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Rome in 1855
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In the early months of 1855, Sarah Peter, a 54-year-old widow of means from Cincinnati, Ohio, was touring France and Italy. A philanthropist keenly interested in the arts, she had recently established the Philadelphia Design School for Women, which survives today as the Moore College of Art and Design. In
Pro-Family, Pro Sports: Golf Champion Promotes the Joy of Marriage and Fatherhood
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by Anna Claire Flowers A new Nike advertisement—featuring golf champion Scottie Scheffler and his toddler son—is winning applause on social media, signaling the profound pro-family influence that athletes can have. The ad was released following Scheffler’s fourth major win at the 2025 British Open and congratulated the 29-year-old golf phenomenon
The Human Drama at the Heart of Józef Tischner's Philosophy of Drama
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Responsibility for one’s neighbor becomes responsibility for everything—even the world where one’s neighbor exists. It coincides with the responsibility of a servant of God who believes that the fate of the world depends upon his prayer and sacrifice. One is either responsible for everything or for nothing. Only the
Pope Leo XIV prays by name for Gaza parish strike victims, renews plea for ceasefire
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday prayed by name for the victims of a deadly Israeli strike on the only Catholic parish in Gaza, decrying the “barbarism of the war. . . . I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of
Missionaries struggle to maintain hope amid mass killings in Haiti
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More than 3,000 people were killed in Haiti during the first six months of this year, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The high number of deaths caused by the widespread violence that has overtaken the Caribbean nation has been impacting the Church’s
Mary Magdalene
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With wandering eyes and aimless zeal, She hither, thither, goes; Her speech, her motions, all reveal A mind without repose. She climbs the hills, she haunts the sea, By madness tortured, driven; One hour’s forgetfulness would be A gift from very heaven! She slumbers into new distress; The night is
The best of us is Medieval
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It used to be that the worst thing you could say about someone or something was that it is medieval. Lately, in the work of some unlike commentators, the opposite is the case. It has been remarkable to see such ideas about the Middle Ages appearing in places with such
A seminary renaissance
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The priest shortage in the United States that we so often hear about is real and worrisome. But that’s not the full story. While the numbers aren’t where they need to be, the high caliber of the men who are studying for the priesthood and being ordained today ought to
Traditional Liturgy
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When I get exasperated by some of the failures in contemporary liturgical practice and annoyed by the perpetual arguments over it, I am tempted to exclaim: Okay, that’s it.  We need to return to the traditional Catholic liturgy! You know what I mean.  The Mass in Greek.  Every other liturgy
Ed Feulner and the Priority of the Human Person as Gift
Kathryn Jean Lopez | National Review   
There is no understanding Ed Feulner without knowing that he was an active Catholic.
Asked and Answered: A Reflection on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
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Though we be “but dust and ashes,” we can presume to draw near and speak boldly to our Lord, as Abraham dares to do in this week’s First Reading. But even Abraham, the friend of God, our father in the faith (see Romans 4:12), did not know the intimacy that
The Prescription for the Scandal of Women’s Health Care
Kathryn Jean Lopez | National Review   
A powerful testimony about what is possible when women are treated by doctors who truly care to find out what is wrong and find solutions.
Education & Culture Only the Humanities Can Save the University from AI By Dr. Lily M. Abadal Read M
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Education & Culture Only the Humanities Can Save the University from AI By Dr. Lily M. Abadal
How Long Have You Been Reading This Website?
Kathryn Jean Lopez | National Review   
I still believe the best way to evangelize about National Review is the old-fashioned way — by having a copy of the magazine on your coffee table.
The Ten-Point Plan to Overcome Hyperactivity (Fr. Jerry Pokorsky)
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Mary Magdalene, our intercessor
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A Reflection for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, by Jill Rice
Archbishop Wenski leads ‘Knights on Bikes’ to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz
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Archbishop Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades.
Good News on Foster Care and Adoption for Children and Families
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A conversation with Jedd Medefind of the Christian Alliance for Orphans about the encouraging finding of a new study and the upcoming CAFO summit.
Many Ways of Making Babies: Just Because We Can Doesn’t Make It Right.
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These are complicated matters, to say the least. But the most important.
‘A simple, saintly life’- The legacy of Charles Untz
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Xavier Schmidt is a seminarian, studying for the Missouri diocese in which he grew up.Charles Untz was a Minnesotan, who died as a teenager in 2000. The two never met.But Schmidt attributes his vocation to Charles Untz, and as he prepares for priesthood, he hopes that Untz is praying for