Expanded Book Review: How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society, by C. John Sommerville C. John Sommerville’s How the News Makes Us Dumb remains as relevant today as when it was first published in 1999. In an era where information is abundant but wisdom scarce, Sommerville’s insights into…
CNA—The Catholic Church’s final session of the multi-year Synod on Synodality is finishing up its second week. Have you adopted a synod participant to pray for yet? Oct. 11: Pope Francis, synod pray where first Christian martyrs of Rome were killed Pope Francis and Synod on Synodality participants pray together at the site of the…
CNA—Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo, and Toronto, at a consistory on Dec. 8, 2024. The 87-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Angelus prayer on Oct. 6. This is the full list: Archbishop Frank…
Pope Francis expressed in a letter Saturday a desire that each of the 21 new cardinals to be added in December will be more of a “servant” than an “eminence.” The pope’s brief letter, published Oct. 12, also welcomed the cardinals-designate to membership in the “Roman clergy,” which Francis called “an expression of the Church’s…
Now 32 years after his death, Fr. Peyton’s legacy for promoting the Rosary, especially the family Rosary, is arguably unparalleled in modern times. He is known for relentlessly pursuing every mass media avenue available in his day—from radio to television to holding massive Rosary Rallies in various countries and locations in the U.S. and around…
October 7, 2024 In October 2009, a battalion of soldiers from Britain’s Coldstream Guards was deployed to the Helmand Province of Afghanistan to launch an offensive with U.S. and NATO forces against the Taliban. Among them was Private Glenn Hockton, an 18-year-old from the Essex region northeast of London. He was responsible for loading shells into mortars. Private…
Archbishop Cordileone: Why would anyone want to stigmatize a primary health care facility and a pregnancy resource center that give pregnant women support for having their babies? San Francisco Ballot Proposition O on the November 5th ballot would do just that. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is encouraging all faithful Catholics to VOTE NO on San…
CNA—As the Church kicks off the second session of the Synod on Synodality this week, it’s helpful to understand some key terms and concepts. This glossary aims to clarify important vocabulary related to the synod. What is a synod? A synod is traditionally a meeting of bishops gathered to discuss a theological or pastorally significant…
CNA—Scientists recently named four asteroids after four Catholic religious sisters who helped catalog about 500,000 stars in the Vatican portion of the Carte du Ciel “Celestial Map” star atlas of the early 1900s. Sisters Emilia Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi, and Luigia Panceri expected to be working as nurses when they joined the Suore di…
On this Feast of the great Saint Michael the Archangel and ultimate defender of Christ in the hierarchy of Creation, we herein post a truly inspiring and fascinating talk about St. Michael and the Angels, delivered by Fr. Sebastian Walshe O.Praem., a Norbertine priest of St. Michael’s Abbey, located in Santiago Canyon, California. Please share!…
CNA/VN—Pope Francis lauded Belgian King Baudouin for choosing to temporarily abdicate the throne rather than sign a law legalizing abortion during a visit to the Catholic king’s tomb on Saturday in Belgium. The pope also expressed hope that the sainthood cause for King Baudouin, who ruled as King of the Belgians from 1951 until 1993,…
Ukranian Catholic University (UCU)—In memory of UCU student Daria Bazylevych, her mother, Yevhenia, and sisters Yaryna and Emilia, Ukrainian Catholic University, together with her father, Yaroslav Bazylevych, and Plast, the national scoutingorganization of Ukraine, has started an endowed scholarship fund. The goal is to collect $100,000, allowing UCU students to receive scholarships annually. The scholarship…
In case you haven’t heard yet … CNA—Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this week called for an end to the Senate procedure known as the filibuster, saying the change should be made in order to pass federal legislation protecting access to abortion. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) that aired Tuesday, Harris said eliminating the filibuster rule…
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CNA—Legendary Football Super Bowl-winning Hall of Fame Coach asks Harris: What ‘faith’ allows for abortion? Tony Dungy, a Super Bowl-winning Hall of Fame football coach and a pro-life evangelical Christian, responded on social media to a pro-abortion statement from Vice President Kamala Harris in which Harris said: “One does not have to abandon their faith…
CNA—A study by the pro-life group Students for Life of America (SFLA) identified dozens of U.S. Christian colleges and universities, including multiple Catholic institutions, maintaining “some type of relationship” with the abortion industry, including the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. SFLA’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement said in its 2024 Christian Schools Project report that 17…
I have just returned from the magnificent National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. I can honestly say that those several days constituted one of the greatest moments in my thirty-eight years as a priest. To see more than 50,000 faithful laity, thousands of priests, over 150 bishops, armies of habited religious both men and women, and…
—Homily for the Annual Police-Fire-Sheriff Mass, September 8, 2024; St. Cecilia Church in San Francisco — Introduction It is an honor for us to be here with our firefighters, police officers, sheriff deputies and park rangers, along with dignitaries from our city government, to thank you, our dear first responders, for the invaluable service you…
CNA—A council of Knights of Columbus in Virginia has received a religious freedom award after it won a dispute earlier this year with the government over celebrating Mass at a federal cemetery. The First Liberty Institute awarded the Knights of Columbus Council 694 its Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award in recognition of the…
In 2014, when I first reviewed The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, I was struck by how boldly they tackled the impending crisis in governance. They identified the key political challenge of the coming decade: fixing the bloated and dysfunctional state. Their analysis was as…
