might indeed be a field hospital, but all too often these days it resembles a hospice for those with a dying faith rather than a center of restorative health that generates a…
Freedom of religion is on the ropes in increasingly authoritarian Canada — despite a specific charter guarantee of “freedom of religion and conscience.” Indeed, an Ontario court ruled previously that doctors can be coerced under threat of…
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