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Statement instructing Catholics to vote???No??? on Virginia ballot questions 1 and 2
2+ hour, 33+ 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…...
U.S. bishops weigh in on Second Amendment Supreme Court case
3+ day, 2+ 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....
Insurer agrees to $30 million settlement over abuse claims against Minnesota diocese
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (77+ words) Gina Christian, OSV News on Thursday, September 10, 2026 The claims at issue date from the 1960s through the late 1980s, centering on former diocesan priest Thomas P. Adamson, who was dismissed from the clerical state in 2009 and died in 2019. Raymond and Mel on The…...
Medicinal Notes on Inter-Religious Dialogue
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (546+ words) Francis X. Maier on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 For three of my 27 years on diocesan staff, I had the attached duty of ecumenical and inter-religious affairs. It was great work. We had good relations with local Protestant and Latter-Day Saint communities; cordial discussions…...
NJ teen had vision of Virgin Mary before his tumor miraculously shrank
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (86+ words) Angela Barbuti, New York Post on Monday, September 7, 2026 The teen feels a calling to the priesthood: “Priesthood is a life of service, sacrifice and joy, centered on Jesus,” he says. “I trust that God is guiding me step by step....
Making sense of the surreal storm of support for Lindsay Clancy
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (72+ words) Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report on Monday, September 7, 2026 As Walker Percy understood decades ago, when institutions fail to form us and when culture no longer provides purpose, people begin to crave the intensity of rupture. Raymond and Mel on The…...
Federal judge delays mifepristone lawsuit until after midterms
1+ week, 4+ day ago (72+ words) Kate Quiñones, EWTN News on Thursday, September 3, 2026 A federal judge on Sunday agreed to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request to pause a lawsuit over the safety of the mifepristone pill and the drug’s mail-order distribution. ‘The Resurrection…...
Italy launches Way of St. Francis pilgrimage trail
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (83+ words) The Catholic Thing - Relaxing With the Bible Alone Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky - Chimes of Freedom Fr. Raymond J. de Souza ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’: a 20-minute documentary on the forthcoming Mel Gibson film National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe…...
Chimes of Freedom
2+ week, 2+ day ago (900+ words) Fr. Raymond J. de Souza on Saturday, August 29, 2026 Is Bob Dylan’s music a Catholic thing? Many a homilist has quoted his 1979 song Gotta Serve Somebody, especially against the argument that unbelievers are freer because they don’t have to serve God. Dylan…...
Some Thoughts on Stoner Alley
2+ week, 5+ day ago (793+ words) Francis X. Maier on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 I mention this to illustrate a very different, and much more personal, story. Cannabis and similar unauthorized goodies arrived on the University of Notre Dame campus (at least in Dillon Hall, my sophomore year dorm)…...