Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Raymond J. de Souza: Putin is using a 'spiritual' lie to further his imperialist aims | National Post

The Vatican’s top official on life issues has said the pope’s decision to launch a new weekly catechesis on “old age” is timely and voiced his belief that the Church itself still struggles with seeing the elderly in a positive light. Church must do better at valuing elderly, Vatican official says | Crux : 

Faith & Reason in a Godless Age: A Cistercian Monk's Powerful Discernment Story -

Opinion | Lent Without Church - The New York Times

'A religious politician': Head of US Ukrainian Orthodox Church slams Moscow Patriarch Kirill, Putin

For many immunosuppressed, churches stopped being a safe place - The Washington Post

Pope condemns ‘diabolical logic’ of use of force in Ukraine | Crux

Welcoming Them Home: 7 Tips For Churches To Reengage Parishioners - Catholic-Link

Pope Francis makes personal appeal in trip to Russian embassy - The Globe and Mail

Opinion | U.S. Policy Must Address Russia's Attack on Ukraine - The New York Times

Russia attacks Ukraine: Putin brandishes nuclear arsenal | CTV News

Putin is after more than land — he wants the religious soul of Ukraine

Ukraine, Russia, and the world: A conversation with George Weigel – Catholic World Report

Pope Francis decries 'folly' of war as tensions grow in Ukraine

Vaccine mandate tensions creep into Church

Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war | Crux

On Ukraine | George Weigel | First Things

Keeping Churchgoers Safe: Strategies for Houses of Worship| National Catholic Register

Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?

For clergy, COVID-19 has brought both burnout and breakthrough

Editorial: Damaging lies

Liquid Catholicism and a Synodal Way | The Catholic Weekly

Botched baptisms roiled Michigan church, including ordination of priest | CTV News

Pope, cardinal look at what ails the priesthood, offer antidotes - Catholic News Service

Opinion | Canada's Trucker Protest Shows a New Class War - The New York Times

The Abuse of Abuse| National Catholic Register

In reforming the priesthood, Pope Francis insists on middle ground

Italian court blocks referendum on assisted suicide | Crux

COVID restriction protests affecting Church in Canada | Crux

Thomas and the New Atheists: Bishop Barron's Thomistic Institute Address - YouTube : 

Pope amends canons to give greater authority to bishops, conferences | National Catholic Reporter

When a priest gets a rite wrong

Munich report on sex abuse heightens Catholic Church divide over sexuality

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Legalizing assisted suicide does not decrease other suicide deaths?

When should scientists proceed with heritable genetic engineering? - BioEdge

No ethical obstacles to artificial gametes, says ethicist - BioEdge

Houses of worship grapple with the future of their online services

Editorial: What is normal?

Pope Francis restructures the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Top canonist warns against dangers of social media for priests | Crux

The Popular Belief That Empties Churches - Turning Point Project

Stephen Colbert in the Catholic Cafeteria on Late-Night | National Review

Nicolas: The meaning of freedom | Montreal Gazette

In new Catholic numbers, an ‘imponderable’ movement shaping history | Crux

Opinion | The Ottawa Trucker Protests Are a Test of Democracy - The New York Times

Pope Francis: The Dying Need Palliative Care, Not Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide| National Catholic Register

Coronavirus: Many faith leaders wary of religious exemption | CTV News

Pope Francis dubs 2025 a 'Holy Year of Hope' | Angelus News

New bill puts conscience rights back in focus

Catholic Social Teaching: An Account of Reality - The Catholic Thing

Does God Pick the Pope? [implied, Did God Pick Pope Francis]? by Jimmy Akin – Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Benedict woes come as German church reform pressure rises

We need to depoliticize prayer

Archbishop Gänswein: Movement Wants to Destroy Benedict XVI’s Life and Work| National Catholic Register

Kristopher Kinsinger: The end to limits on religious gatherings can’t come soon enough | National Post

Harry Rakowski: Whether at truckers' protests, or in Parliament, we need to listen to each other | National Post

Four things to look for in Francis’ reform of curia

When in Doubt the Go-To Principle

Fourth Anglican bishop in a year joins Catholic Church in UK | Crux

Ottawa basilica cancels Masses due to Freedom Convoy protest

Benedict XVI takes confessional tone in response to allegations of abuse coverup

Pope Francis to Priests: Don’t ‘Remain Barricaded in the Sacristy’| National Catholic Register

Robert Kinghorn: The lethal absence of hope

Editorial: Bishops, take a bow

As workers seek to unionize, some clergy are filling a crucial role

A New Pope in 2022? The Cardinals Most Likely to Be Elected After Pope Francis -

The Evangelizing Power of Beer - Catholic Stand

What Did Pope Francis Say About Sinners, Baptism and the Communion of Saints?| National Catholic Register

Russia-Ukraine Crisis Is a Moral Problem| National Catholic Register

Francis Collins on COVID-19 politics: ‘The culture war is literally killing people’

Communion war returns with dueling op-eds by Las Vegas bishop and pro-choice Catholic politician | America Magazine

Facing dropping numbers and cultural backlash, Pope urges religious to find joy | Crux

What Whoopi Goldberg got wrong about the Holocaust

Quitting online church is abandoning the one for the 99

Pastoral Care for Climate Displaced People | La Civilta Cattolica

Firebrand Texas bishop tests limits of conservative Catholic dissent

The Lonely Crowd: Churches Dying Due to No Friends

Fake Saint Thomas Aquinas Quote. How to Detect Fake Quotes. – The American Catholic

Pope Francis to Italy’s Tax Agency: Public Money Should Serve the Common Good| National Catholic Register

The lesson for Catholic bishops from Benedict report: Apologize, apologize, apologize