CNA Columns

The Portiuncula Chapel on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

The Common Thread

Guest Columnist

Dec 10, 2021

By Father Dave Pivonka, TOR

The priests and brothers of the Franciscan Third Order Regular who founded Franciscan University of Steubenville believed the school would... Read more

Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green.

This bishop braves the Australian Outback daily to care for his Catholics

CNA Newsroom

Dec 6, 2021

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green leads the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes in the Australian Outback. He tells us about the extraordinary challenges and... Read more

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A Fair Shake for Parental Choice?

Russell Shaw

Dec 2, 2021

By Russell Shaw

Four years ago, in a case from Missouri, a majority of justices of the Supreme Court agreed that a Lutheran... Read more

Protestors hold signs at the 2020 March of Life.

End of the line for Roe v. Wade?

Russell Shaw

Nov 22, 2021

By Russell Shaw

Starting Dec. 1, the nine justices of the Supreme Court will begin work in earnest on what already looks to... Read more

Black Elk (L) and Elk of the Oglala Lakota (R) 1887. Public Domain.

The powerful witness of Native American Catholics

CNA Newsroom

Nov 22, 2021

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Pablo Tac was a young Luiseño Indian man who wished to become a missionary priest. A petition to open his... Read more

Cover of "The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art" by Elizabeth Lev.

This is the book you need to finish out the Year of St. Joseph

Book Reviews2

Nov 15, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

Bringing her unique eye for the best of Catholic art, a renowned art scholar has put together a book honoring... Read more

Mother Angelica. Photo courtesy EWTN.

Renew your call to be holy with Mother Angelica this Advent

Book Reviews2

Nov 9, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

Mother Angelica, the foundress of EWTN and the EWTN Family, fascinated audiences with her ability to address in plain language... Read more

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National (Dis)unity

Russell Shaw

Nov 4, 2021

By Russell Shaw

Are the bonds of American national unity becoming dangerously frayed? To judge from a steady stream of books, op ed... Read more

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How to bring back the joy of courtship to strengthen Catholic marriages

Book Reviews2

Oct 28, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

How much would your marriage benefit if someone would plan for you one date of emotional and spiritual intimacy?  Dana... Read more

Msgr. Stephen Rossetti.

Diary of an Exorcist

CNA Newsroom

Oct 25, 2021

By Kate Olivera,Jonah McKeown

Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has been an exorcist in the Archdiocese of Washington for more than a dozen years. He shares... Read more

William Blake's 'Dante and Virgil before the Angelic Guardian of the Gate of Purgatory' (1826-7)

Why Purgatory?

Russell Shaw

Oct 21, 2021

By Russell Shaw

Coming just after Hell and just before Heaven, the second of the three books that make up Dante’s Divine Comedy... Read more

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Is there a Catholic way to deal with the current financial world?

Book Reviews2

Oct 20, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

As the financial world becomes more complex, and ways to make money - from shorting stocks to acquiring crypto currency... Read more

Organizers and a limited number of participants march in the 48th annual March for Life in Washington D.C., Jan. 29, 2021.

Roe v Wade: Unconstitutional and Unjust

Guest Columnist

Oct 12, 2021

By Dr. Patrick Lee

The Supreme Court, in the Dobbs v Jackson case, will soon decide whether or not to reverse Roe v Wade,... Read more

Molly Burhans presents one of her maps to Pope Francis and Cardinal Peter Turkson (center) at the Vatican during summer 2018.

Mapping the Catholic Church, Healing the Earth

CNA Newsroom

Oct 11, 2021

By Jonah McKeown,Kate Olivera

This week on the podcast, we'll talk to Molly Burhans, a Catholic scientist and mapmaker who is using high-tech maps... Read more

Dr. Jérôme Lejeune (1926-1994). Credit: Fondation Jérôme Lejeune via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The French geneticist that renounced to a Nobel Prize to defend the unborn is on his way to sainthood

Book Reviews2

Oct 11, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

Ignatius Press has released the biography of one of the most brave and kind prolife heroes, French geneticist Jérôme Lejeune,... Read more

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The trilogy of illustrated books that should be in every Catholic Household

Book Reviews2

Oct 11, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

We Catholics know that the three theological virtues are not only “very important.” They are our only path to salvation.... Read more

St. John Paul II.

Spreading the Thinking of Pope John Paul II

Russell Shaw

Oct 7, 2021

By Russell Shaw

It’s sometimes said Pope St. John Paul II was the most intellectually gifted occupant of the See of Peter ever,... Read more

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Is the US on the verge of becoming a country of many saints?

Book Reviews2

Oct 6, 2021

By Alejandro Bermudez

With a growing number of causes of canonization finding their way to the Holy See, the United States could become... Read more

"A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege" by Father Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., and "The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice" by Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.

Two new books aim to provide anti-racism reflections, resources for Catholics

Book Reviews2

Oct 6, 2021

By Autumn Jones

This year, two Catholic religious published books about combating racism from a Catholic perspective. Father Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M, encourages... Read more

A statue of St. Junipero Serra outside the California capitol in Sacramento, which was destroyed by a mob July 4, 2020.

California governor's signing AB 338 into law does more harm than good

Guest Columnist

Sep 28, 2021

By Christian Clifford

On September 24, 2021, Governor Newsom (D-CA), signed into law Assembly Bill 338. It easily passed both houses of the... Read more