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-3619467036780739234Headhttps://www.ncregister.com/news/tadie-pope-leo-france-only-the-beginningnull@newadvent.org (null)“I have to ask: Who, aside from the Pope, is capable of bringing together 600,000 people in France in 2026? Who else but him is able to foster a sense of national unity in our country?” These words from renowned French journalist Stéphane Bern, a leading figure in the defense of France’s cultural heritage, were expressed in an interview with French media just days before Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7411991390678354447Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/news/notre-dame-consecrated-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesusnull@newadvent.org (Jonathan Liedl)Notre Dame is no stranger to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The university was founded by a religious order with a particular devotion to the Sacred Heart (the Congregation of Holy Cross), its on-campus basilica is named accordingly, and a former campus cobbler is currently being considered for canonization in part because of his miracle-working intercession to the Sacred Heart. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2444867216104841158Centerhttps://tmattingly.substack.com/p/was-this-inevitable-narnia-wars-2027null@newadvent.org (Terry Mattingly)During a fistfight, young David Bowie suffered an injury to his left eye, leaving its pupil permanently wide open, with one blue eye looking radically different than the other. Bowie didn’t have heterochromia – different-colored eyes. But his mysterious gaze was a key trait of Ziggy Stardust, his genderbending, rainbow-hued stage persona mixing glitter, bright lipstick, platform shoes and various female fashion trends. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7780551888385030782Lefthttps://adoremus.org/2026/09/to-see-with-clear-vision-divinization-as-a-model-for-active-participation-in-the-liturgy/null@newadvent.org (null)While many faithful Catholics in the pews have surely heard the phrase “active participation,” far fewer have been invited to investigate the theological notion of divinization in general and its implications for liturgical participation in particular. In simple terms, divinization is participation in the divine nature... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-121773562569662465Centerhttps://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/insist-on-jimmy-lais-release/null@newadvent.org (Kathryn Jean Lopez)It’s hard to bear yourself at the foot of the cross. And it’s hard to recognize your own shortcomings, but it’s also the only thing that helps.” Claire Lai had been reading Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop and trailblazing American TV host, who is advancing on the road to sainthood. She brought up the scriptural image and quote from Sheen in an interview earlier this year... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5535102854882611893Lefthttps://danielphilpott.substack.com/p/a-setback-for-the-us-catholic-witnessnull@newadvent.org (Daniel Philpott)Religious freedom and academic freedom suffered a blow this past summer when Purdue sociologist Fenggang Yang was disinvited from delivering the keynote address at the conference of the U.S.-China Catholic Association at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. The story is excellently documented in the National Catholic Register. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2717857547742909697Centerhttps://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-jesus-sums-up-todays-catholics-in-a-very-short-parablenull@newadvent.org (Tom Hoopes)Jesus tells the Parable of the Two Sons in the Gospel reading for Mass this Sunday. Without even touching on what it says about salvation history, it has a powerful personal message for American Catholics in the 21st century. Here are six takeaways for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, drawn from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-275772783394888273Lefthttps://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-fulton-sheen-beatification-5d7402707f81d5a33dab18a82dff80ffnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration on Wednesday on the eve of Sheen’s beatification. The American pope urged English-speaking pilgrims attending his general audience St. Peter’s Square to use Sheen’s example and find new ways of spreading the Christian faith “with joyful enthusiasm.” tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8823444959339690818Centerhttps://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/live-updates-beatification-of-fulton-sheennull@newadvent.org (null)The beatification Mass is set for Thursday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. CT from The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. The Mass will be presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4198097669875642030Lefthttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/the-humble-path-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-timenull@newadvent.org (Scott Hahn)Echoing the complaint heard in last week’s readings, today’s First Reading again presents protests that God isn’t fair. Why does He punish with death one who begins in virtue but falls into iniquity, while granting life to the wicked one who turns from sin? This is the question that Jesus takes up in the parable in today’s Gospel... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5749712502951244464Centerhttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/philly-riots-the-news-and-bible-workoutnull@newadvent.org (J.D. Flynn)Today’s the feast of St. Thomas of Villanova, the Augustinian friar who was in the 1500s the Archbishop of Valencia, and who was a fiery preacher, an ecclesial reformer, and so committed to the margins of his diocese that he became known as the “father of the poor.” If you’ve heard of him at all... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6270572053509120559Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/ewtn-news-sunday-angelus-sept-20-2026-fk2rdj7dnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV on Sunday appealed for greater international assistance to Somalia, where violence and extreme weather are worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis, particularly for women and children. According to UNICEF, about 4.8 million people in Somalia need urgent humanitarian assistance, including some 3 million children. The U.N. agency has also warned that about 1.9 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-384426262691792660Centerhttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/10-things-you-should-know-about-matthews-gospel?mc_cid=1aa32425ce&mc_eid=76031b1787null@newadvent.org (Clement Harrold)While Catholics have traditionally regarded Matthew as the first Gospel to be written, today most scholars think Mark wrote first, with Luke or (more likely) Matthew writing second. Because of this, Matthew’s Gospel is often dated after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. But there are good reasons for considering an earlier date. Most notably, Matthew never describes the destruction of the Temple as a past event... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-9152776534558010105Lefthttps://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-christianity-is-like-work-before-it-is-like-partynull@newadvent.org (null)Jesus tells the Parable of the Laborers in the Gospel Reading for Mass this Sunday, describing how workers in his kingdom get the same wage, no matter how many hours they put in. The parable tells us a lot about how Jesus operates, our vocations, and what God has in store for us. Here are takeaways from the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A taken from Sunday Readings columns at this site and The Extraordinary Story podcast. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6253462069696252934Centerhttps://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/priest-describes-spiritual-experience-massnull@newadvent.org (Tyler Arnold)A video of a Catholic priest breaking down in tears and struggling to raise the chalice above his head while saying the consecration prayers during Mass spread across social media this week, prompting the priest to issue a statement through his diocese. “Take this all of you and drink from it: For this is the chalice,” Father Brent Bowman prayed at the altar, followed by a six-second pause... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4109342587719005693Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/blog/eucharistic-miracle-mass-profound-gracenull@newadvent.org (Alyssa Murphy)It takes only a few seconds of video to capture the internet’s attention, but the spiritual reality behind a recent viral clip from Minnesota cuts far deeper than a social-media headline. It was during a moment at Mass most Catholics know by heart. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7576043583548803655Centerhttps://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/st-peter-s-basilica-completes-mosaic-restoration-of-ornate-chapel-domenull@newadvent.org (null)St. Peter’s Basilica, which is marking 400 years since its consecration, has completed a mosaic restoration in the dome of one of its most ornate chapels. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican institution responsible for maintaining St. Peter’s, announced the project’s completion on Sept. 17... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7182882816131618983Lefthttps://carriegress.substack.com/p/lindsay-clancy-or-mother-teresanull@newadvent.org (Carrie Gress)The last few days have brought us both the mistrial of Lindsay Clancy and the feast of Mother Teresa (Sept 5). Curiously, each represents a different direction: the path of the feminist or the Christian. The feminist embodies a life of glamorized victimhood, control, and sterility, while the second embodies the life of a woman deeply in love with Christ who has poured herself out fruitfully for others. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1445325925595804003Centerhttps://stpaulcenter.com/posts/gods-glory-is-revealed-on-the-crossnull@newadvent.org (null)Throughout the New Testament we are reminded of the mysterious connection between suffering and glory. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus challenges His disciples, “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” In the Epistle to the Hebrews, we are told that Jesus was “crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death.” The author goes on to explain... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5592557978300176148Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/vander-woude-cause-moves-forwardnull@newadvent.org (null)The sainthood cause of Tom Vander Woude is moving forward, according to his home Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. Vander Woude, a father of seven sons, died saving the life of his youngest son, Joseph, who has Down syndrome. The diocese will begin gathering information — a key initial stage in the Catholic Church’s process of determining sainthood. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2354148831047080831Centerhttps://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-leo-xiv-names-newark-auxiliary-bishop-to-lead-diocese-of-metuchen-new-jerseynull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV has appointed Newark, New Jersey, auxiliary bishop Michael Saporito as the new bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey. The Vatican announced his appointment on Sept. 15, ending a nearly one-year wait for a new bishop of the diocese. The diocese was previously led by then-Bishop James Checchio from 2016 to 2025, after he served as rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8291985156607893032Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-latin-mass-permissions-steady-across-papal-transitionnull@newadvent.org (null)Thirty-four dioceses received Vatican permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in 2025, matching the 2024 total and remaining broadly consistent with previous years despite the election of a new pope. The United States accounted for 24 of the 34 decrees issued. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1145981764765862703Centerhttps://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/regensburg-twentieth-anniversarynull@newadvent.org (Fr. Raymond de Souza)Twenty-five years after 9/11, where do Catholic-Islamic relations stand? The problem of Islamist terrorism has certainly not disappeared. It is enough to remember only the beheadings in Libya or the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, to say nothing of the ongoing lethal attacks on Christians in Nigeria. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7542737557607928332Lefthttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/live-show-big-math-and-lost-at-seanull@newadvent.org (null)First, some resolution in Morocco, or a step toward it. Readers know that Morocco’s Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero is sidelined right now, as the prelate faces investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct, including three women who say the cardinal acted inappropriately in the confessional. The Archdiocese of Rabat got a coadjutor bishop yesterday... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3102002308799299956Centerhttps://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-xiv-repeals-covid-era-pay-cuts-to-vatican-cardinalsnull@newadvent.org (null)Pope Leo XIV has officially repealed the salary cuts Pope Francis imposed on cardinals and other senior officials working in the Roman Curia. In a decree published by the Vatican on Sept. 14, the pontiff canceled the cost-cutting measures Francis had established in 2021 to address the Vatican’s financial deficit that year, projected at $60 million. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8828921774308459827Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/when-fulton-sheen-came-to-dinnernull@newadvent.org (Matthew Bunson)On Oct. 6, 1969, Bishop Fulton Sheen made the surprising announcement that he had resigned as the bishop of Rochester, New York, after three difficult years as shepherd over an unruly flock in a post he never truly wanted. He was 74 at the time, a year shy of the traditional retirement age for bishops. With his customary wit, he declared at the time of his resignation... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2944615002208499908Centerhttps://knowingisdoing.org/blog/danger-being-spiritually-detached-christnull@newadvent.org (Marlon De La Torre)The stillness of the mind is a human act that is often overlooked as a path to spiritual awareness between man and God. One’s ability to stay still or calm ultimately involves an openness to silence where the body, heart, and mind collide in a state of spiritual attachment with God... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4034120547741792400Lefthttps://www.osvnews.com/pondering-what-gloria-steinem-now-knows/null@newadvent.org (null)“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” “If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.” Neither of those feminist slogans originated with Gloria Steinem, who credited writer Irina Dunn with the first and “an old Irish woman taxi driver in Boston” with the second. It is understandable that so many attributed the words to Steinem, who died Sept. 2 at age 92... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4775564749507225657Centerhttps://blog.newadvent.org/2026/09/why-does-skating-on-thin-ice-sound-like.htmlnull@newadvent.org (null)How can skating on a frozen lake sound like a sci-fi battle? On a small lake outside Stockholm, Mårten Ajne glides across pristine black ice, producing eerie, high-pitched sounds that seem more like laser fire than anything found in nature... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4048926073408209511Lefthttps://blog.newadvent.org/2026/09/this-man-built-gravity-powered.htmlnull@newadvent.org (null)Gravity was the problem: A falling weight simply doesn’t move fast enough. So Tom Stanton spent six years figuring out how to turn that limitation into 776 mph... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3386133445055832001Centerhttps://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/14/in-praise-of-notre-dames-john-cavadini/null@newadvent.org (Christopher Kaczor)Who is Notre Dame’s MVP? I don’t mean the Most Valuable Player on the football team. I mean the Most Valuable Professor on the faculty. If there is any justice on earth, John Cavadini deserves that honor. At a time when many complain of poor university teachers and defections from Catholic truth, he has excelled not just for one season, but for over thirty years... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6711120033369966780Lefthttps://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/it-would-seem-that-theres-no-god-the-third-objection-to-gods-existence/null@newadvent.org (Chad Engelland)When St. Thomas Aquinas set out to prove God’s existence in his Summa Theologiae, he articulated two objections. The first was the problem of evil: How can there be an infinitely good God if there is evil in the world? He answers it by positing the principle of o felix culpa, O Happy Fault, demonstrated by salvation history; though God is all powerful, he permits evil in order to draw out of it a still greater good. tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7968660178764295602Centerhttps://tmattingly.substack.com/p/crossroads-press-struggles-when-coveringnull@newadvent.org (null)For several decades, when speaking to students and journalists, I have shared a religion-news anecdote from the late Peter Jennings of ABC News about a schism between many (not all) media professionals and ordinary news consumers. There are big worldview questions involved: Is there life beyond this material world? Is there a God who hears prayers? Can God respond... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6996589121662811214Lefthttps://www.ncregister.com/news/saving-st-anne-basilica-in-detroitnull@newadvent.org (Matthew McDonald)Msgr. Chuck Kosanke had run out of options. He had been sent as pastor to a parish now known as the Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in 2016 to try to save the twin-spire, brick-and-stone Gothic-Revival church built in 1886, which, after years of deferred maintenance, was in tough shape. He had experience with that sort of thing... tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-916260384586295290Centerhttps://danielphilpott.substack.com/p/restoring-justice-in-the-church-after?r=9isicnull@newadvent.org (null)A group of survivors of clergy abuse in the Catholic Church are raising funds to build a national garden in Washington, D.C. that would beckon healing for survivors of abuse and for the Catholic Church as a whole. The garden is hosted by and will be located at the Catholic University of America. The garden would be built as the Church marks...