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A Century of Catholic Education
21+ hour, 4+ min ago (468+ words) James P. MacGuire on Saturday, September 12, 2026 In 1896, Episcopal clergyman John Byron Diman founded St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. It became one of the so-called Saint Grottlesex schools, that name being a portmanteau of St. George’s, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Groton,…...
Charlie Kirk???s evangelical populism
1+ day, 21+ 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…...
O God of earth and altar
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (165+ words) G. K. Chesterton on Thursday, September 10, 2026 O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder…...
The rot goes deeper
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (77+ words) Diane Montagna on Monday, September 7, 2026 What happens when a ruling from Rome reaches a diocesan chancery declaring that its suspension of a priest was “invalid,” and chancery officials choose not to tell its clergy and faithful what Rome has decided?...
Chimes of Freedom
2+ week, 21+ hour 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…...
Is Religious Faith Foolishness??? or Wisdom?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (463+ words) Msgr. Charles Fink on Friday, August 28, 2026 Why is there something rather than nothing? Why is that something such that it has the remarkable capacity to evolve into the complex yet orderly universe we behold, so orderly that predictability and science…...
Through the Holy Scriptures I will know the Truth
2+ week, 1+ day ago (445+ words) But when shall I suffice with the tongue of my pen to express all Your exhortations, and all Your terrors, and comforts, and guidances, whereby You have led me to The post Through the Holy Scriptures I will know the…...
Campus keepers of the Faith
2+ week, 3+ day ago (45+ words) Mary Eberstadt, National Review on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 A religious revival is gaining momentum in academia. Gender Ideology: Robert Royal & Fr. Gerald Murray | The World Over with Raymond Arroyo “Stone House” — The Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou, China Haydn: The Creation – The…...
Catholic conversions surge on college campuses, Hallow data shows
2+ week, 3+ day ago (63+ words) Madalaine Elhabbal, EWTN News on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Texas A&M University posted the biggest jump, rising about 69 percent from 121 to 204 adults entering the Church over the past two academic years. Gender Ideology: Robert Royal & Fr. Gerald Murray | The World Over…...
Three U.S.-based leaders named to Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
3+ week, 2+ day ago (60+ words) Simone Orendain, OSV News on Thursday, August 20, 2026 Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based individuals, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. How not to read the story of the…...