Insurance company blows whistle on unprecedented spike in deaths…and they’re not due to COVID
Could it be the experimental gene therapy, oops, I mean, the vaccines? Read More
Why the pope prays the Angelus publicly on Sundays
Pope Francis after praying the Angelus in the Vatican’s apostolic palace on March 29, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. / null Vatican City, Jan 4, 2022 / 04:30 am (CNA). It all started more than 67 years ago with Luigi Gedda, an Italian Catholic doctor, political activist, and influential lay leader. In a Marian Year, Gedda, […]
20 years after Boston Globe's 'Spotlight,' we need a national database of accused clergy
Despite all that has happened over 20 years, poignant questions from survivors and their families continue to hang in the air still not fully answered. Transparency, accountability, listening and simply telling the truth remain the foundation of any hope for restored trust and healing.
Four ways the church can get ready for a post-Roe world
Theology en la Plaza: While “surrounding mothers with love” is certainly essential to addressing crisis pregnancies, there are national-level advocacy efforts that will impact the lives of women much more effectively.
Francis, the comic strip
Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo has some New Year’s revolutions in mind.
Nuclear weapons, the lines are shifting
The joint statement by the five “nuclear-weapon states”
Tradition is No Dead Thing
Aeneas, in exile from Troy, that queen of Asia which the Greeks have burnt to the ground, has come to Italy to settle his refugee people. But meeting with hostility from an alliance of the natives there, he seeks and finds his own allies, the Arcadians, who dwell on the site that will become Rome. […]
Christmas at the Top of the World
Shortly before Christmas, I received a phone call from the office of the Air Force Chief of Chaplains. I am a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, and I was asked to go to Thule Air Base in Greenland for two weeks to provide Catholic services for Christmas and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of […]
Steven Pinker Meets Socrates
Rationality:What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by steven pinker viking, 340 pages, $32 Continue Reading »
English cardinal grateful to be honored by queen in annual New Year’s list
Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, pictured after receiving the red hat at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2019. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Liverpool, England, Jan 4, 2022 / 03:35 am (CNA). A cardinal said on Monday that he was grateful to be honored by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch’s annual New Year’s list. Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, […]