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Devolution a la Mode
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (881+ words) Anthony Esolen on Sunday, September 13, 2026 “That’s too long!” says one of the local boys. “Give me a shorter one.” “Jesus wept,” says Mary Ellen. That earns the boy a gift, and a look of pious ecstasy from the charitable lady....
Andorra to legalize abortion with or without Vatican approval
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (79+ words) Edgar Beltran, The Pillar on Friday, September 11, 2026 The Andorran Prime Minister has announced a plan to decriminalize abortion in the microstate by April next year “whether the Holy See likes it or not,” despite a Catholic bishop serving as co-head…...
U.S. bishops weigh in on Second Amendment Supreme Court case
2+ day, 16+ 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....
Insurer agrees to $30 million settlement over abuse claims against Minnesota diocese
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (77+ words) Gina Christian, OSV News on Thursday, September 10, 2026 The claims at issue date from the 1960s through the late 1980s, centering on former diocesan priest Thomas P. Adamson, who was dismissed from the clerical state in 2009 and died in 2019. Raymond and Mel on The…...
The Day Before Disaster
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (610+ words) Michael Pakaluk on Thursday, September 10, 2026 “We know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good” (Romans 8:28). And this propensity is fundamentally correct. Our Lord teaches us its meaning: visible disasters are not meant to winnow out,…...
Bishop consecrated to fill Chinese diocese vacant for 25 years
4+ day, 16+ 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…...
10,000 pro-lifers fill London???s streets at March for Life
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (75+ words) Michael Haynes, The Catholic Herald on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Undeterred by violent pro-abortion protests, over 10,000 pro-lifers took to the streets of London for the annual March for Life on Saturday, with a record 15 Catholic bishops attending. Raymond and Mel on The…...
Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic
5+ day, 16+ 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…...
Caravaggio???s???The Incredulity of St. Thomas???
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (486+ words) Brad Miner on Sunday, September 6, 2026 There was once a monument in Rome called Milliarium Aureum: the Golden Milestone. The Emperor Augustus erected it in the Forum in about 20 B.C. All distances in Ancient Rome were said to be marked from (or…...
Holy Hypocrisy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (563+ words) Robert Lazu Kmita on Saturday, September 5, 2026 “Treat others as you would wish others to treat you.” A faithful echo of the crucial teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ: “All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you,…...