Polish Bishops Are Concerned About the Evolution of the Synodal Path
Msgr. Stanislaw Gadecki, Archbishop of Poznan, introduces his letter by recalling the links which unite the Church of Germany and that of Poland. This is the reason that prompts him to “express his deep concern and unease at the information that has recently been received from certain spheres of the Catholic Church in Germany.” He […]
Macron and Abortion
The assessment of Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term regarding the progress of the culture of death is largely positive: after the extension of medically assisted procreation to single women and female couples, the conservation of oocytes for research purposes, the authorization of human-animal chimeric embryos, and now the widely adopted extension of the abortion deadline. It […]
China: The 2022 Olympics and Scientific Atheism
While during the general audience on February 2, Pope Francis spoke of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, hoping that they would contribute to the establishment of a more fraternal world. “Sport , with its universal language, can build bridges of friendship and solidarity between individuals and peoples of all cultures and religions.” […]
Pope Francis expresses sorrow in phone call to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
null / Vatican Media. Rome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2022 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his sorrow about the situation in Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to the Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See, Pope Francis had a conversation with Zelenskyy by phone on Feb. 26. […]
“In the Beginning Was the Word”—Excerpt from a New Book by Anthony Esolen
Editor’s note: a powerful new book by well-known essayist and literary critic Anthony Esolen entitled In the Beginning Was the Word: An Annotated Reading of the Prologue of John was recently published by Angelico Press, from whom we obtained permission to share a part of it with our readers. Our own contributing editor Dr. Peter […]
Knights of Columbus aims to raise $2m for Ukrainian refugees
Ukrainian women with children are helped to carry their bags by a Polish border guard as Ukrainian refugees cross the border from Ukraine to Poland at the Korczowa-Krakovets border crossing, Poland, on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. / Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images. Hartford, Conn., Feb 26, 2022 / 11:45 am […]
If you live in a house built between the 1920s and 1970s, your bathroom wall might be full of razor blades…
If you live in a house that was built between the 1920s and 1970s, the inside of your bathroom wall might be filled with dusty old razor blades. If you have a medicine cabinet, look to see if yours has a slit in it. These slits were used to get rid of used razor blades […]
The 30 best national parks in the world…
Though the U.S. often gets all the credit for inventing the national parks idea, there are a wealth of countries that, since Yellowstone was instated as the first national park in 1872, have taken the notion and run with it. The result? Protections over vast natural empires of electric-blue glacial lakes, galloping wildebeest, colorful eroded […]
Pronoun wars? The ‘usual suspects’ quoted by the press skewed the Baptism-gate coverage…
What is the role of journalism? Above all, it is to inform and educate. We know that reliable information is needed for any society to properly work. At the very least, readers deserve accurate information. What happens when this isn’t the case? That’s the dilemma that befell many news organizations in recent days when a […]
Dear Science: What if kids need their moms?
For early education advocates, the benefits of working toward universal preschool have been unimpeachable. A meticulously researched study, however, is throwing the conventional wisdom into question. For over a decade, researchers at Vanderbilt have been studying the benefits of a voluntary pre-K program in Tennessee offered to low-income children…