CNA Columns
End of the line for Roe v. Wade?
Starting Dec. 1, the nine justices of the Supreme Court will begin work in earnest on what already looks to... Read more
The powerful witness of Native American Catholics
Pablo Tac was a young Luiseño Indian man who wished to become a missionary priest. A petition to open his... Read more
This is the book you need to finish out the Year of St. Joseph
Bringing her unique eye for the best of Catholic art, a renowned art scholar has put together a book honoring... Read more
Renew your call to be holy with Mother Angelica this Advent
Mother Angelica, the foundress of EWTN and the EWTN Family, fascinated audiences with her ability to address in plain language... Read more
National (Dis)unity
Are the bonds of American national unity becoming dangerously frayed? To judge from a steady stream of books, op ed... Read more
How to bring back the joy of courtship to strengthen Catholic marriages
How much would your marriage benefit if someone would plan for you one date of emotional and spiritual intimacy? Dana... Read more
Diary of an Exorcist
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has been an exorcist in the Archdiocese of Washington for more than a dozen years. He shares... Read more
Why Purgatory?
Coming just after Hell and just before Heaven, the second of the three books that make up Dante’s Divine Comedy... Read more
Is there a Catholic way to deal with the current financial world?
As the financial world becomes more complex, and ways to make money - from shorting stocks to acquiring crypto currency... Read more
Roe v Wade: Unconstitutional and Unjust
The Supreme Court, in the Dobbs v Jackson case, will soon decide whether or not to reverse Roe v Wade,... Read more
Mapping the Catholic Church, Healing the Earth
This week on the podcast, we'll talk to Molly Burhans, a Catholic scientist and mapmaker who is using high-tech maps... Read more
The French geneticist that renounced to a Nobel Prize to defend the unborn is on his way to sainthood
Ignatius Press has released the biography of one of the most brave and kind prolife heroes, French geneticist Jérôme Lejeune,... Read more
The trilogy of illustrated books that should be in every Catholic Household
We Catholics know that the three theological virtues are not only “very important.” They are our only path to salvation.... Read more
Spreading the Thinking of Pope John Paul II
It’s sometimes said Pope St. John Paul II was the most intellectually gifted occupant of the See of Peter ever,... Read more
Is the US on the verge of becoming a country of many saints?
With a growing number of causes of canonization finding their way to the Holy See, the United States could become... Read more
Two new books aim to provide anti-racism reflections, resources for Catholics
This year, two Catholic religious published books about combating racism from a Catholic perspective. Father Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M, encourages... Read more
California governor's signing AB 338 into law does more harm than good
On September 24, 2021, Governor Newsom (D-CA), signed into law Assembly Bill 338. It easily passed both houses of the... Read more
What’s it like to be Catholic at Harvard?
Harvard University’s more than 40 chaplains elected an atheist, humanist “chief chaplain” last month. We talk with one of Harvard’s... Read more
After 'Roe'
In a long, somewhat rambling piece about the bishops and abortion appearing in the September Commonweal, Peter Steinfels makes a... Read more
How Pope Francis changed Iraq
Iraq is a country where people of different faiths have coexisted for thousands of years, but in recent decades, conflict... Read more
