By Tom and April Hoopes | User’s Guide to Sunday, July 5 | Sunday, July 5, is the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B).   July 4 We like to watch Independence Day YouTube videos with the family: Red … Continue reading →

By FATHER DWIGHT LONGENECKER | Our train was speeding up the Italian peninsula at 100-plus miles an hour. Equipped with PowerPoints, flat screens and Wi-Fi, it was the epitome of everything techno-scientific about the modern age. The clash,… Original Article

By ARCHBISHP THOMAS WENSKI | This homily was delivered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at the mass closing the U.S. Bishops “Fortnight for Freedom,” which began June 21 and ends July 4.  The… … Continue reading →

By Paul Kengor | Independence Day, Natural Law, Marriage and the Family | Will you be celebrating natural law this Fourth of July? As an American and as a Catholic, you should be. Your country’s Founding Fathers and your Church … Continue reading →

By Jay Copp | Catholic Churches Have Witnessed to Religious Liberty | As the Fourth of July nears, crowds swell at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the nearby Liberty Bell. But just three… … Continue reading →

By PETER T. NGUYEN | In 1975, floating out on a U.S. transport boat, I told my children as we looked at Vietnam for the last time, “Look, now, my children, at the city of Saigon for the last time. … Continue reading →

By CNA/EWTN NEWS | LOS ANGELES — An effort to remove the statue of Blessed Junipero Serra from the U.S. Capitol has been set aside for the time being. A statue of Franciscan missionary and saint-to-be Father Junipero Serra has … Continue reading →

By ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has expressed his hope that Pope Francis’ recent environmental encyclical will have a strong impact on the United Nations’ three major… Original Article

By Joan Desmond | Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, I had a long talk with a young relative that left me unsettled in an already difficult week. … Continue reading →

By ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — With a sister who is a Doctor of the Church and parents set to be canonized in October, Leonia Martin could be the fourth member of her family declared a saint as … Continue reading →