Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:

Almost 50 years after the Church published the new Rite of Consecrated Virginity, the Vatican has issued an instruction on the state of life, its discipline, and the responsibilities of diocesan bishops toward the vocation of consecrated virgins.

Now, according to the plain terms of ESI, the Blessed Virgin Mary would not be eligible for admission to the order of virgins, but Mary Magdalene would be eligible.

The Archbishop of Adelaide was given a 12-month sentence after being convicted in May of failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse disclosed to him in the 1970s.

The Vatican finds this Italian boy "worthy of imitation," as well as a young girl from Opus Dei and a seminarian.

This is a very simple restoration in many regards, but a very effective one that has placed the altar back where it belongs: in the centre.

Barrett is careful, conscientious, civil, and charitable, and blessed with an unusual combination of decency, grace under pressure, kindness, rigor, and judgment. If nominated and confirmed, she would be an outstanding justice, committed to the rule of law and to the faithful performance of her judicial duty.

If Kavanaugh's views were adopted by other courts, then other frivolous claims attacking religion in the public square would have a better chance of being heard in federal courts.

Congratulations to President Trump on his decision to nominate D.C. Circuit judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. I very much look forward to Justice Kavanaugh.

Religious diversity among people in positions of influence and authority is all to the good in this nation of many faiths. The overriding consideration is that our justices be faithful constitutionalists.

Pete Docter, the man behind Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Inside Out, and Up takes the helm.

What HRC did is akin to "swatting," the terrifying harassment tactic of deceiving law enforcement into sending a large number of armed officers to someone's address when there is no such emergency.

There are two types of anti-Christian persecution. The first is overt. The second is "polite persecution disguised as culture, disguised as modernity, disguised as progress."

Humans have a need to get people to endorse their immoral conduct in order to lighten the burden of guilt and insecurity — and if someone is in the position to do so, he will not hesitate to use force.

It will not always be easy but I know that a lifetime of marriage is possible and worth every effort.

With a worldly spirit, we find ourselves like Esau, giving up our inheritance just so we can enjoy earthly pleasures all the more freely.

From the monastic practice of brewing we learn the importance of self-sufficiency and local economy, the need to craft quality products, preserving the traditions of our culture, and ordering our work to the glory of God.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

"The sword which, having being plunged into the stone, becomes a cross; this is a true symbol of the Christian life — the transformation of violence into love."

He embodied his own definition of the true teacher and his twofold task: "To reflect the totality of truth and, in a constantly inquiring meditation, to discover and point out wherein lies the relevance of truth to his own time."

If using exact language to avoid confusion is what we expect from our religious leaders, then I think we're in the wrong religion because the guy who started it all didn't seem to agree with that notion.