By FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA | The majority opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision on the redefinition of marriage was expected. It was the dissent that was news. And ominous, for if the majority has changed the present law … Continue reading
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Blessed Junípero Serra: Bringing the Faith to California
By JIM GRAVES | “We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and goodwill as if they had known us all their lives,” once wrote Blessed … Continue reading
Supreme Court Puts Hold on Texas Law Regulating Abortion Facilities
By MATT HADRO/CNA/EWTN NEWS | WASHINGTON — On Monday afternoon the Supreme Court of the United States temporarily halted Texas’ regulations on abortion businesses, which were upheld by an appellate court earlier in the month. By a 5-4 margin, the… … Continue reading
An Earful of Peace: Monks of Norcia and Their Benedicta Album
By Sarah Reinhard | One of the great comforts in the weeks that followed my son’s unexpected birth four weeks early was an album that arrived for me to review, Benedicta: Marian Chant from Norcia from the Monks of Norcia. In this album, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Protects Pennsylvania Charities from HHS Mandate
By MATT HADRO/CNA/EWTN NEWS | WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order protecting a group of Pennsylvania religious institutions from being required by the federal contraception mandate to violate their faith. “Doesn’t our… Original Article
Francis Wishes Benedict XVI a Happy Stay at Castel Gandolfo
By ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Before heading out for his two-week stay at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo this summer, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI received a visit from Pope Francis, who wished him a pleasant stay. … Continue reading
Guanellian Graces
By JOSEPH PRONECHEN | Editor’s Note: Father Satheesh and Sister Margaret Mary will be guests on EWTN Live with Father Mitch Pacwa on July 1. Have you heard of the Guanellians? True to the old saying that “good things … Continue reading
Benedictine Monks’ Disputed Role at Catholic University in Illinois at Center of New Lawsuit
By CNA/EWTN NEWS | CHICAGO — Seven monks of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, Ill., have filed suit against the leadership of Illinois’ Benedictine University, saying that the leadership has denied them their rights to help govern the university their… … Continue reading
With Weak Protections For Conscience, "Obergefell is Roe on Steroids"
By Joan Desmond | Liberals and conservatives have compared the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision with Obergefell v. Hodges. Both are landmark rulings, in which the high court takes sides in a fractious national debate that was far from… Original Article
Supreme Court Plays Humpty Dumpty Word Games in Affordable Care Act Decision
By GERALD J. RUSSELLO | Humpty Dumpty famously told Alice that for him a word “means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” He would have been at home with the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 … Continue reading
