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Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You - SF Archdiocese

A pastoral letter on the human dignity of the unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in public life.

Pentecost is known as the "birthday" of the Catholic Church, as it marks the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.

"Regarding dialogue, as bishops, with [pro-abortion] Catholic leaders in political and secular life on the national level," says the Archbishop of San Francisco in an interview with CWR, "I think we've pretty much reached the point of exhaustion."

As an editor, a writer, and a reader, I cherish clarity of expression. As a Catholic, I am appalled by the abuses of language — the pretense, the confusion, the obfuscation, and even the outright deceit — that I see in many recent pronouncements from our Church leadership.

When a Catholic leaves the Church because he is scandalized by heresy, sexual abuse, and the like, this is like fleeing the scene when one’s mother is being attacked, lest one suffer harm oneself.

If we have a calling in life, it is because someone has called us. God calls each of us by name to a specific path of holiness and service to others. Important as professional success may be, the only success of ultimate importance is holiness. The only real tragedy in life is not to have been a saint.

The vaccine industry has a longstanding and troubling connection to the abortion industry, and that connection continues strong today.

Do Hamas's supporters in the West know what this organisation really stands for?

The May 17 attack occurred days after Nigerian military personnel conducted aerial strikes across locations believed to be occupied by bandits in Kaduna State.

Two Catholic doctors with unblemished records of service have been severely reprimanded by the General Medical Council for providing abortion pill reversal treatment.

One of the adornments of American Catholicism turned 90 on May 21: Dr. Paul R. McHugh, longtime head of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and a healer after the heart of the Divine Physician.

Put these books on your summer reading list if your relationship could use some transformation.

New Imago Dei mastermind retreats combine spiritual renewal with professional growth, helping women dare boldly within a supportive community.

The role of Catholic censors in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s is both a success story of the power of unified Catholic activism and a cautionary tale of the reduction of culture to moralism.

Watch a virtual time-lapse recreation of the construction of Notre Dame, begun in 1160 and mostly completed one hundred years later, though building continued into the 14th century — a jaw-dropping time scale in an era when towering new buildings go up in a matter of weeks.