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Month: March 2020

Francis the Luddite

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When the late William F. Buckley set out to find a religion editor for National Review, he was careful to choose a Protestant. Though a Catholic himself, Buckley feared that his magazine—by then, already the flaghship of American conservatism—was becoming “too Catholic.” Eventually, he settled on a bombastic Lutheran minister named Richard John Neuhaus. Alas […]

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St. Thomas More: Catholic and Patriot

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On January 27, 2020, the United States Supreme Court voted to grant the Trump administration the ability to limit benefits to immigrants to the United States. The nation’s highest court granted the current presidential administration the ability to select those immigrants who would be able to “pay their own way” into the United States and […]

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N.Y. bishop explains why priests accused of abuse joined private Mass

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The bishop serving as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo said he regretted the “pain and further disillusionment” of clergy sexual abuse survivors caused by the participation of priests credibly accused of abuse in a private Lenten Mass at which he presided.

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Editor’s note: Journalist Luke Coppen to join Catholic News Agency

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Denver, Colo., Mar 4, 2020 / 12:54 am (CNA).- Earlier this week, veteran British journalist Luke Coppen accepted a position as CNA’s Europe Editor.

As Europe Editor, Coppen will oversee CNA’s Rome team, which reports up-to-the minute news from the Vatican. He will also collaborate with other EWTN and EWTN News outlets to ensure faithful, high-quality journalism from the Church across Europe.

Coppen has edited the U.K.’s Catholic Herald since 2004. In 2014, he oversaw the transformation of the Herald into a magazine after 126 years as a newspaper. He has written for the Spectator, the Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Sunday Times, among other publications.

He will begin work with CNA in early April.

Luke is distinguished by his professionalism, integrity, keen intellect, and commitment to Catholic discipleship. He will be a welcome addition to the team at Catholic News Agency and EWTN News.

 

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Church teaching on sexual identity affirmed in Minnesota school guidelines

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Catholic educators have a charge to teach that a person’s sexual identity is a gift from God that cannot change and resist cultural tides toward “gender theory,” according to new guiding principles released by Minnesota’s bishops.

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Faith & Reason: The Rejection of Worldly Stupidity

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Faith & Reason: The Rejection of Worldly StupidityI must admit that I am rather uncomfortable about using the word “stupidity”. Nonetheless, its presence surrounds me and I cannot deny that I am more than occasionally afflicted by it.  Saint Thomas Aquinas used the word at least once and Albert Einstein employed it several times.  “Two things are infinite,” he once said, “the universe […]

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To Make All Things New

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Francis X. Maier: Renewing the soul of a culture-and through it, the political and economic structures it sustains-is the expertise of the Christian Church.

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