By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — A highly anticipated working document for the upcoming Synod on the Family, published by the Vatican on Tuesday, pushes back on same-sex relationships, reaffirms much of the traditional Church’s teaching on the… Original … Continue reading →

By Matthew Archbold | The New York Times editorial board called for South Carolina to take down the Confederate flag because it’s racist. They said: State lawmakers who must vote on removing it need to do that now and show … Continue reading →

By MATTHEW KACSMARYK | For the power of man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please. — C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man In … Continue reading →

By ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Family wounds that aren’t dealt with in a healthy and timely manner can have devastating effects on both spouses and children, Pope Francis has said. He encouraged wounded families to work toward… … Continue reading →

By Sarah Reinhard | “I don’t love NFP. I don’t think that it’s a magical cure-all that every couple must embrace in order to achieve full humanity. And I wish that I didn’t have to use it at all.” With … Continue reading →

By TITO EDWARDS | The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter: Traditional Liturgy, Booming Vocations by Jim Graves of The Catholic World Report – Big Pulpit The Magisterium, Not Secret Authors, Had the Final Say on (Laudato Si’) Encyclical – Andrea… … Continue reading →

By CHRISTINE M. WILLIAMS | SCITUATE, Mass. — For more than a decade, Catholics have occupied the church building that was once St. Frances X. Cabrini parish in Scituate, Mass. They turned the confessional into a guest room and the … Continue reading →

By CNA/EWTN NEWS | Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Sister Nirmala Joshi, who passed away Tuesday. Sister Nirmala succeeded Blessed Teresa of Calcutta as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, serving in that capacity… Original … Continue reading →

By Joan Desmond | While media coverage of the Synod has stirred expectations in some quarters that Pope Francis could extend a measure of pastoral support to same-sex unions,  Cardinal Walter Kasper told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo in a June 11 interview… Original Article

By kevin-knight | Adult stem cells: They’re the good kind, right? They come from tissue contributed by an adult donor, right? Well, not exactly. This week, pro-lifers criticized the treatments administered to two prominent sports heroes, hockey… Original Article