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For me, Jesus is a figure of pure wonder, a glaring Fact that can absorb my attention for all eternity. You find that Jesus most…

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Waking Wilfred Parker

I learned important lessons about the elderly, aging, death, and dying -- lessons that imparted an understanding of people going through those situations.

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Why Tech Marketing Keeps Mistaking Artifacts for Nature

At a time when the culture oscillates between technological messianism and reactionary fear, Catholics should be the least susceptible to either spell.

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Scholars rip U.S. bishops for comment on 2030 census

Likens exclusion of noncitizens to Three-fifths Compromise

‘Document fatigue’ from Vatican besets local Churches

While DDF head is impatient for bishops to implement all

Rwanda: Church plays ongoing role in reconciliation

Works to integrate former prisoners from 1994 genocide

Ohio court invalidates parental ed-choice program

Case goes to top court; Catholic schools at center of it

Poland's oldest Benedictine abbey makes $1M appeal

To complete preservation project, avoid harsh EU penalty

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Vatican dicastery sees ‘extremism’ in liturgical sphere

Incl. 'receiving Communion kneeling, use of veil by women'

Scholars rip U.S. bishops for comment on 2030 census

Likens exclusion of noncitizens to Three-fifths Compromise

‘Document fatigue’ from Vatican besets local Churches

While DDF head is impatient for bishops to implement all

Rwanda: Church plays ongoing role in reconciliation

Works to integrate former prisoners from 1994 genocide

Ohio court invalidates parental ed-choice program

Case goes to top court; Catholic schools at center of it

Poland's oldest Benedictine abbey makes $1M appeal

To complete preservation project, avoid harsh EU penalty

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Pugin's Memorial Brasses

By James Thunder
October 30th 2026 10:11 AM

All Souls Day is on November 2, following All Saints Day. It is a day given to praying for our dead who are members of…

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Dialogue Obscuring Proclamation

By Sabino Paciolla
October 30th 2026 12:36 AM

An article by Niwa Limbu in AdVaticanum reports the words spoken on October 23 by Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, in an interview with…

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Moral Pollution

By John M. Grondelski
October 23rd 2026 8:32 PM

I recently noted a Washington bus stop where the “public service” announcement that asked about “cheating” recommended one get tested for venereal diseases. Looking at…

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Front & Center

Spooky Jesus, Uncanny Christianity

For me, Jesus is a figure of pure wonder, a glaring Fact that can absorb my attention for all eternity. You find that Jesus most…

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Waking Wilfred Parker

I learned important lessons about the elderly, aging, death, and dying -- lessons that imparted an understanding of people going through those situations.

READ ARTICLE
Why Tech Marketing Keeps Mistaking Artifacts for Nature

At a time when the culture oscillates between technological messianism and reactionary fear, Catholics should be the least susceptible to either spell.

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Vatican dicastery sees ‘extremism’ in liturgical sphere

Incl. 'receiving Communion kneeling, use of veil by women'

Scholars rip U.S. bishops for comment on 2030 census

Likens exclusion of noncitizens to Three-fifths Compromise

‘Document fatigue’ from Vatican besets local Churches

While DDF head is impatient for bishops to implement all

Rwanda: Church plays ongoing role in reconciliation

Works to integrate former prisoners from 1994 genocide

Ohio court invalidates parental ed-choice program

Case goes to top court; Catholic schools at center of it

Poland's oldest Benedictine abbey makes $1M appeal

To complete preservation project, avoid harsh EU penalty

VIEW ARCHIVE
Vatican dicastery sees ‘extremism’ in liturgical sphere

Incl. 'receiving Communion kneeling, use of veil by women'

Scholars rip U.S. bishops for comment on 2030 census

Likens exclusion of noncitizens to Three-fifths Compromise

‘Document fatigue’ from Vatican besets local Churches

While DDF head is impatient for bishops to implement all

Rwanda: Church plays ongoing role in reconciliation

Works to integrate former prisoners from 1994 genocide

Ohio court invalidates parental ed-choice program

Case goes to top court; Catholic schools at center of it

Poland's oldest Benedictine abbey makes $1M appeal

To complete preservation project, avoid harsh EU penalty

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Pugin's Memorial Brasses

October 30th 2026 10:11 AM

All Souls Day is on November 2, following All Saints Day. It is a day given to praying for our…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Dialogue Obscuring Proclamation

October 30th 2026 12:36 AM

An article by Niwa Limbu in AdVaticanum reports the words spoken on October 23 by Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Moral Pollution

October 23rd 2026 8:32 PM

I recently noted a Washington bus stop where the “public service” announcement that asked about “cheating” recommended one get tested…

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Anglican Communion

Preaching Christ Customized... What Does the Anglican Patrimony Have to Offer the Church?... A Slow-Motion Implosion… Lifeboats on the Tiber… more

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Exorcism, Possession & the Problem of Evil

Devil or Disease?... Why Is There Evil in the World?... Perfect Possession… Peering Into the Abyss… The Dark Side of Self-Sacrifice… more

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Fatima: Secrets & Conspiracies

Marian Misconceptions... An Epic in Search of an Ending... The Private Interpretation of Private Revelations... more

VIEW DOSSIER

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