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At Mass just before cardinal electors enter the conclave

Cardinal Czerny causes furor with remark on Africans

Jesuit: Their cardinals' stance on gays makes him 'shudder'

The Pillar provides a brief conclave watchers' guide

Smoke signals most likely 4-6AM and 11:30AM-1PM EST

U.S. gamblers betting millions on who'll be next pope

One crypto-based platform is overseeing $18M in bets

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Lutheran Approaches to Catholicism

It is all too easy to imagine Bonhoeffer reading Neuhaus's book and then exclaim­ing, "We Lutherans have gathered like eagles round the carcass of cheap…

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We Are the Show People

New fame, mass-produced fame, especially Internet fame, is an onslaught against the senses, part of a war on the order of the soul, the body,…

READ ARTICLE
On Love & Friendship

Love is seeing, via the senses through the intellect, the good and the true in and of another. Friends are those who love each other…

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In The News

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Cardinal Re preaches Church unity in fidelity to Gospel

At Mass just before cardinal electors enter the conclave

Cardinal Czerny causes furor with remark on Africans

Jesuit: Their cardinals' stance on gays makes him 'shudder'

The Pillar provides a brief conclave watchers' guide

Smoke signals most likely 4-6AM and 11:30AM-1PM EST

U.S. gamblers betting millions on who'll be next pope

One crypto-based platform is overseeing $18M in bets

DOJ investigates WA state’s new anti-Catholic law

Which 'appears to single out clergy' re: abuse reporting

DOJ seeks to dismiss ongoing abortion-pill lawsuit

Trump admin. maintains abortion is no longer a fed. issue

VIEW ARCHIVE
Cardinal Re preaches Church unity in fidelity to Gospel

At Mass just before cardinal electors enter the conclave

Cardinal Czerny causes furor with remark on Africans

Jesuit: Their cardinals' stance on gays makes him 'shudder'

The Pillar provides a brief conclave watchers' guide

Smoke signals most likely 4-6AM and 11:30AM-1PM EST

U.S. gamblers betting millions on who'll be next pope

One crypto-based platform is overseeing $18M in bets

DOJ investigates WA state’s new anti-Catholic law

Which 'appears to single out clergy' re: abuse reporting

DOJ seeks to dismiss ongoing abortion-pill lawsuit

Trump admin. maintains abortion is no longer a fed. issue

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The Conclave and the Reception of Vatican II

May 7th 2025 11:46 AM

The Church faces a pivotal moment as the papal conclave begins -- a moment that sets course for how we…

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Ahead of the Conclave

May 6th 2025 3:21 AM

What I Want in a Pope The Catholic press and blogosphere is filled with writers pontificating on what they want…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

In the IVF Era, Is Age Just a 'State of Mind'?

May 5th 2025 11:08 AM

There has been an active campaign to promote a positive image for in vitro fertilization (IVF). Pro-abortionists (i.e., Congressional Democrats)…

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Episcopacy in the Catholic Church

Cardinal Cupich’s Uncertain Trumpet… The Church’s Strange Reappraisal of Islam… Canon Fire: Burke vs. Wuerl… Wily Guys… more

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Ecumenism & Ecumania

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