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The Catholic Thing is a daily column rooted in the richest cultural tradition in the world, i.e., the concrete historical reality of Catholicism.
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Join well-known theologian and author Edward Sri for weekly insights on understanding and living out the Catholic faith. Delve deeper into the Bible, prayer time, virtue, relationships, marriage and family and culture with practical reflections on all things Catholic. Don't just go through the motions. Live as an intentional Catholic, a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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by Dominic V. Cassella. As a Byzantine Catholic, I can always tell if someone has little exposure to the Eastern Christian tradition because of two things. One, when they visit a Byzantine Church, they will genuflect when entering the pew - while many Eastern Catholics will make a bow with the sign of the cross. And two, they will kneel during the …
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By Auguste Meyrat. In any discussion about the foundational cities of Western civilization, most scholars would name Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome. Jerusalem was the birthplace of the great monotheistic religions that defined the West's spirituality, morality, and civic culture. Athens was the origin of the West's intellectual and artistic traditions…
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by Francis X. Maier This is a column about Betty and Les Ruppersberger. To the eye, they look like any other ordinary married couple. And in a way, they are like other ordinary couples. Keep them in your memory because I'll come back to them in a moment. But first, consider the following. One of the most vivid chapters in Scripture is Genesis 18. I…
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by Michael Pakaluk It happens almost without fail that when I try to insert an old-style USB plug into a socket for it, I get it the wrong way. Moreover, when I say to myself, "I am probably inserting it the wrong way once again. Therefore, this time I will reverse what I intended to do," and then flip it, I invariably discover that I did have it t…
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I'm a Luddite: Should My Students Be Too?
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by Daniel B. Gallagher. I'm a Luddite, but I can't turn a blind eye to how deeply technology has affected my teaching. On the one hand, it's hard to imagine a greater gift to the humanities than the Internet. Not only can you pull up classical texts in readable transcriptions, you can instantly access high-resolution images of those texts in manusc…
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Indulgences aren't magic, so how exactly do they work? By sharing practical examples, Dr. Sri explains the teachings of the Catholic Church regarding indulgences, focusing on the double consequence of sin, and clarifying how devotions and spiritual exercises heal our souls and help us overcome our attachment to sin. Whether it's a pilgrimage, praye…
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By Anthony Esolen. I have been committing Paradise Lost to memory - in emulation of a farmer who lived one big field over from a professor of mine, the medievalist George Kane, when George was a boy in Saskatchewan. Yes, I know what Milton thought of the Catholic Church. But Paradise Lost is still the greatest single poem in English, and I find Mil…
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By Robert Royal. A high-placed Cardinal complained this past week that some people - particularly some traditional Catholics - are hoping that Pope Francis will die. There are such Catholics, and their open disrespect for the successor of Peter, whatever his record, is simply wrong. But the way that they and the whole world take notice when the Pop…
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By Fr. Paul D. Scalia. But first a note from Robert Royal: As we make this posting, Pope Francis's condition is being described as critical by the Vatican. We encourage all our readers to pray for the Holy Father. Now for today's column... There's a little bit of Thomas Jefferson in each of us. A scary thought. He infamously cut and pasted verses f…
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by Father Raymond J. de Souza. The feast of the "Apostles of the Slavs" - Saints Cyril and Methodius" - is observed liturgically on 14th February and not at all culturally, as schoolchildren draw valentines instead and their fathers buy flowers. No harm done. If the feast of the holy brothers had an octave, this year's would be remembered as bringi…
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By David Warren. There is a joke I remembered from my senior childhood, itself a large number of years ago: "I want to die in peace and tranquility, like my grandfather. Not screaming and panicking, like his passengers." Well, my own maternal grandpa was a railway engineer, or as we say today "a train driver." I hasten to point out that he did not …
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By Stephen P. White. But first a note: Be sure to tune in tonight - Thursday, February 20th at 8 PM Eastern - to EWTN for a new episode of the Papal Posse on 'The World Over.' TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal and contributor Fr. Gerald E. Murray will join host Raymond Arroyo to discuss Pope Francis' health crisis, the participation of an Anglican w…
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By Brad Miner. COSTARD O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon. from Love's Labours Lost, Act 5, Scene 2 I begin by drawing the reader's attention to that nearly impossibl…
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The Biblical Roots of the Jubilee Year
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Do you find yourself feeling trapped? This year marks a Jubilee Year in the Church, a time that offers us unique graces for experiencing the freedom and healing that God desires for each one of us. Dr. Sri unpacks the Biblical roots of the Jubilee Year and explains how Jesus fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah 61 by releasing us from our sins and wound…
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By Randall Smith. I don't suppose I'm the only one who has noticed that, on immigration, Americans are largely talking past one another. By that, I don't mean merely that they disagree, which they do - with a vengeance. I mean that the arguments of the two sides are incommensurable, making any agreement or compromise inconceivable. Let me illustrat…
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The Church's Dysfunctional Culture of "Respect and Obedience"
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By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky. Subservience is ever ancient, ever new. In that respect, the hierarchy of the Church is not much different than the hierarchies of business and government. But servile obedience can foster a culture of self-destructive tyranny even within the institutional Church. By God's design, the Church is a hierarchy, not a democracy. T…
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By David G. Bonagura, Jr. It's the paradigmatic statement of belief in the twenty-first century: "I'm spiritual but not religious." That captures both man's irrepressible longing for the supernatural and today's individualistic distrust of institutions. And all the data report the same: church attendance is down and 28 percent of Americans are reli…
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By Fr. Gerald Murray. Pope Francis' Letter to the Bishops of the United States on what he describes as "the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations" is plainly meant as a rebuke of President Trump's vigorous enforcement of United States immigration law. Yet implicit in the pope's …
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By Michael Pakaluk. Should Catholics celebrate Saint Valentine's Day? The best recommendation for celebrating it at all, I think, is that in our tradition three different martyred saints have been called "Valentine," and the feast day for all three of them is February 14th. At least so states the Catholic Encyclopedia, in an article by judicious sc…
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Fr. Brian A. Graebe. But first a note: Be sure to tune in tonight- Thursday, February 13th at 8 PM Eastern - to EWTN for a new episode of the Papal Posse on 'The World Over.' TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal and contributor Fr. Gerald E. Murray will join host Raymond Arroyo to discuss the health of Pope Francis, the pope's reaction to the immigrati…
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By Francis X. Maier. Earlier this month, in its regular Artificial Intelligence section, the Wall Street Journal ran a 2,000-word feature - for a newspaper, that's serious ink - on the AI program "FutureYou." Developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), FutureYou allows you to talk with your 80-year-old self. It also (regrettably) …
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The Graces of the Rosary (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
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The Rosary is a powerful source of grace, peace, and conversion. Dr. Sri welcomes Fr. Mark-Mary Ames to discuss the profound impact of praying the Rosary and the inspiration behind the Rosary in a Year podcast. They explore our challenges while praying the Rosary and offer practical advice for families, individuals, and beginners trying to incorpor…
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by Anthony Esolen. One of our neighbors in Canada, where we live for part of the year, is thinking of buying the cottage next door, the homestead of an old man who isn't in good health and who hasn't been to that house in a long time. In 2005, when we were new to the neighborhood, I helped him and some men he had hired to shingle his roof, knowing …
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By Robert Royal. An ancient Greek legend tells of Alexander the Great confronting the Gordian Knot, which no one could untie. An oracle prophesied that whoever untied it would rule the East. Alexander drew his sword and cut it in half. In another version, the knot was tied around a chariot pole; Alexander slipped the pole out, and that did the tric…
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By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. But first a note: The following column by the late, great Fr. James Schall (one of the founders of this site) appeared here on August 29, 2017, in slightly different form. We thought readers might appreciate being reminded of some Catholic wisdom about a much-misunderstood subject on this Super Sunday. Now for today's c…
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