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Cutting Property Taxes for Seniors Is Bad for American Families
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by Lyman Stone (@lymanstoneky) Around the country, property taxes are one of the main ways that local governments finance things like police, schools, local roads, fire departments, and other services. As we laid out in a recent report, these kinds of basic government services are hugely important for families. More than
Demons and Monsters in Georges Bernanos
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With the upcoming centenary of Under the Sun of Satan (Sous Le Soleil de Satan) (1926) on the horizon, and with the explosions of rage, real or contrived, before us on the daily basis, the endless lies streaming through our information systems, constantly recycled as bilge, with the inversion of
A Word to the Wise
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I’ll repeat here something I’ve noted before. Donald Trump possesses an odd ability to derange both his fiercest opponents and his most ardent supporters. People in both categories obsess about him and have allowed him to alienate them from their own core beliefs and principles. In some cases out of
On Choosing Your Enemies
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There’s an old saying, “Choose your enemies wisely; you become like them.” As the years have passed, I have seen more and more illustrations of it – children, for example, who hated their parents but then became like them.  Indeed, there was a whole generation of Boomers who made “the
Lourdes bishop orders Rupnik mosaics covered over
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Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more welcoming for all, particularly victims of abuse. The bishop explained his decision yesterday, saying: “I
Synodality’s new ‘Ecclesial Assembly’ is an Anglican model undermining episcopal authority
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As the Vatican begins a three-year implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality, is the process – already criticized for flirting with Protestant ecclesiology – moving ever more toward a model of governance alien to the Catholic Church? Father Gerald Murray thinks so: “The authority of the episcopal college, under
Is Catholicism compatible with feminism?
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A panel of prominent female Catholic thinkers explored the question at a recent conference at the University of Notre Dame dedicated to the Church’s teaching on women, with some speakers embracing the strategic use of the term while others expressed uncertainty. Whether or not the term “feminism” is employed, all
A lame-duck Pope?
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, says Pope Francis continues to rest after his return from the hospital and is not receiving visitors or holding meetings or audiences of any kind. He also said that no definitive plans for Holy Week and Easter have yet been decided, but
On offices as hell, Severance, and white-collar work
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A little more than two years ago, I wrote my first regular column here at Catholic World Report, and it was about work. I was reflecting on a trip I took to England as part [...]
Why Gen X Catholicism is a fighting faith (Peter Wolfgang)
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Notre Dame’s Presidential Commencement ‘Tradition’ More Nuanced Than Some Assume COMMENTARY: Since t
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Notre Dame’s Presidential Commencement ‘Tradition’ More Nuanced Than Some Assume COMMENTARY: Since the first presidential speaker at spring commencement in 1960, seven of the 12 presidents in office have not been invited to Notre Dame’s commencement. Father Raymond J. de Souza Nation March 31, 2025
Education & Culture Neil Postman: Amusing Democracy to Death By Nathaniel Peters Read More
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Education & Culture Neil Postman: Amusing Democracy to Death By Nathaniel Peters Read More
March 12, 2025 Education & Culture March 12, 2025 Coronavirus, Healthcare, Interviews A Physician’s
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The Conundrum of Family Pastoral Care (Fr. Jerry Pokorsky)
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Ep. 205: Living the feast vs. obedience litmus test
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JD and Ed debate the purpose and impact of holy days of obligation.-This episode is sponsored by St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry.Audit a course this summer entirely free— thanks to the Knights of Columbus Finger Lakes Chapter.Learn more at st.bernards.edu
Reading the woman caught in adultery in John’s Gospel: A Latina theologian on sin
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On this episode of “Preach” for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C, Amirah Orozco joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to offer a woman’s perspective on the adulterous woman that draws insight from liberation theologies.
The Consequences of Rejecting God
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“On some positions, cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor
How we got the Stations of the Cross...
New Advent   
Some popular devotions arise as a substitute for something else. The scapular is a cut-down habit. The rosary is a simplified Psalter. The Hours of Our Lady is a smaller Liturgy of the Hours. And the Way of the Cross is a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The idea that the Stations
The ‘Snow White’ reboot was a box-office bomb in Week 1, and things went straight downhill in Week 2.....
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The math is bright red: The “Snow White” reboot was a box-office bomb in week one and things went straight downhill in week two.It’s possible that, if Disney gets honest about the production and promotion costs, this movie could be the biggest and most painful elite Hollywood bust of all
If your screen causes you to sin, cut it off.....
New Advent   
Is it a sin to follow the news? Or to read commentators upon the news? Or to listen to podcasts that comment upon the commentators? Or to watch the YouTube videos of those picking apart the podcasts? It’s Lent, the season for more than the usual number of Confessions. And