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COVID Can’t Mute the Splendor of the Season
EDITORIAL: Because the Church has demonstrated Mass can be safely celebrated amid this pandemic, Catholics must stand firm against unjust efforts to drastically curtail our public worship.
Remembering the Opus Dei Priest Who Made St. Josemaría Escrivá Laugh
COMMENTARY: Father Dick Rieman died last year, but his holy advice continues to be cherished.
![Matthias Ranftl [1804-1854], “Madonna and Child with Mark the Evangelist”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20201130231140_ea24e2be50ba88eb5652e63ba7a911928aa831678eda2ac9ca555b50f9503b66.jpeg "Matthias Ranftl [1804-1854], “Madonna and Child with Mark the Evangelist”")
Mark’s Urgency in the Gospel: A Look at Year B
COMMENTARY: The very roughness and breathless nature of the Gospel of St. Peter’s ‘interpreter’ makes his stories vivid and arresting.
Cardinal Inspirations for the Word of God
COMMENTARY: Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa stood out in a most unusual Consistory of Cardinals on Nov. 28.
Supreme Court Halts New York’s Enforcement of Severe Restrictions on Attending Religious Services
COMMENTARY: Justices’ writing the 5-4 decision in favor of injunction explained, that “even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”
The U.S. Bishops’ Biden Problem
A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: The U.S. bishops have challenged some of Joe Biden’s public positions as problematic because they cause confusion about Church teaching. But for many Catholics, the bishops’ stance on whether politicians should be allowed to receive the Eucharist when their public positions are at odds with Church teaching is equally confusing.
This Thanksgiving, Put Your Hands Together for God
COMMENTARY: Giving thanks to God during a crisis may be the purest form of giving thanks since it recognizing something that deserves thanks in the midst of widespread suffering. It also expresses the hope that things will improve.
McCarrick’s Brazen Behavior: Vatican’s Report Underscores How He Hid His Abuses in Plain Sight
COMMENTARY: McCarrick never attempted to slink around in the shadows, lest he appear to have something to hide. He was more devilishly clever than that.
Will a President Biden Protect Religious Freedom on the Domestic and International Stage?
COMMENTARY: Leadership in furtherance of the country’s first freedom is the obligation of the president, regardless of political affiliation, yet Biden/Harris have signaled Trump administration advances for conscience protections may be threatened.
