2 days ago · Simone Rizkallah, PhilosCatholic: Mary, just two weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, you delivered the keynote address at a conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville titled “Nostra Aetate and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations at a Time of Rising Antisemitism.” That same week, you published an article in the National Catholic Register …

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Feb 26, 2025 · I’m a Luddite, but I can’t turn a blind eye to how deeply technology has affected my teaching. On the one hand, it’s hard to imagine a greater gift to the humanities than the Internet.

Mar 4, 2025 · Lent is about deepening our knowledge and experience of the Suffering, Crucified, and Resurrected God who loves us and seeks union with us. By ancient tradition, Lent is observed for 40 days in spiritual observance of these 40 days the Lord Jesus spent in the desert.

Fr. Raymond de Souza and Robert Royal discuss how the Synod on Synodality is going to operate during its upcoming, final week — in terms of many unresolved questions and

Oct 22, 2024 · The First Object of the Church: Holiness. Michael Pakaluk. Thursday, October 24, 2024. When I was asking myself, why has the Synod on Synodality been a failure (as I think we can agree that it is), or why is “synodality,” that is, “walking together,” irrelevant to me and to everyone else I know, the following words came to mind: We can walk as much as we want, …

Nov 30, 2024 · Note: Fr. de Souza lays out a series of interesting events in today’s column, which point towards a different spirit and direction for the Church in the very near future. But NOW is the time to keep the faith as a living energy and to think through where, precisely, we need to go. That’s a work that we cannot afford to put off, and here at The Catholic Thing, we won’t.

Feb 16, 2025 · David G Bonagura, Jr. David G. Bonagura, Jr. is the author, most recently, of 100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles to Faith Today, and the translator of Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning.An adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s Seminary and Catholic International University, he serves as the religion editor of The University Bookman, a review …

2 days ago · Live UPDATES on the health of Pope Francis. CNA News. Monday, March 17, 2025. Pakistan’s first saint? Amy Balog, Catholic Herald. Monday, March 17, 2025

Since the founding of The Catholic Thing, we have maintained that the Catholic tradition is broader and richer than any other cultural tradition on earth.It’s simply a fact that there is nothing else like it. At a time like the present, when we’re losing touch with our tradition and even the best in our secular culture – and are suffering from the ravages of deliberate cultural amnesia ...