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George Weigel delivers the opening address at a conference hosted by the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in anticipation of the canonization of John Henry Newman.

Eco-theology of a liberationist sort intersects at Synod-2019 with what can only be described as a kind of embarrassment at the history of evangelization in Latin America.

George Weigel talks about the shift from man as "ruler" of creation to "guest" on Earth, and Anna Halpine of the World Youth Alliance talks about the Human Dignity Curriculum and Fertility Education and Medical Management.

Mary Rice Hasson writes about the topic of "women" which has surfaced regularly in discussions at the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonia Region.

So. . . . The greatest headline from yesterday: "Pachamama sleeps with the fishes."

Is the problem really that there aren't enough priests? Or, is the problem at least partly that the priests we do have are in the wrong places?

The church "called to be ever more synodal," to be "made flesh" and "incarnated" in existing cultures, is a Bergoglian church. And this church, not to put too fine a point on it, is not the Catholic Church. It is a false church.

"I expect this will cause a bit of heartburn at the Civiltà Cattolica," a man who writes about Church affairs recently remarked to a colleague.

The breakdown of marriage hurts the poor especially. It should be seen as the social justice issue of our time.

Media reports have detailed a string of allegations made against McCarrick since the announcement of a Vatican investigation in June 2018.

Ostensibly his resignation was a consequence of the leaking of the names of five suspended Vatican officials, but sources tell the Register it was actually triggered by other issues.

When, where, and how are not as important as just doing it.

I would love to go to daily Mass every day, but it isn't what God is asking of me right now. He's asking for me to give myself — my whole self — in a very different way.

There is no one who cannot contribute to the spiritual good of his neighbor by giving the example of a life which is integrally Christian: holding to the principles one has professed and faithfully fulfilling one's duties.

Pope Francis canonized four women — a stigmatist, a mystic, a Roman orphan, and Nobel Peace prize nominee — alongside John Henry Newman.

Allegiance to an ideology like political correctness, or simply the desire to be on the "cutting edge," can be self-defeating.

A new book profiles the rigors and achievements of New York City's Success Academy.

"I don't see celibacy as a main problem, the problem is we need more ordained. There is a lack of holiness and scandals which prevent people from following the path [to vocation]."

Seven points of caution for those who support or hope for possible alterations to the requirement of clerical celibacy in the Latin Church.

An espousal to Jesus Christ is a marriage that endures even in heaven, and spiritual motherhood means an ever-expanding family, welcoming and nurturing the spiritual lives of many.

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