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I’ve recently been reading Nicholas Carr’s 2011 book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, in which Carr recounts how the medium in which we receive information changes how we interact with and receive that information. Even a seemingly small difference, such as reading a hardback edition of a book rather than…
Adm. Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a practicing Catholic, talked about the state of the pro-life movement as well as his own faith in an interview on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Wednesday. Christine, a practicing Catholic, said the HHS values religious freedom. “We are…
A victim of clerical sexual abuse from Ireland shared his story in a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday. David Ryan, who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at Blackrock College in Dublin in the 1970s, told a small group of reporters, including Colm Flynn of EWTN News, after…
Jonathan Roumie, known for his role portraying Jesus in “The Chosen,” is trading in the sandals for dress shoes in a new movie titled “Solo Mio” to be released on Feb. 6. Roumie first appeared as Jesus in the hit series in 2019. In 2023, he took on the role of Lonnie Frisbee, an evangelical…
The Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) announced Monday that it plans to consecrate new bishops on July 1 even without authorization from the Holy See, a move that would likely lead to automatic excommunication of all the bishops who take part and harden a decades-old split with Rome. The SSPX, which exclusively celebrates…
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The young Italian priest and influencer Alberto Ravagnani, 32, surprised his hundreds of thousands of social media followers a few days ago by publicly announcing his decision to leave the priesthood. Ravagnani had gained popularity on digital platforms, where he posted messages with religious content aimed especially at young people. However, his activities were not…
The president of the Mexican bishops’ conference (CEM, by its Spanish acronym), Bishop Ramón Castro Castro, outlined “the vision that the Church in Mexico is embracing for 2026,” which is to “walk together as a more united, more synodal Church, closer to the people,” especially in the face of the violence, poverty, and forced migration…
Growing up as a boy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, there were nine Latin and three Eastern Rite parishes in our town. Most had bells, which meant they rang the Angelus at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. Every December 31, at midnight, they pealed to welcome the new year. And there was one other…
In 2023, I published a book defending the SSPX called SSPX: The Defence. Yes, Defence with a “C” because I naturally write in the King’s English. To write that book, which comes in just under 300 pages, I had to read a whole lot more than 300 pages of information on the subject. I don’t…
