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A Century of Catholic Education
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (468+ words) James P. MacGuire on Saturday, September 12, 2026 In 1896, Episcopal clergyman John Byron Diman founded St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. It became one of the so-called Saint Grottlesex schools, that name being a portmanteau of St. George’s, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Groton,…...
Evangelization Under Attack??? Has the Church Forgotten Its Mission?
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (111+ words) The Catholic Thing on Friday, September 11, 2026 Why is evangelization under attack in the Catholic Church? As secularization grows, some Church voices are questioning the need to actively persuade others, while Catholics themselves increasingly debate what it means to proclaim the…...
U.S. bishops weigh in on Second Amendment Supreme Court case
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (79+ words) Daniel Payne, EWTN News on Friday, September 11, 2026 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow local communities to regulate firearm ownership, weighing in on a high-profile federal case that could significantly reshape the nation’s gun laws....
Supreme Court declines Catholic mother???s bid for son???s vaccine exemption in N.Y.
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (77+ words) Julian Mark, The Washington Post on Thursday, September 10, 2026 The mother said that her Catholic beliefs prevented her from vaccinating herself or her son and that the state requirement would force her to choose between her son’s education and her faith....
How the Carthusians resisted the Reformation
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (58+ words) Victoria Sands, History Today on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The consequences of Carthusian defiance showed the brutality of the dissolution of the monasteries. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s Heaven in Stone and Glass – in theaters on…...
Bishop consecrated to fill Chinese diocese vacant for 25 years
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (66+ words) Michael Haynes, The Catholic Herald on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Bishop Yang now assumes leadership of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, although questions about his links with the Communist party are prominent. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s…...
On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (201+ words) St. Andrew of Crete on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth of the Mother of…...
Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (74+ words) Mike Latona, OSV News on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A first-class relic of the famed cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being given to the diocese by Archbishop Sheen’s native Diocese of Peoria. Raymond and Mel on…...
The rot goes deeper
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (77+ words) Diane Montagna on Monday, September 7, 2026 What happens when a ruling from Rome reaches a diocesan chancery declaring that its suspension of a priest was “invalid,” and chancery officials choose not to tell its clergy and faithful what Rome has decided?...
The???New??? Mass After Vatican II??? What Did the Council Really Say?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (104+ words) The Catholic Thing on Friday, September 4, 2026 What did Vatican II really say about the Mass? Sacrosanctum Concilium called for the preservation of Latin, gave Gregorian chant pride of place, and emphasized continuity with the Church’s liturgical tradition. Raymond Arroyo, Fr....