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UK Defense minister apologizes for chaplains ‘outing’ gay 2020-01-14 18:00:00London, England, Jan 14, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- U.K. Minister of Defense Johnny Mercer has issued an apology to lesbian, gay, and bisexual servicemem

World's youngest Catholic bishop consecrated in Ukraine 2020-01-14 17:01:00Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 14, 2020 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- The world’s youngest Catholic bishop was consecrated in Ukraine Sunday. Bishop Stepan Sus, 38, w

Catholics excluded from unlawful euthanasia trial in Belgium 2020-01-14 14:30:00Ghent, Belgium, Jan 14, 2020 / 12:30 pm (CNA).- A Belgian lawyer has admitted to searching the social media profiles of potential jurors to weed out &

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Northern Ireland 2020-01-13 19:00:00Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jan 13, 2020 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Same-sex marriage is now legal in Northern Ireland, after a deadline set by the UK Parliame

On St. Sebastian’s feast day, this Spanish town 2020-01-12 07:00:00Piornal, Spain, Jan 12, 2020 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Every year on the feast of St. Sebastian, a young man from the Spanish village of Piornal dons a suit

Architect calls for Notre-Dame's roof to be rebuilt 2020-01-11 08:01:00Paris, France, Jan 11, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA).- A leading architect in France has urged that the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris be reconstructed out of wo

German bishops' news agency launches English edition 2020-01-10 18:00:00Bonn, Germany, Jan 10, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- A news agency owned by the Catholic Church in Germany has launched an English language service, which i

Radical feminist group takes credit for string of 2020-01-10 17:00:00Berlin, Germany, Jan 10, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- A radical feminist group has taken credit for an ongoing series of attacks on pro-life advocates in G

Northern Ireland MP calls for repeal of abortion 2020-01-10 16:23:00London, England, Jan 10, 2020 / 02:23 pm (CNA).- Carla Lockhart, a Member of Parliament for a Northern Irish constituency, urged Wednesday that the Br

Swiss inmate demands right to euthanasia 2020-01-09 15:00:00Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 9, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A Swiss prisoner is challenging the country’s policy to bar inmates from receiving assisted

In UK, Christian doctor talking faith with patients 2020-01-07 18:57:00London, England, Jan 7, 2020 / 04:57 pm (CNA).- The U.K.’s independent regulator for doctors has said it will review its decision to close a cas

Push for buffer zones in Ireland follows pro-life 2020-01-02 16:29:00Dublin, Ireland, Jan 2, 2020 / 02:29 pm (CNA).- A pro-life rosary vigil on New Year’s Day outside Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital spa

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A goddaughter’s moving tribute to her godfather with 2020-01-23 00:00:56A French journalist honored her uncle and godfather, who passed away recently.

Meditate on God’s presence after communion 2020-01-23 00:00:54Do you stop to realize that the God of the universe is inside you at communion?

How rest can help (or hinder) the Holy 2020-01-23 00:00:52The activities we choose in our leisure time can make a difference in our spiritual life.

Aleteia is now on Spotify! Here’s our Visigothic 2020-01-23 00:00:52The manuscripts that make up the canon of this kind of liturgical chant are all subsequent to the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

The first March for Life: A voice of 2020-01-23 00:00:44The world's largest pro-life demonstration almost never happened.

Aleteia’s Sunday homily: Why fishing nets? 2020-01-23 00:00:40This tool of the trade that four of the Apostles leave behind is more than just an accessory.

9 Baby names inspired by notable Franciscan friars 2020-01-23 00:00:38Look to these humble religious to name your little boy.

2 Misconceptions children have about God 2020-01-23 00:00:24How can we help our children to discover who God truly is?

The hardest part of taking little kids to 2020-01-23 00:00:24What can you do to encourage families with young children to keep coming to church?

Flowers have an important role at Mass 2020-01-23 00:00:19The use of flowers contains multiple levels of spiritual symbolism that should not be forgotten.

White House declares January 22 “National Sanctity of 2020-01-22 10:32:58“Every person — the born and unborn, the poor, the downcast, the disabled, the infirm, and the elderly — has inherent value," read

The Knights of Columbus collect 400,000 pints of 2020-01-22 10:00:36The Catholic service organization was the first national organization to have a blood donor program.

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Roger Scruton: Burkean and Bohemian 2020-01-18 10:35:00The death of Sir Roger Scruton has deprived academic aesthetics of one of its most creative, insightful, and wide-ranging practitioners. Roger was one

Remembering Sir Roger 2020-01-17 10:55:00Or is there some complaint, Some little shred of “I” you meant  To leave with us as ours? -Roger Scruton, “The Half-Loved Ones&

Belgium’s Death Doctors 2020-01-17 10:10:00Wonder of wonders: Belgium is prosecuting three doctors for illegal euthanasia . After thirty-eight-year-old Tine Nys received a lethal injection, fa

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China’s Second Cultural Revolution 2020-01-16 06:00:00China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–76) occupies a place high in the annals of human savagery. Mao Zedong’s purges sought to purify Ch

Sex, Celibacy, and the Latest Curiosity From Rome 2020-01-15 12:00:00Author’s note: On January 14, in the latest curiosity from Rome, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI asked through a spokesman that his name be removed f

The Two Popes: Baloney, Brilliantly Acted 2020-01-15 06:00:00I first met Pope Emeritus Benedict in June 1988; over the next three decades, I’ve enjoyed many lengthy conversations and interviews with him, i

The Strain on the British Monarchy 2020-01-14 06:00:00I do not much like the British royal family. The Queen, though by far the best of them, takes increasingly frequent plunges into political correctness

Kerouac’s Beatific Visions 2020-01-13 06:00:00Jack Kerouac, who coined the phrase “Beat Generation,” railed against those who interpreted it as meaning “beat down,” “

A Call to Arms 2020-01-13 06:00:00As soon as it was announced that Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah had published a book defending priestly celibacy, they were accused of attacki

The Rose of Sharon 2020-01-10 06:00:00These days, the turning of a new year makes me think of old years more than of the year ahead. Where have they gone? Continue Reading »

Fishy Architecture 2020-01-09 06:00:00I was born in Urk, a tiny fishing town in the Netherlands. Urk was an island just off the coast, famous for its kotters : small fishing boats that ic

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Suspension revoked for Vatican’s financial watchdog authority 2020-01-23 09:30:00Vatican City, Jan 23, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- The new head of the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF) announced Thursday that the Vatican&r

Cleveland's Bishop Nelson Perez to lead Philadelphia archdiocese 2020-01-23 06:25:00Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 23, 2020 / 04:25 am (CNA).- Bishop Nelson Perez of Cleveland was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia Thursday, returning to th

‘Follow me:’ How John Paul II and Benedict 2020-01-23 06:00:00Vatican City, Jan 23, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- “Follow me.” Angelo Ciappelloni heard those words while he stood in Rome’s Piazza del

Minnesota abuse survivors to speak at 'restorative justice' 2020-01-22 23:05:00St. Paul, Minn., Jan 22, 2020 / 09:05 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is set to open a conference for survivors of clerical sex

Survey finds significant 'pro-choice' support for abortion regulations 2020-01-22 20:01:00Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2020 / 06:01 pm (CNA).- Americans favor returning abortion restrictions to the states, favor a ban on abortions after 20 week

President Donald Trump to attend March for Life 2020-01-22 18:53:00Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2020 / 04:53 pm (CNA).- U.S. President Donald Trump will address the national March for Life in person on Friday, making him

US bishops speak up on school choice as 2020-01-22 18:05:00Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2020 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- States should not deny tax credit programs to families who choose religious private schools, said mem

Archbishop Chaput asks Pakistani PM to follow through 2020-01-22 18:01:00Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 22, 2020 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- On behalf of Philadelphia’s Pakistani Catholic community, Archbishop Charles Chaput encourage

On 'Roe' anniversary, bishops announce parish initiative to 2020-01-22 17:06:00Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2020 / 03:06 pm (CNA).- While lamenting the anniversaries of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions that mandate legal abortio

Virginia parish to hold holy hour against planned 2020-01-22 17:00:00Richmond, Va., Jan 22, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- A parish in Chesapeake, Virginia will host a Holy Hour of Reparation on Saturday to spiritually combat

Revision of Criminal Code could legalize abortion throughout 2020-01-22 15:31:00Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 22, 2020 / 01:31 pm (CNA).- Pro-life advocates in Mexico are speaking out against a leaked draft copy of Mexico’s revis

Perform euthanasia or lose government funding, Canadian hospice 2020-01-22 13:00:00Vancouver, Canada, Jan 22, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- A Canadian hospice is at risk of losing its government funding over its refusal to euthanize patien

Catholic Journal

The Catholic View of Faith and Reason 2020-01-20 05:30:27For centuries many people have considered faith and reason mutually exclusive rather than complementary. This notion has led many non-religious people

A Spiritual Art Museum? 2020-01-18 07:23:17In his First Letter to the Corinthians (1:1-3), St. Paul takes us to visit, so to speak, a “Spiritual Art Museum.” Our visit to this unusu

God Meets Us Where We Are 2020-01-17 04:07:54“Hear my voice, O God, as I complain.”   Psalm 64 has one of my favorite opening lines. The Holy Spirit inspired the Psalmist to

Lessons From a Learned Cardinal 2020-01-14 03:13:54“Cardinal Prospero Grech was an esteemed gentleman, a learned scholar and an affable Augustinian friar. It transpires that one of the characteri

The Communion of Saints 2020-01-12 06:50:44The phrase “the Communion of Saints” is very familiar to Catholics, especially older ones, because it is in the Apostles’ Creed that

Nurturing Our Baptismal Vocation 2020-01-11 05:15:34Baptism is the sacrament that makes us adopted children of God the Father. But the relationship of life and love with Him must be nurtured every day.

A Year-round Blessing 2020-01-09 05:15:16We have started the year with the priestly or Aaronic blessing, better known in Hebrew as birkat kohanim (ברכת •

Regarding Hidden Knowledge 2020-01-07 04:28:06About fifteen years ago I received some unexpected junk mail:  a letter from a woman in California claiming to be a psychic, offering to provide

Rendering Unto Caesar: Was Jesus a Socialist? 2020-01-06 04:00:00On June 16, 1992, London’s Daily Telegraph reported this astonishingly bold remark by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: “Jesus was t

On Remaining Catholic 2020-01-05 04:00:00A few mornings ago, while enjoying my morning swim, I noticed a small bird sitting atop a tall palm tree. It was somewhat windy and the tree bent firs

Epiphany: A Most Ancient and Solemn Feast 2020-01-03 05:00:00The Epiphany of our Lord is one of the most ancient and solemn feasts of the liturgical calendar. That, right there, could be the reason why it i

Gospel Endurance 2020-01-02 05:00:00My parents live in the Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan. It is a sparsely populated diocese and they have many priests from foreign countries. Their paris

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The Case of Trump v. Rainbow Mafia 2020-01-17 03:10:46Mark Joseph Stern, the resident LGBT scold at Slate magazine, is having a hissy fit over pronouns. Stern complains that a “transgender” pe

King Philip’s Pride 2020-01-17 03:00:50The Philippines, a sovereign republic made up of an estimated 7,000 islands, is a tropical paradise subject to the occasional typhoon. In 1585, the Ph

Michelle Williams Doesn’t Speak for Me 2020-01-16 03:10:45I don’t watch Hollywood award shows anymore, although there was a time in my life when I did. In my early college days, I would turn on the tele

Get Ready to March 2020-01-16 03:00:58Pro-life America will march the Washington Mall on January 24, 2020, to protest the Supreme Court’s 1973 (Roe v. Wade) and 1992 (Planned Parenth

‘The Two Popes’ Is Pure Propaganda 2020-01-15 03:10:39The Two Popes is not so much a picture as it is propaganda. The Netflix original follows the mode of the liberal media, presenting imagined interactio

There’s Nothing ‘Compassionate’ About Open Borders 2020-01-15 03:00:10My late father-in-law, Neil McCaffrey (founder of Arlington House publishers, The Conservative Book Club, etc.), remarked back in the 1960s that bisho

Is the West Worth Saving? 2020-01-14 03:10:47Last month I had the privilege and the pleasure of being a panelist during a public debate in Budapest on the thorny subject of “Christian Democ

Nature’s Witness to Intelligent Design 2020-01-14 03:00:27I was finishing my morning coffee and nothing in particular was occupying my mind. A black-capped chickadee suddenly appeared before my eyes, walking

The Battle for St. Anselm College 2020-01-13 03:10:52Fearing that New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm College is at risk of losing its Catholic identity, and that their voices will be silenced, members of

The Politics of Sorrow 2020-01-13 03:00:23Some years ago, I served at a parish with a priest—let me call him Father Micawber—who frequently asked me to preach. It seems he was sati

What Soleimani’s Death Means for Middle-Eastern Christians 2020-01-10 03:10:36The Trump administration’s decision to kill Iranian general Qasem Soleimani eliminated a longtime opponent of American interests in the Mid

Orestes Brownson: Orthodox Radical 2020-01-10 03:00:24Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the January 1991 print edition of Crisis Magazine. Nothing is deader than dead politics, we have b

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Little Sisters of the Poor return to court 2020-01-23 15:02:47As someone who believes that women have a right to birth control but also believes that government should respect people’s religious beliefs, I

Marchers 'deeply honored' Trump to address pro-life crowd 2020-01-23 13:56:42Pro-life supporters are "deeply honored to welcome" President Donald Trump to the 47th annual March for Life Jan. 24 rally in person, said Jeanne Ma

Teaching about farming also cultivates faith at Florida 2020-01-23 13:17:23Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, which rests on several acres of beautiful landscape housing multiple buildings, a massive football stadium, and

Links for 1/23/20 2020-01-23 13:03:06Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Ethicists on the Soleimani assassination; bystanderism and the lessons of the Holocaust;

Vatican rejoins financial intelligence network after raid 2020-01-23 12:38:52A global network of financial intelligence units has readmitted the Holy See after a two-month suspension sparked by a Vatican police raid on the Vati

Trump: Travel ban expansion coming, nations aren't yet 2020-01-23 11:31:44President Donald Trump said Jan.22 the U.S. would soon be imposing visa restrictions on more countries — though it's not clear yet how many nat

Battle for India's new citizenship law moves to 2020-01-23 10:55:39India's top court on Jan. 22 began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nationwide prote

Supreme Court divided about religious schools in scholarship 2020-01-23 10:41:13During oral arguments Jan. 22 about the constitutionality of excluding religious schools from a scholarship aid program, a divided Supreme Court seeme

Province to withdraw its Franciscans from ministry in 2020-01-23 10:20:55After more than seven decades of ministry by Franciscans in the Diocese of Charleston, the religious order's Holy Name Province has told a group of i

Hospitality is an important ecumenical virtue, pope says 2020-01-23 10:02:47Showing hospitality makes a person a better human being and a better Christian and is an important part of promoting Christian unity, Pope Francis sai

Francis names Cleveland Bishop Perez to replace Chaput 2020-01-23 06:31:56The bishop of Cleveland will become the new leader of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, the Vatican announced Jan. 23, making him the first Hispanic archb

Listen carefully to how the servant is to 2020-01-23 04:00:00The Peace Pulpit: "He will not cry out or shout or raise his voice in the streets." In biblical terms, calling out in the street means a call to arm