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Statement instructing Catholics to vote???No??? on Virginia ballot questions 1 and 2
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (357+ words) Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington on Monday, September 14, 2026 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, All of us in the Commonwealth of Virginia will soon face very serious legal threats to the sacredness of human life and the sanctity…...
Mary???s Seven Sorrows and the mystery of suffering
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (54+ words) David Hahn, The Catholic Herald on Monday, September 14, 2026 Not many Catholics are familiar with the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary on September 15, but it captures a unique side of spiritual life. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage…...
Court says Chicago Archdiocese, Catholic sisters won???t have to submit to state suicide law
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (46+ words) Daniel Payne, EWTN News on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Catholic objectors will be shielded from the law while a federal lawsuit plays out against the state policy. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage Mission San Luis Obispo “Lux Aeterna” by…...
???Third-Party??? Punishment is Not Catholic
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (324+ words) Casey Chalk on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Church offers a different way of understanding correction, a truly Christian ethic based on a proper anthropology, an understanding of human weakness, of repentance, forgiveness, and redemption that enables us to overcome errors. It…...
Major Rome Marian conference seeks to restore???theological clarity??? on Mary
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (47+ words) Edward Pentin on Monday, September 14, 2026 October gathering will unite doctrine and devotion, reaffirming the Blessed Virgin’s singular cooperation in salvation and her enduring place in Catholic life. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage Mission San Luis Obispo “Lux Aeterna…...
9/11: How heroic faith inspired conversion and hope in Christ
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (70+ words) The Catholic Thing Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage Mission San Luis Obispo “Lux Aeterna” by Edward Elgar 9/11: How heroic faith inspired conversion and hope in Christ Colm Flynn, National Catholic Register on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Catholic Thing Daily…...
Devolution a la Mode
1+ day, 14+ hour 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....
A Century of Catholic Education
2+ day, 14+ 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?
2+ day, 16+ 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…...
Prayer at Ground Zero
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (263+ words) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, September 11, 2026 O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in…...