Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?
Edward Pentin
One of the persistent criticisms of the final assembly of the Synod on Synodality has been that, despite its frequent emphasis on listening and dialogue, several relevant and important voices went unheard. In his final assessment of the synod, George Weigel identified some of these voices as happily married couples, Catholic educators resisting today’s “woke” culture, and healthcare professionals living a culture of life.

What Hath Commonweal Wrought? Catholic Lay Opinion Journalism 100 Years Later...
Peter Wolfgang
I went through a brief phase in the mid 1990s where I would have called myself a “Commonweal Catholic.” It was already long past the midcentury golden age described by the Times. But the Times description of Commonweal “as a kind of Catholic version of The New Republic” resonates with me, for reasons different than those meant by the Times. At the height of The New Republic’s Marty Peretz era, in the 1980s and ‘90s...

Some Thoughts Upon Returning from the Second Session of the Synod...
Bishop Robert Barron
I returned just a few days ago from the second session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome, and I will confess to feeling a tad exhausted. As I’ve mentioned before, the synod is a full four weeks long, and the workdays are intense. So, though it was, to be sure, a rich experience, I’m glad that it’s over, and I’m glad to be home. I would like to share with you some general impressions and assessments of the experience and also look at a few particular issues that were discussed in the synod’s final document.

3 Ways to Rediscover a Father...
John Cuddeback
Much of what we need in life we must ask for. As this is simply a given, it points to the importance of learning how, what, and whom to ask. Thomas Aquinas holds that we can naturally know that there is a God who can help us, and who is worthy of honor and worship. But to know God as a Father, and to approach him as such, is yet another thing.

Kamala Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work...

Being Prophets, the News, and Giant Asteroids...
J.D. Flynn
You already know it’s election day, and you’ve probably already voted. You might also know that today is the customary feast of Sts. Elizabeth and Zechariah, the parents of John the Baptist. Elizabeth and Zechariah were prophets. They saw the presence of God in the world, and they said so. And they raised their son to be a prophet too, with Zechariah telling John from infancy...

What You Should Know About the Tower of Babel...
Msgr. Charles Pope
In the story of the great flood, we saw how evil and sin had grown so fast and become so serious that God saw it necessary to cleanse the whole world and dramatically prune the human family. While the flood was a severe measure, that tells us how bad the problem had become! The flood was like a giant “bath” that cleansed the world, making an end of sin and new beginning for goodness to grow.

Pope Francis at Gregorian University Warns of ‘Coca-Cola Spirituality’...

10 Things You Should Know About the Prophet Isaiah...
Clement Harrold
The Book of Isaiah is known as the fifth Gospel. While this title is often applied to the Holy Land, the Church Fathers also used it to describe the book of Isaiah. More than any other prophet, Isaiah points forward time and again to Christ. Appropriately, therefore, the book of Isaiah is second only to the Psalms in being the biblical book most quoted in the New Testament.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob Named Next Archbishop of Milwaukee...

Live Your Life With an Eye on Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell...

Last Night, Court Reports, and Fly Away Home...

‘A Bible Made of Stone and Glass’: Chartres Cathedral Celebrates 1,000 Years of Its Foundation...

Humanistic individualism, like Communism, is false — and John Paul II’s Christian vision of man is true...

A person should eat well. This requires 2 arts and 2 virtues...

What the NY Times missed in the latest encyclical: The whole point...

Woman Who Lost Husband on Honeymoon Marks First Wedding Anniversary With Striking Video...