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Magnitude 6.0 quake with aftershocks killed 1,400 so far

Burke, Sarah back push for First Saturday Devotions

In lead-up to centenary of 1925 apparition at Pontevedra

Pakistani churches, homes, farms inundated by floods

Friar: 1.5M are displaced in worst flooding in decades

Haiti: Irish lay missionary, 7 other hostages freed

Gena Heraty has served disabled kids there for 30 years

Media darling Fr. James Martin SJ meets with Pope

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Pope Leo Calls 'Lesser Evil' Catholics to Order

By Sabino Paciolla
September 2nd 2025 1:39 PM

The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Pope Leo XIV took advantage of his August 28 audience with a delegation of politicians from the Diocese…

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English Should Be the USA’s Official Language

By John M. Grondelski
September 2nd 2025 12:18 PM

President Trump issued an Executive Order declaring the U.S. Government should conduct its business in English. That order elicited the usual complaints from the secular…

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By Jason Morgan
August 29th 2025 11:52 AM

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Hitler: A Pioneer for the "Politically Correct"

Hitler may have said his revolution was the exact counterpart of the great French Revolution, and that no Jewish God will save the democracies from…

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Is This the “Real World”?

We would do well to heed the advice of St. John Climacus, a seventh-century monk and abbot, who urged, “Flee, be silent, and pray always.”

READ ARTICLE
Three Critical Moments in the History of the Cosmos

At certain junctions of time, life did come out of nowhere. Let us abandon the scientific term "spontaneous generation" and return to Augustine’s "rationes seminales."

READ ARTICLE

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Pope: Condolences on Afghanistan earthquake deaths

Magnitude 6.0 quake with aftershocks killed 1,400 so far

Burke, Sarah back push for First Saturday Devotions

In lead-up to centenary of 1925 apparition at Pontevedra

Pakistani churches, homes, farms inundated by floods

Friar: 1.5M are displaced in worst flooding in decades

Haiti: Irish lay missionary, 7 other hostages freed

Gena Heraty has served disabled kids there for 30 years

Media darling Fr. James Martin SJ meets with Pope

Reports Leo's continuity in 'welcoming' all, incl. LGBTs

China: Three new priests ordained in Nanchang

Plus 16 others in nation this year, 2 upcoming in Beijing

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope: Condolences on Afghanistan earthquake deaths

Magnitude 6.0 quake with aftershocks killed 1,400 so far

Burke, Sarah back push for First Saturday Devotions

In lead-up to centenary of 1925 apparition at Pontevedra

Pakistani churches, homes, farms inundated by floods

Friar: 1.5M are displaced in worst flooding in decades

Haiti: Irish lay missionary, 7 other hostages freed

Gena Heraty has served disabled kids there for 30 years

Media darling Fr. James Martin SJ meets with Pope

Reports Leo's continuity in 'welcoming' all, incl. LGBTs

China: Three new priests ordained in Nanchang

Plus 16 others in nation this year, 2 upcoming in Beijing

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Pope Leo Calls 'Lesser Evil' Catholics to Order

September 2nd 2025 1:39 PM

The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Pope Leo XIV took advantage of his August 28 audience with a delegation…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

English Should Be the USA’s Official Language

September 2nd 2025 12:18 PM

President Trump issued an Executive Order declaring the U.S. Government should conduct its business in English. That order elicited the…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Clinging to Guns and Religion

August 29th 2025 11:52 AM

Leftists are the progressive people. They have moved on from hateful Biblical morality and old-fashioned notions of sin and redemption.…

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Vital Works Reconsidered

When No Man Was His Own... A Thomistic Vision of Man’s Final End... Purgatory on Earth... What Is Free Time For?... and more

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Stand up and defend your faith.

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