These stories have been handpicked from blogs and news sites around the Web -- some Catholic, some not.https://www.newadvent.org/news/feedburner.xml tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5924589168903598861Headhttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-angelus-sept-6-2026null@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV on Sunday deplored the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine and voiced hopes for peace amid U.S.-led efforts to end the war. “With a sorrowful heart, I have followed the news of the latest violent attacks that have recently struck several cities and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, causing the deaths of innocent people,” the pope told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican following the recitation of the Angelus. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1902414657530830995Lefthttps://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/european-bishops-warn-against-allowing-erasure-of-theological-reality-of-baptismal-recordsnull@newadvent.org (null)The European bishops’ conference is warning authorities of the dangers of allowing baptized individuals to erase the records of their baptisms from Church archives, with the bishops arguing that to do so would negatively affect Church freedom and internal governance. The Court of Justice of the European Union is currently hearing a case... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4335867017381428813Centerhttps://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/catholic-at-yalenull@newadvent.org (null)While scrolling through Instagram after daily Mass with a group of fellow students from the Catholic student center at Yale, I stumbled upon a post with the headline, “Yale’s most popular history course this past semester was on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” While many of the comments on the article expressed shock by the “rise of Catholicism” on a liberal, secular campus like Yale, my group of “Daily Mass Warriors,” as we call ourselves, was largely unfazed. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6194176832728639478Lefthttps://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-stop-letting-sinners-wound-themselvesnull@newadvent.org (Tom Hoopes)Last week, with Peter, we learned that we have to stop correcting Jesus. This week we get an even harder command: We have to start correcting our friends. “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone,” Jesus says. We would rather do anything but that. We would rather tolerate the wrong, or drop all contact with the person tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6359913787176302102Centerhttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/what-you-say-one-china-and-federalnull@newadvent.org (Ed Condon)We have reached a juncture in the parenting journey here in our house. We have been trying to raise our daughter to walk in two worlds, respecting the social customs of our local community and, at the same time, teaching her proper (English) manners and speech. Silly people with little experience of the wider world call this... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2971892418402775255Lefthttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-vatican-and-beijings-long-termnull@newadvent.org (null)The Vatican announced on Monday the most recent in a growing list of bishops selected and installed under the norms of the 2018 agreement with the Chinese government on episcopal appointments. Bishop Paul Liu Honggang was consecrated Aug. 31 and installed as the new head of the Diocese of Datong, which had gone... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3049344852308627787Centerhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/the-real-legacy-of-gloria-steinemnull@newadvent.org (Carrie Gress)Glowing obituaries are pouring in after the death of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who was born in 1934. The Associated Press called her “a potent voice of US feminism,” and the Washington Post heralded her as the “lodestar of the modern women’s movement.” It is hard to overstate her influence upon Western women. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4429328532780335335Lefthttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/second-german-bishop-in-two-weeksnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV accepted Wednesday another early resignation of a German diocesan bishop, who cited the toll of office as a reason for stepping down. The Holy See press office announced Sept. 2 that the pope had accepted the resignation of Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers of Dresden-Meissen, eastern Germany, almost a year before the bishop reached the typical retirement age of 75. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3571216509683929477Centerhttps://www.denvercatholic.org/a-great-teacher-and-a-welcome-manifestonull@newadvent.org (George Weigel)Reluctant as I am to fiddle with the U.S. Constitution, I’m willing to consider an amendment banning any elementary school from opening before Labor Day. That’s the way things were when I was a boy in Baltimore and could no more imagine being in school before Labor Day than I could imagine rooting for the New York Yankees... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3083225517245955960Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/news/leo-xiv-a-new-diplomacynull@newadvent.org (Andrea Gagliarducci)Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher’s trip to Moscow marked a definitive paradigm shift in the Holy See’s diplomacy regarding the situation in Ukraine. We cannot know what was said behind closed doors during the bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. However, a good deal can be gleaned from the opening remarks from both the Holy See and the Russian delegation... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2461171431899226687Centerhttps://life-craft.org/wendell-berry-one-of-a-kind/null@newadvent.org (John Cuddeback)When someone I meet mentions with affection the name Wendell Berry, my heart immediately thrills that we will have much in common, much to talk about. I realize now that no other contemporary name has such an effect on me. This might seem odd, especially given that Berry, who died on Monday, was in no normal sense a ‘religious’ writer... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5224481551208531338Lefthttps://apnews.com/article/spain-heat-fans-heat-wave-28b96f35a1246fee5937e25ba9f43b1anull@newadvent.org (null)In crowded subway cars and sun-drenched plazas, an old-fashioned accessory in Spain has been everywhere thanks to the blistering summer heat. Small enough to fit into a purse, the traditional Spanish folding hand fan, or abanico, snaps open into a semicircle. With little more than a flick of the wrist, it creates a surprisingly strong breeze. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1689010126594494918Centerhttps://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-09/pope-leo-general-audience-church-modern-world-challenges-christ.htmlnull@newadvent.org (null)At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Church’s mission to be at the service of humanity by engaging with reality, getting involved in the challenges of our time, and bearing witness to Christ. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4468579750770566697Lefthttps://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/sensational-report-from-china-new-split-in-church/null@newadvent.org (Phil Lawler)A report about “terrible things happening to Catholics in China” should surprise no one who has been following events there for the past ten years—or, for that matter, for the past seventy years. But the details that follow, in bombshell story in Catholic World Report are sensational. Anthony Clark, an expert on Chinese Catholic affairs... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6481090870795677876Centerhttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/sixth-chinese-bishop-ordained-under-pope-leo-xivnull@newadvent.org (null)Father Paolo Liu Honggang was ordained bishop of the Diocese of Datong in China’s Shanxi province on Monday. The Holy See said Pope Leo XIV appointed Liu bishop of Datong on Aug. 10 after approving his candidacy under the mechanisms established by the Vatican’s agreement with Beijing on the appointment of bishops. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7838769860089325672Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/news/caldwell-yang-usccanull@newadvent.org (Zelda Caldwell)A U.S.-based Catholic organization yielded to pressure from Chinese government officials to cancel a prominent professor’s invitation to speak at its conference, emails obtained by the Register show. Fenggang Yang, a Chinese-born sociology professor at Purdue University and director of the Center on Religion and the Global East, was informed by the U.S.-China Catholic Association (USCCA) in June he would no longer be giving the keynote address... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2752034041058356864Centerhttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/st-john-the-baptist-and-the-tyrants-of-his-daynull@newadvent.org (Clement Harrold)August 29 is the obligatory Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist. In the old liturgical calendar, it was known as the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. The celebration dates back to at least the early fifth century. John the Baptist was a saint who spoke truth to power and was a fearless witness to God’s law... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2819822728579190833Lefthttps://carriegress.substack.com/p/what-made-dolly-so-lovablenull@newadvent.org (null)In the wake of Dolly Parton’s death, it is abundantly clear that she was beloved by just about everyone. Her kind, bubbly, and innocent charm, coupled with her remarkable career, disarmed even those—like Sting and King Charles—who might be critical of her genre, rhinestones, and twang. What Dolly’s life exhibited through her faith in God, generosity, and maternal instincts... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8382382184304060359Centerhttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-marian-procession-lake-albanonull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV took part in an historic boat procession on Aug. 29, becoming what the Vatican said was the first pope to travel across the waters of Lake Albano at Castel Gandolfo during a procession for the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake. The town of Castel Gandolfo has been home to the papal summer residence since the early 17th century... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-888947043398687721Lefthttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/inaugural-meeting-of-german-synodalnull@newadvent.org (null)The first meeting of the German Synodal Conference, originally planned for November, has been postponed indefinitely, because the Vatican has yet to approve the statutes establishing the new body. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8290416862026241021Centerhttps://apnews.com/article/jerusalem-church-holy-sepulcher-christianity-719f3db3c5a57e04abdef93a8dcc1cb5null@newadvent.org (null)The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built over the spots where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5451444021880261603Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/israeli-court-acquits-nun-s-attacker-orders-up-to-6-years-in-psychiatric-carenull@newadvent.org (null)An Israeli court has acquitted a West Bank settler who assaulted a French Catholic sister near Mount Zion in Jerusalem earlier this year, ordering up to six years in a psychiatric facility, Israeli media reported. Jerusalem Magistrate Court Judge Ophir Tischler acquitted Yona Schreiber citing an assessment from a district psychiatrist that found Schreiber was experiencing a psychotic episode during the attack... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5870756834662319011Centerhttps://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-08/pope-leo-prays-for-victims-of-devastating-nepal-floods.htmlnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV expresses his sorrow over the loss of life caused by catastrophic flash floods in Nepal, assuring those affected of his spiritual closeness and praying for rescuers searching for hundreds of missing people. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8127895133562726511Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/beyond-the-odysseynull@newadvent.org (Fr. Raymond de Souza)Hollywood brought us Homer this summer; Rimini gave us Dante. Both poets speak about the things of God — or of the gods. Which one has more wisdom? Homer writing of the Bronze Age, or Dante some two millennia later, formed by the Catholic scholastics? Homer gave us great epic poetry — The Iliad and The Odyssey... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8983170232247223334Centerhttps://www.denvercatholic.org/the-best-film-evernull@newadvent.org (null)1966 was a great year for movies and six decades later, the five nominated for “Best Picture” at the 39th Academy Awards the following year are all still worth watching: Alfie; A Man for All Seasons; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; The Sand Pebbles; and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? That 1967 Oscar ceremony seems to have taken place on a distant and different planet... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3396683863374317401Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-vatican-ii-reformed-the-liturgy-to-promote-active-participationnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV has described the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council as necessary to encourage active participation by the faithful. “Since the gestures and words of the sacred liturgy are critical to realizing this experience, the participation of the faithful cannot be passive,” Leo said... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3200277175947811630Centerhttps://life-craft.org/just-taking-a-break/null@newadvent.org (null)I love the distinction between ‘resting-from’ and ‘resting-in,’ well enunciated by Josef Pieper. The height of life is in activities of ‘leisure’ where we rest-in what matters most, a great example of which is contemplation. But simply resting-from our work (or even resting-from our acts of leisure) is also deeply human. Sometimes we should just take a break... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4982393025853551058Lefthttps://popes.substack.com/p/the-shortest-papacy-in-370-yearsnull@newadvent.org (Matthew Sewell)Following the death of Pope St. Paul VI on August 6, 1978, the cardinals of the Catholic Church gathered in Rome to elect St. Peter’s next successor, entering the conclave on August 25. The next day – Today in Papal History – they settled on Albino Luciani, the cardinal archbishop of Venice, a man of humble origins who had spent much of the past decade... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6259322625332355708Centerhttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/st-calsanz-the-news-and-godgptnull@newadvent.org (J.D. Flynn)St. Joseph Calsanz is not well remembered today, probably because the religious order he founded, the Piarists, is relatively tiny — about one-tenth the size of the Jesuits. If history belongs to the victors, protracted pious devotion usually belongs to the saint with a big family tree of spiritual descendents ready to tell his story. And besides that, Calasanz is a man with a very difficult story... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3841476173904262194Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/news/pope-leo-cardinalsnull@newadvent.org (null)So far, Leo XIV’s government has been characterized by extraordinary prudence and a certain continuity with his predecessors. He has made only a few relatively minor adjustments to the curia, without touching Francis’ broad reform framework. He has also retained the idea of synodality, but without giving it the central importance it had, at least narratively, during the Francis pontificate... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8931026717978526032Centerhttps://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/how-can-lay-catholics-spur-bishops-into-action/null@newadvent.org (null)Here in Massachusetts, our state legislature has just passed a bill that allows for abortion, for any reason, up until the moment of birth. Photos and videos of the ceremony at which the governor signed the bill into law, surrounded by gleeful women who were laughing and cheering, provoked a ripple of outrage when they circulated online. How far had we fallen, in this once-Catholic community, when our political leaders actually celebrate the destruction of human life? tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7759801785404197956Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/catholic-conversions-surge-on-college-campuses-hallow-data-showsnull@newadvent.org (null)Registration for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) has “more than doubled” on college campuses across the country as Catholic conversions continue to rise, according to recent data. “On campuses of various sizes, all across the United States, Catholicism is on the rise,” Hallow reported in an Aug. 19 study... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5452646131753647268Centerhttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/for-your-life-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-twenty-second-sunday-in-ordinary-timenull@newadvent.org (Scott Hahn)This Sunday’s First Reading catches the prophet Jeremiah in a moment of weakness. His intimate lamentation contains some of the strongest language of doubt found in the Bible. Following God’s call, he feels abandoned. Preaching His Word has brought him only derision and reproach. But God does not deceive... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3815818139695805127Lefthttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.php?ID=203154null@newadvent.org (null)Small sparks of feeling that become all-consuming conflagrations can happen at any time, even, sadly, as one is preparing for Mass. I write, of course, from experience. The details aren't important. Life is hard, sometimes. Living with others, even when we love and value them, can still be a challenge. Stupid arguments encourage thoughtless pronouncements that turn seeming scud missiles... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5397477726428261241Centerhttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/why-catholics-are-right-about-mary?mc_cid=be226a099c&mc_eid=76031b1787null@newadvent.org (null)Protestants are often baffled by Catholic and Orthodox devotion to Mary. How can we put so much emphasis on her when she’s barely mentioned in the New Testament? And how are the traditional Marian dogmas at all biblical? In this piece, we’ll tackle each dogma in turn before addressing some common Protestant objections. We’ll conclude with a brief reflection on why this debate matters.