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Statement instructing Catholics to vote???No??? on Virginia ballot questions 1 and 2
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (357+ words) Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington on Monday, September 14, 2026 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, All of us in the Commonwealth of Virginia will soon face very serious legal threats to the sacredness of human life and the sanctity…...
Court says Chicago Archdiocese, Catholic sisters won???t have to submit to state suicide law
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (46+ words) Daniel Payne, EWTN News on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Catholic objectors will be shielded from the law while a federal lawsuit plays out against the state policy. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage Mission San Luis Obispo “Lux Aeterna” by…...
Devolution a la Mode
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (881+ words) Anthony Esolen on Sunday, September 13, 2026 “That’s too long!” says one of the local boys. “Give me a shorter one.” “Jesus wept,” says Mary Ellen. That earns the boy a gift, and a look of pious ecstasy from the charitable lady....
Charlie Kirk???s evangelical populism
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (60+ words) Dale M. Coulter, First Things on Friday, September 11, 2026 The evangelical populism that Kirk represented has only strengthened in the wake of his death. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s Heaven in Stone and Glass – in theaters…...
U.S. bishops weigh in on Second Amendment Supreme Court case
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (79+ words) Daniel Payne, EWTN News on Friday, September 11, 2026 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow local communities to regulate firearm ownership, weighing in on a high-profile federal case that could significantly reshape the nation’s gun laws....
Catholic faith endures at Pentagon 25 years after 9/11
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (66+ words) Ann Augherton, Arlington Catholic Herald on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 At the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, there are 184 stainless-steel benches, one for each person who lost their life there. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s Heaven in Stone…...
The Medina???Constitution??? and the myth of Islam???s democratic origins
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (74+ words) Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, The European Conservative on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Describing the Medina document as evidence of “constitutional democracy” in contemporary terms imposes modern ideas onto a seventh-century Arabian society where such concepts were clearly not present. Raymond and Mel…...
10,000 pro-lifers fill London???s streets at March for Life
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (75+ words) Michael Haynes, The Catholic Herald on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Undeterred by violent pro-abortion protests, over 10,000 pro-lifers took to the streets of London for the annual March for Life on Saturday, with a record 15 Catholic bishops attending. Raymond and Mel on The…...
Holy Hypocrisy
1+ week, 2+ day ago (563+ words) Robert Lazu Kmita on Saturday, September 5, 2026 “Treat others as you would wish others to treat you.” A faithful echo of the crucial teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ: “All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you,…...
Cardinal Zen???s conviction upheld on appeal
1+ week, 3+ day ago (77+ words) Asia News on Friday, September 4, 2026 The appeal lodged by the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong and the other four trustees of the Fund in Defense of Protesters has been dismissed. Margaret Ng announces a further appeal: “Freedom of association is…...