Catholic apple farmer unfairly barred from Michigan public market, judge rules (Washington Times)
A federal judge ruled that the city of East Lansing, Michigan, violated the First Amendment when it barred a Catholic apple farmer from selling at the city’s farmers’ market, after city officials learned that the farmer declined to host same-sex weddings on his property.
3 Vatican cardinals urged USCCB official to be tougher on Trump (What We Need Now)
Jayd Hendricks, former Executive Director of Government Relations for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that “three unnamed Cardinals in Rome” thought he “was being too soft on President Trump.” “They wanted the USCCB to take a position during the congressional budget process regarding an important but very small program,” he continued. “What they […]
USCCB urges Supreme Court to uphold federal gun law (USCCB)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed an amicus curiae [friend of the court] brief in United States v. Rahimi, a case before the Supreme Court. A 1994 federal law prohibits the possession of firearms by persons “subject to a court order that restrains [them] from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner.” […]
Vatican newspaper denounces Texas governor’s border-protection measures (CWN)
With the headline “Quel filo disumano“ [That inhuman wire], the Vatican newspaper devoted the most prominent story in its August 22 edition to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border-protection measures, which the Biden administration has challenged in court.
Pope congratulates Australian LGBTQ+ Catholic group (Out in Perth)
“In late June 2023, Acceptance Perth and Sydney (and Canberra) were honoured to be able to reveal a handwritten note from Pope Francis through Sr Jeannine Gramick SL congratulating LGBTIQA+ Catholics on 50 years of gatherings through Acceptance,” according to a recent statement from Acceptance Perth LGBTQ+ Catholics, which did not publish the text of […]
Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to St. Juan Diego (CWN)
Continuing his series of Wednesday catecheses on the theme of “the passion for evangelization: the apostolic zeal of the believer,” Pope Francis devoted his August 23 general audience to St. Juan Diego.
In Defense of Anti-Feminism
In a recent piece denouncing the rigid gender roles promoted by the “tradwife” movement, Crisis editor Eric Sammons argues that the anti-feminism movement exacerbates the same toxic divide between men and women as does feminism. While I applaud any effort to help men and women recognize unhealthy dynamics between the sexes, I would argue that […]
Trump Is Running—With the GOP, or Against It
Donald J. Trump is running for president. He is running for president whether or not he wins the GOP primary. This is the fundamental truth of 2024. All else is noise. During the 2016 cycle, Trump angered Republican grandees by refusing to rule out an independent bid for the White House, shrewdly protecting himself against […]
St. Philip Benizi received from Mary the mission of preaching about her sufferings as co-redemptress
St. Philip Benizi, as the apostle of Our Lady’s dolors, without distracting us from her, reminds us of our true condition as strangers and pilgrims upon earth.
Archbishop Fernández and the Learning Curve
Pope Francis has just given the Vatican his Ratzinger,” declared one July 2 headline; “Pope Francis Finds His Ratzinger,” announced another, four days later. Both quickie assessments of Argentinian Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández’s appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith were wrong. Archbishop Fernández is no Joseph Ratzinger in either […]