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There is no more chilling instance of government infringement on religious liberty than the government censoring what can or cannot be said from the pulpit.

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The Danger of Equating the Church with the Mass

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An Uncommon Core: Fidelity to the Church

Any Catholic institution with a mission not anchored to the Magisterium is unlikely to make saints but is certain to produce heretics.

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Closures in Baton Rouge allow LA to join WY, ND, & MS

Pope Leo chides climate skeptics at ecology conference

Looks willing to continue Francis’s showy 'green' stance

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And historic churches severely damaged, incl. collapse

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The fall of self-styled Francis-spokesman on U.S. affairs?

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Italian bishops, Latin patriarch to build Gaza hospital

Announce plan for 'concrete response' to serious crisis

Pope on Trump’s Gaza peace plan: ‘A realistic proposal'

'I hope Hamas will accept it within the given time frame'

Four U.S. states are finally rid of Planned Parenthood

Closures in Baton Rouge allow LA to join WY, ND, & MS

Pope Leo chides climate skeptics at ecology conference

Looks willing to continue Francis’s showy 'green' stance

Cebu, Philippines, earthquake death toll: 69 and rising

And historic churches severely damaged, incl. collapse

In Durbin row, no bishops came to Cupich’s defense

The fall of self-styled Francis-spokesman on U.S. affairs?

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Durbin-Cupich: When Politics Meets Catholic Teaching

By Sabino Paciolla
October 1st 2025 6:22 PM

In the landscape of the Catholic Church in the United States, marked by tensions between social commitment and fidelity to moral doctrine, a development has…

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'Target' or Man?

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October 1st 2025 11:36 AM

What happens when the decision to kill is no longer made by a soldier, but by a machine? Yesterday I attended an excellent pair of…

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Why Do We Still Baptize Outside of Mass?

By John M. Grondelski
September 30th 2025 11:44 AM

Sixty years have passed since Vatican II. Sixty-one years have passed since Lumen gentium, which reminded us that the Eucharist is the source and summit…

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Front & Center

The Military Chaplain: An Incongruous Man?

There is no more chilling instance of government infringement on religious liberty than the government censoring what can or cannot be said from the pulpit.

READ ARTICLE
The Danger of Equating the Church with the Mass

The Church is the mother of Christendom. She encompasses all modes of life, from economy to culture, from politics to family relations.

READ ARTICLE
An Uncommon Core: Fidelity to the Church

Any Catholic institution with a mission not anchored to the Magisterium is unlikely to make saints but is certain to produce heretics.

READ ARTICLE

In The News

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Italian bishops, Latin patriarch to build Gaza hospital

Announce plan for 'concrete response' to serious crisis

Pope on Trump’s Gaza peace plan: ‘A realistic proposal'

'I hope Hamas will accept it within the given time frame'

Four U.S. states are finally rid of Planned Parenthood

Closures in Baton Rouge allow LA to join WY, ND, & MS

Pope Leo chides climate skeptics at ecology conference

Looks willing to continue Francis’s showy 'green' stance

Cebu, Philippines, earthquake death toll: 69 and rising

And historic churches severely damaged, incl. collapse

In Durbin row, no bishops came to Cupich’s defense

The fall of self-styled Francis-spokesman on U.S. affairs?

VIEW ARCHIVE
Italian bishops, Latin patriarch to build Gaza hospital

Announce plan for 'concrete response' to serious crisis

Pope on Trump’s Gaza peace plan: ‘A realistic proposal'

'I hope Hamas will accept it within the given time frame'

Four U.S. states are finally rid of Planned Parenthood

Closures in Baton Rouge allow LA to join WY, ND, & MS

Pope Leo chides climate skeptics at ecology conference

Looks willing to continue Francis’s showy 'green' stance

Cebu, Philippines, earthquake death toll: 69 and rising

And historic churches severely damaged, incl. collapse

In Durbin row, no bishops came to Cupich’s defense

The fall of self-styled Francis-spokesman on U.S. affairs?

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Durbin-Cupich: When Politics Meets Catholic Teaching

October 1st 2025 6:22 PM

In the landscape of the Catholic Church in the United States, marked by tensions between social commitment and fidelity to…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

'Target' or Man?

October 1st 2025 11:36 AM

What happens when the decision to kill is no longer made by a soldier, but by a machine? Yesterday I…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Why Do We Still Baptize Outside of Mass?

September 30th 2025 11:44 AM

Sixty years have passed since Vatican II. Sixty-one years have passed since Lumen gentium, which reminded us that the Eucharist…

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Latin Mass

At Mass, Actions Speak Louder Than Words... Where Has All the Latin Gone?... The New Mass Just Can't Be Fixed... Whither the Roman Rite?... more

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Reverend Mother Libertine... A Legacy of Dissent... The Hydra of Heterodoxy... Idiocy Undisturbed... and more

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