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The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary.

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/14/2026 > court-says-chicago-archdiocese-catholic-sisters-wont-have-to-submit-to-state-suicide-law

Court says Chicago Archdiocese, Catholic sisters won???t have to submit to state suicide law

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (46+ words) Daniel Payne, EWTN News on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Catholic objectors will be shielded from the law while a federal lawsuit plays out against the state policy. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage Mission San Luis Obispo “Lux Aeterna” by…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/14/2026 > third-party-punishment-is-not-catholic

???Third-Party??? Punishment is Not Catholic

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (324+ words) Casey Chalk on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Church offers a different way of understanding correction, a truly Christian ethic based on a proper anthropology, an understanding of human weakness, of repentance, forgiveness, and redemption that enables us to overcome errors. It…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/12/2026 > a-century-of-catholic-education

A Century of Catholic Education

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (468+ words) James P. MacGuire on Saturday, September 12, 2026 In 1896, Episcopal clergyman John Byron Diman founded St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. It became one of the so-called Saint Grottlesex schools, that name being a portmanteau of St. George’s, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Groton,…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/11/2026 > evangelization-under-attack-has-the-church-forgotten-its-mission

Evangelization Under Attack??? Has the Church Forgotten Its Mission?

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (111+ words) The Catholic Thing on Friday, September 11, 2026 Why is evangelization under attack in the Catholic Church? As secularization grows, some Church voices are questioning the need to actively persuade others, while Catholics themselves increasingly debate what it means to proclaim the…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/09/2026 > how-the-carthusians-resisted-the-reformation

How the Carthusians resisted the Reformation

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (58+ words) Victoria Sands, History Today on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The consequences of Carthusian defiance showed the brutality of the dissolution of the monasteries. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s Heaven in Stone and Glass – in theaters on…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/09/2026 > bishop-consecrated-to-fill-chinese-diocese-vacant-for-25-years

Bishop consecrated to fill Chinese diocese vacant for 25 years

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (66+ words) Michael Haynes, The Catholic Herald on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Bishop Yang now assumes leadership of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, although questions about his links with the Communist party are prominent. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/08/2026 > on-the-feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary

On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (201+ words) St. Andrew of Crete on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth of the Mother of…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 09/07/2026 > the-rot-goes-deeper

The rot goes deeper

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (77+ words) Diane Montagna on Monday, September 7, 2026 What happens when a ruling from Rome reaches a diocesan chancery declaring that its suspension of a priest was “invalid,” and chancery officials choose not to tell its clergy and faithful what Rome has decided?...

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thecatholicthing.org > 08/24/2026 > synodality-will-kill-catholicism

Synodality Will Kill Catholicism

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (325+ words) Brad Miner on Monday, August 24, 2026 The vagueness we’ve seen so far in the synodal process has not been incidental. It’s a feature, not a bug. After multiple synodal gatherings, the Church still has no fixed definition of synodality – only descriptions of…...

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thecatholicthing.org > 08/20/2026 > three-u-s-based-leaders-named-to-dicastery-for-promoting-integral-human-development

Three U.S.-based leaders named to Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (60+ words) Simone Orendain, OSV News on Thursday, August 20, 2026 Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based individuals, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. How not to read the story of the…...