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Bishop Conley’s Cure For Cultural Amnesia: Get Lost in the World of Literature
Literature evokes wonder. COMMENTARY: Great Books and the Humanities Prompt Us to ‘Look Up’ With Wonder
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What is ‘papal infallibility?’ CNA explains an often-misunderstood Church teaching
When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, …
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The Left Gave Up God—Now They’ve Picked Up Guns
The country is living through a spiritual vacuum of its own making, carved out by decades of nihilism dressed up as liberation. A culture that once anchored itself to God …
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Vatican II at 60
Undated photo of St. Peter’s Basilica during Second Vatican Council. (Lothar Wolleh/Wikipedia) Today is the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council—and one can be excused perhaps …
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How to Respond When Someone Says, ‘I’m Spiritual, Not Religious’
Cover of ‘Family Faith Under Fire: Practical Answers to Everyday Challenges’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi An excerpt from ‘Family Faith Under Fire’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi
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Bowing Before the Mystery: The Unity of Kneeling at Mass
The Catholic Church has always acknowledged the posture of kneeling as something uniquely beautiful within the context of the Holy Mass, a gesture that speaks more deeply than words. Kneeling …
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CWN closed for feast of the Immaculate Conception (CWN)
The offices of CWN are closed on Monday, December 8, so that our staff can celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Mary’s Immaculate Conception, explained by the Saints
Detail from “The Immaculate Conception” (1767-69) by by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, in the Museo del Prado, Spain. (Wikipedia) The world was shocked when Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of …
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Why is the Immaculate Conception patroness of the United States?
By Kate Olivera CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 04:00 am Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th century. …
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Parsing Supreme Court arguments in crisis pregnancy centers case
“No one has the right to inhibit the right to association of donors with organizations they favor by threatening subpoenas that would disclose their personal information,” writes Michael Sean Winters.