Every spring, when we set out to raise the necessary funds to sustain Crisis Magazine throughout the rest of the year, I have an incredible opportunity to reflect on what it is that makes this publication so important. As donations come in (and they are coming in, alright! We are now almost 50% of the…
Three centuries have passed since Pier Francesco Orsini was elected pope on May 29, 1724, after a conclave lasting nearly three months, assuming the name Benedict XIII (†1730). This man, “whose labors in favor of keeping and restoring ecclesiastical discipline and of ensuring the splendor of churches have been most known,”[1] also made contributions to…
San Damiano College for the Trades, which is currently accepting applications for its inaugural class in the fall of 2025, is geared toward young men and will be located on the former Springfield, Illinois, campus of the Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross. / Credit: San Damiano College for the Trades Ann Arbor, Michigan, May…
Archbishop Hubertus van Megen celebrates the episcopal consecration of Father John Kiplimo Lelei as auxiliary bishop of Kenya’s Diocese of Eldoret on May 25, 2024. / Credit: Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya ACI Africa, May 29, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The Church in Africa, which for many years was considered a missionary territory, has evolved…
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The dome of St. Casimir Church in Buffalo, New York / Credit: Chuck LaChiusa Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 29, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Buffalo announced it will be merging over a third of its 160 parishes, calling the move an effort to “reinvigorate the Catholic faith in western New York.” Buffalo…
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Bill Maher and Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images; National Eucharistic Congress CNA Staff, May 29, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron this week said that talk-show host Bill Maher, who has been famously critical of religion, has become an unlikely “ally” amid the ongoing bitter culture wars. Barron, the bishop…
