The Catholic Thing
- Pope calls for renewed reverence and beauty in Church liturgy November 11, 2025Celebrating Mass at St. John Lateran (the Cathedral of Rome) before more than 2,700 faithful, the pope said that “care of the liturgy in the place of the See of The post Pope calls for renewed reverence and beauty in Church liturgy appeared first on The Catholic Thing.Karen Popp
- Sedan November 11, 2025From a window where the Meuse is wide, Looked Eastward, out to the September night. The men that in the hopeless battle died Rose and re-formed and marshalled for the The post Sedan appeared first on The Catholic Thing.Karen Popp
- They could not have been mistaken. Saints, Doctors affirmed Mary as Co-Redemptrix November 11, 2025Over the course of time, the Ordinary Magisterium, together with numerous Saints and Doctors of the Church, all taught the Marian doctrines of Co-redemption and Mediation, employing among other expressions The post They could not have been mistaken. Saints, Doctors affirmed Mary as Co-Redemptrix appeared first on The Catholic Thing.Karen Popp
- Pope Leo XIV may visit Sri Lanka, Vatican diplomat says November 11, 2025A top Vatican diplomat has raised the possibility of a papal visit to Sri Lanka as the two nations marked 50 years of diplomatic relations this month, a milestone reached The post Pope Leo XIV may visit Sri Lanka, Vatican diplomat says appeared first on The Catholic Thing.Karen Popp
- The pope’s new knights: Bringing faith to the tech frontier November 11, 2025How can a civilization increasingly relying on code and data remain truly human? From Silicon Valley to Brussels, observers sense that technology is not just transforming productivity but also redefining The post The pope’s new knights: Bringing faith to the tech frontier appeared first on The Catholic Thing.Karen Popp
The American Catholic
- Uncle Bill and Veterans Day November 11, 2025When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today Inscription on the memorial to the dead of the British 2nd Infantry Division at Kohima. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks […]Donald R. McClarey
- Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Veranus November 11, 2025Fifth century Bishop of Lyons in what is now France.Donald R. McClarey
- Nazis. I Hate Those Guys. November 11, 2025News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: OŚWIĘCIM — Jews on their way to their imminent deaths reportedly overheard a guard at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp, later identified as Maximilian Mulka, rejecting claims that he hated Jewish people, saying, “I don’t hate the Jews or anything, just Zionists.” “The Jews are fine,” […]Donald R. McClarey
In the Light of the Law
- A few thoughts on the revised Book VI of the Code June 1, 2021There was widespread agreement among canonists that Book VI of the 1983 Code, treating Sanctions in the Church (cc. 1311-1399), needed significant reform. Most agreed, I think, that Book VI was adequate for use by bishops who were willing to apply the Church’s penal discipline against canonically criminous behavior (e.g., Abp Burke in St. Louis), […]Dr. Edward Peters
- It’s hard to think clearly about marriage if folks don’t speak clearly about marriage March 18, 2021These remarks are occasioned by Cdl. Farrell’s recent musings toward, it seems, admitting the Church’s inability to bless the sacramental marriages of same-sex couples but suggesting the possibility of blessing their non-sacramental or civil marriages (?) but, rather than sort through all that, let’s set out some distinctions crucial to discussions of marriage, sacramental and […]Dr. Edward Peters
- Some thoughts on COVID measures in regard to Confession and how such measures have illustrated a serious weakness in the administration of canon law April 1, 2020The COVID19 pandemic continues to occasion new canonical questions on a daily basis. But before examining a few more of these, here in regard to Confession, a crucial point should be made. It is very difficult, but nigh-on essential, to avoid speculation on the motives behind various ecclesiastical actions (policies, rulings, etc.) and to focus […]Dr. Edward Peters
Lepanto Institute
- United Workers AssociationUnited Workers Association The United Workers Association (UWA) has received 16 grants totaling $760,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) since 2004, including its most recent $25,000 grant for the 2024-2025 CCHD funding year. In previous reports, we proved that UWA was involved in the push for same-sex “marriage” around 2011, and in […]
- Catholic Priests and Bishops Promote Dangerous Trans IdeologiesIn a new report, the Lepanto Institute traces the rise of violence perpetrated by sexual deviants to the promotion of LGBT ideologies from Catholic bishops and priest members of the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP). The first part of the video report focuses on the radicalized transexuals promoting violence against those who refuse to […]
- Miami Catholic School employs radical left-wing LGBT advocate in social studies departmentA Miami Catholic high school employs as its Director of Learning Service a radical left-wing advocate of LGBT ideology and Marxist socialism, both at odds with Catholic moral and social doctrine. Concerned parents contacted us at the Lepanto Institute to investigate the matter. Maria de la Guardia, Director of Learning Services at Immaculata-La Salle Catholic […]
- The ideal of Catholic masculinity – Part IVOn the Fourth of July all true Americans celebrate their country’s independence. It is natural for a true Catholic man to love his country. Patriotism is a natural virtue, a consequence of the fourth commandment of God’s Law: Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother. The very word Patriotism derives from the Latin, Pater, […]
- US Bishops’ Conference Partnering with Heretical Association of PriestsThe heretical Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) announced earlier this year that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCBP) approached the Association, asking it to host a virtual consultation on the USCCB’s Laity Document. Public materials describe the event as a joint effort between AUSCP and the USCCB, presenting it as a continuation […]