Word of God Sunday: Causes for Celebration
COMMENTARY: One unambiguous success from the Second Vatican Council has been the deepening of devotion to sacred Scripture by Catholics in the pew.
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How Stalin’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Sobor’ Applies to China’s ‘Sinicization’
COMMENTARY: Being co-opted by a corrupt regime is worse than being controlled by it — that’s the lesson relevant to China today.
Priest’s Book Tells Sad Tale of Jesuits’ Abortion Complicity in the US
COMMENTARY: The late Jesuit Father Paul Mankowski knew how badly some of his brother priests and his superiors had betrayed the Society of Jesus.
2022’s Continuing COVID Conversation
COMMENTARY: In 2021, everybody saw that the football stadiums are as full as they used to be. The Catholic churches are not.
The Jesuit Reform That Never Happened
COMMENTARY: Forty years later, the papal correction Pope St. John Paul II directed at the Society of Jesus still hasn’t taken hold.
How the Catholic Church’s Holy Jubilees Have Taken Shape Over the Centuries
COMMENTARY: The idea of special “holy years” has become a key pastoral tool for popes in the last century
Christmas Eve: A Day for the Saints
COMMENTARY: Many of the the treasures of the the Roman Martyrology remain mostly hidden. But on Christmas Eve, the martyrology emerges from the darkness for its moment in the light.
Reagan’s Resounding Christmas Addresses
COMMENTARY: Forty years ago, Dec. 23, 1981, the U.S. president gave perhaps the most Catholic Christmas address any president ever has.
Pope Francis and Divine Providence
COMMENTARY: The Holy Father turns 85 today, becoming only the seventh pope to serve in office at that age.
Pope Francis’ Acceptance of Archbishop Aupetit’s Resignation Carries Consequences
COMMENTARY: Who would want a position where the gossip of others leads to a downfall, even if the Holy Father protests the ‘injustice’ while accepting the resignation?
