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On the nakedness and temerity of Job—and ourselves

March 12, 2024

One of the most striking passages in all of Scripture is Job’s prayer just after he has learned of the destruction not only of his sources of wealth (his beasts of burden and his servants) but also of his ten sons and daughters. Immediately upon

South Sudan Bishop: Our People ‘on Brink of Destitution, Slowly Perishing’

March 12, 2024

The people of God in South Sudan are in urgent need of external support, the president of the Integral Human Development Commission of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC) has said. In a March 8 letter addressed to “the head of Caritas network, people of goodwill, and

England’s National Health Service Ends Puberty Blockers for Kids

March 12, 2024

Doctors in England can no longer prescribe puberty blockers to children to facilitate a gender transition, according to an announcement from the country’s public health-care system, the National Health Service (NHS). “Puberty blockers … are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence

In Resounding Rebuke to Progressives, Irish Voters Reject Constitutional Overhaul of Motherhood and Family

March 11, 2024

DUBLIN — “The best possible present ahead of Mother’s Day.” That’s how pro-family campaigner David Quinn described the March 8 defeat of two referendums in Ireland that would have broadened the definition of the family and deleted the mention of mothers from Ireland’s 1937 Constitution.

March 11, 2024

NEW YORK — Are faith-based projects such as “The Chosen” not considered for secular awards because of anti-Christian bias? Well, it’s complicated. The faith-based film industry has been around in its modern incarnation for 20 years now — if you count the start with “The

Two SCOTUS cases will address the legal status of the human fetus

March 11, 2024

Come right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident: a human embryo is either a human person or well along in the process of becoming one. In either case, the embryo enjoys fundamental legal rights of personhood, including the right to life. That

Gaza teen waits to follow vocation: ‘My faith is flourishing amidst the challenges of war’

March 11, 2024

Five months ago in Gaza City, 18-year-old Suhail Shadi Abu Dawod was waiting for a visa for Italy to begin his novitiate in the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) — and then the Israel-Hamas war broke out. “I began considering joining the Incarnate Word congregation in

The Birds, the Temple, and the Pilgrims

March 11, 2024

The Bible mentions swallows and sparrows that have an envious place for nesting. They have built their nests at the altars of the Lord—in God’s very presence in the Temple. “The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she

Coptic Orthodox Church Confirms Ecumenical Dialogue Suspended Due to Rome’s ‘Change of Position’ on Homosexuality

March 11, 2024

VATICAN CITY — The Coptic Orthodox Church has confirmed that its decision last week to suspend dialogue with the Catholic Church was due to Rome’s “change of position” on homosexuality. In a video released on Friday, Coptic Orthodox spokesman Father Moussa Ibrahim said “the most notable” of

The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Prophecies of Rebirth

March 9, 2024

Once, in Israel’s wilderness wanderings, Moses put a bronze serpent on a pole and lifted it up for the healing of God’s people. Why does Jesus compare Himself to that serpent? Gospel (Read Jn 3:14-21) Today, we read the last part of a conversation Jesus