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Ross Douthat’s final podcast for The New York Times featured a conversation with Bryan Johnson, the wealthy tech bro who has garnered fame for his apostolic labors on behalf of the “Don’t Die” movement. Johnson’s self-proclaimed “war on death” indicates that the human aspiration for transcendence remains vigorous. Unfortunately, like most of his collaborators in ... read more

A synagogue president who has led Assumption University in Massachusetts since 2013 discussed his work as the first Jewish president of a Catholic university. “I never had any hesitation at all about whether being a Jewish president would work—quite the opposite,” Greg Weiner said in an interview. “The divide in society between people who ... read more

The prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments said in an interview that aversion to Latin and Gregorian chant within some sectors of the Church will pass away with the generation of 1968. Nico Spuntoni asked Cardinal Robert Sarah, “Your Eminence, do you believe there is ... read more

A prominent American Jesuit discussed “why I hate the old Latin Mass.” “The old Latin Mass is like a zombie,” said Father Thomas Reese, S.J., in an op-ed published by Religion News Service. “We thought it was dead, but it keeps coming back.” ... read more

A Chinese bishop said that at least ten bishops have been secretly consecrated in China’s Fujian province since the 2018 Sino-Vatican provisional agreement on episcopal appointments. Anthony Clark, PhD, professor of Chinese History at Whitworth University, wrote: During an animated and candid discussion with a Chinese bishop who is unaffiliated with the Patriotic Association ... read more

Detail from "St Augustine in his Cell" (1494) by Sandro Botticelli (Image: Ignatius.com) In the comments to my CWR article on different translations of the Confessions, a reader related the common experience of trying to read Augustine and giving up. “The time to read and digest the Confessions is a monumental task.” ... read more

Over the past few weeks, I have written about a priest from Orange County, California, who has a substantial following on social media and opines on a wide range of religious and political topics. I noticed a month ago that he had published a column on Substack in which he used his mother’s tragic story ... read more

The Church today commemorates the memorial of St. Augustine (354-430), whose rule was adopted by Order of Saint Augustine, to which Pope Leo XIV belongs. ... read more

At the Misas, "literally, at 9 a.m. in the morning, we're singing and praising the Lord in a parking lot," says Fr.  Rick Rodoni. ... read more

The proposed figures "stand tall and alone, adorned with Catholic iconography," wrote one justice. The case will now proceed in a lower state court that is hearing arguments in the 2025 lawsuit.  ... read more

Imagine if the Catholic Church's global infrastructure became one of the world's largest implementation networks for evidence-based child sexual abuse prevention. ... read more

King Harald V of Norway, Europeʼs oldest reigning monarch, died on Aug. 28 at Oslo University Hospital. He was 89.A Requiem Mass for King Harald will be celebrated at St. Olavʼs Cathedral in Trondheim on Aug. 29 at noon, and Lauds and Vespers will also be offered for the late monarch.EWTN Norway is streaming the ... read more

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty thanked four members of Congress for introducing the Right to Worship Act. “Religious liberty is ‘Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,’ and people of faith should be able to attend religious services without fear of intimidation or harassment,” Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, ... read more

The president and secretary-general of the Argentine Episcopal Conference met with Pope Leo XIV on August 27. “The meeting took place in a cordial and affable atmosphere and provided an opportunity to discuss various aspects of the life of the Church in Argentina, as well as to converse about preparations for the Holy Father’s ... read more

The president, vice president, and secretary of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference met with Pope Leo on August 27 for 35 minutes. “We expressed to the Holy Father our communion with the Church in all the dioceses of Portugal, our desire to stand with him and accompany him, and we also renewed the invitation we ... read more