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A Century of Catholic Education
21+ hour, 7+ 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,…...
Evangelization Under Attack??? Has the Church Forgotten Its Mission?
23+ hour, 40+ min ago (111+ words) The Catholic Thing on Friday, September 11, 2026 Why is evangelization under attack in the Catholic Church? As secularization grows, some Church voices are questioning the need to actively persuade others, while Catholics themselves increasingly debate what it means to proclaim the…...
Prayer at Ground Zero
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (263+ words) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, September 11, 2026 O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in…...
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…...
Andorra to legalize abortion with or without Vatican approval
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (79+ words) Edgar Beltran, The Pillar on Friday, September 11, 2026 The Andorran Prime Minister has announced a plan to decriminalize abortion in the microstate by April next year “whether the Holy See likes it or not,” despite a Catholic bishop serving as co-head…...
The Sorrows of Young Zoomers
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (381+ words) Auguste Meyrat on Friday, September 11, 2026 This was not all bad. Secular leftist narratives tend to target Oliver’s own demographic – white conservative males – making them a scapegoat for all the world’s ills. For decades, the great majority of institutions had thoughtlessly…...
U.S. bishops weigh in on Second Amendment Supreme Court case
1+ day, 21+ 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
2+ day, 21+ 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…...
Beatified and???Based???: Why Gen Z Catholics are falling for Fulton Sheen
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (74+ words) Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register on Thursday, September 10, 2026 Sheen continues to speak to young Catholics. He was fiery without being cruel, polished without seeming artificial and uncompromising without losing sight of the audience in front of him. Raymond and Mel…...
Supreme Court declines Catholic mother???s bid for son???s vaccine exemption in N.Y.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (77+ words) Julian Mark, The Washington Post on Thursday, September 10, 2026 The mother said that her Catholic beliefs prevented her from vaccinating herself or her son and that the state requirement would force her to choose between her son’s education and her faith....