Bishop Calls Out the “Celebrity Pope” Problem, German Bishop Defies Vatican & Latin Mass Crackdown
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Religious Life is the Higher Calling
The Church must reclaim the view of priestly and religious life as a “higher calling” to effectively inspire and reverse the decline in religious vocations.
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The Latin Mass Tug of War: Pope Leo’s Mixed Messages
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Strange Fruit: The Secret Vatican-China Deal
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The Assumption: A Feast of Doctrinal Development
True doctrinal development in the Church clarifies and explicitly defines what believers have always implicitly held, rather than introducing new or contradictory beliefs.
In Praise of Notre Dame’s John Cavadini
Driven by personal warmth and faithful prayer, John Cavadini successfully preserved and strengthened Notre Dame's core Catholic identity.
The Choices We Should Make
Declining population rates are driven primarily by a modern cultural shift that elevates unrestricted personal choice over the traditional moral obligation to have children.
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The Nature of Man and Woman (CCC 358-359, 380-381) – Ep. 10
August 10, 2026
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Robert Royal Interviews Archbishop Amel Nona, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad
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