Ordinary Life, Elevated
Ordinary Life, Elevated You need those special glasses. This is true. It’s also true that “Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him,” as Annie Dillard writes in her essay, “Total Eclipse.” “Although the one experience precedes the other, it in no […]
All a Matter of Tense
All a Matter of Tense You could construct a history of modern literature just by writing about boxing. Start with the Marquess of Queensberry, who both helped codify the rules of the sport and, by leaving a calling card addressed “To Oscar Wilde, posing somdomite [sic]” in 1895, started the chain of events that led […]
13-Year-Old Filipina Who Loved the Eucharist Is Officially on Path to Sainthood
Exposition of the official portrait of Servant of God Niña Ruiz Abad on April 7. Canonization cause opens for young ‘model of piety and fortitude.’
Global temperatures hit record high in March
March 2024 shatters temperature records, averaging 1.68°C above the pre-industrial era baseline, making the past 12 months the hottest on record globally, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Jordan sends largest aid convoy to Gaza for Eid al-Fitr
In a move described as “unprecedented,” Jordan has launched a relief effort for Gaza, deploying a convoy of 105 trucks loaded with food supplies ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan’s fasting period.
Vatican issues new document on threats to human dignity
The Vatican’s doctrinal office restates official Church teaching on topics like abortion, while tackling new issues such as surrogacy, sex-change intervention, and the treatment of migrants.
Bishops in Rwanda express their closeness to 1994 genocide survivors
NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As Rwanda marks 30 years since the 1994 genocide, the Catholic bishops in the country have expressed their closeness to survivors of the killings, while urging those convicted of crimes to seek forgiveness. The bishops spoke as the East African nation of 14 million people began a weeklong mourning period […]
EU Bishops: Abortion can never be a fundamental right
Ahead of the upcoming vote on 11 April in Brussels on whether to include the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Bishops of the European Union (COMECE) reiterate their firm opposition to the proposition, and decry imposing ideologies. Read all
CATHAN Conference: Theology, Culture and New Media in Nigeria
The members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (), in partnership with John Carroll University, Ohio, USA, recently held their 38th Annual Conference at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Resource Centre, Durumi, Abuja. Read all
Jordan Peterson and the Apocalypse
“These are my people,” I thought to myself as I listened to the panel of speakers. Or at least as much as people I had never met could be. And I never did meet any of those speakers as it turns out. It was the last day of the “Symbolic World Summit,” in Tarpon Springs, […]