Iowa governor calls special session to consider abortion restrictions
Iowa state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa. / Shutterstock Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is calling lawmakers back to Des Moines on July 11 to hold a single-issue special session in which lawmakers w… […]
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh: American priest and enigmatic figure
In the fall of 2000, during my first semester at Notre Dame Law School, I had the privilege of joining approximately 25 other Notre Dame students for an evening with Father Theodore Hesburgh in his […]
Don’t tamper with God’s creation, Korean Catholics tell Japan
Korean Catholics convey to Japan concerns over discharging of radioactive water in oceans
Synodality and silos
The silos of a global missionary Church with two thousand years history are inevitably a major challenge for members of a synodal Church
Take Up My Yoke and Find Rest
In the Gospel, Jesus extends a paradoxical invitation: Take up a “yoke” to find rest. What did He mean? Gospel (Read Mt 11:25-30) Today’s reading is best understood in its context within Matthew’s Gospel. In the preceding verses, Jesus upbraids some of the cities of Galilee for refusing to repent and believe in Him as Israel’s Messiah, even […]
Cultural Cabin Fever: The Education of Travel
It was common in the Victorian era for well-to-do middle and upper-class families to send their youths abroad towards the end of schooling—probably around what we would call 11th or 12th grade—and this was one of the key elements of “finishing” an education. The literary trope in fairy tales of “going to seek your fortune” […]
Bank refuses to open account for parental rights group opposing ‘trans’ surgeries for kids: report
UK-based Metro Bank has denied rejecting the parental rights group’s accounts over political differences.
Ushering In the Demise of the West
Today’s Vortex features The Michael Voris Show’s special deep dive into Stalin’s plan to infiltrate the Catholic Church with communist agents. Some say many of the infiltrators went on to become bishops and cardinals.
Bank refuses to open account for parental rights group opposing ‘trans’ surgeries for kids: report
UK-based Metro Bank has denied rejecting the parental rights group’s accounts over political differences.Read More
Anti-Human-Trafficking Film ‘Sound of Freedom’ Just Topped ‘Indiana Jones’ at Box Office
Courtney Mares/CNA Eduardo Verástegui speaks at the Vitae Summit in Vatican City on Sept. 1, 2022. Ballard told him that even though his group could save thousands of children, something more was needed to help the millions of more children suffering around the world.