Catholic Culture

Halloween, Cardinal Eijk, and the (less famous) NAC

By JD Flynn, The Pillar, October 31, 2023 Happy everybody, Happy Halloween! In fact, let’s start there. There’s no way around it, today is Halloween, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. I know there are Catholics who are uncomfortable with the celebration of... read more

13,241 People Were Euthanized in Canada in 2022, Setting New Record

By Alex Schadenberg, LifeNews.com, October 25, 2023 Health Canada recently released the Fourth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (2022). The data is gathered from the reports submitted by the medical or nurse practitioners who carried out the death. There is no... read more

Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet

By Julia Harte, Reuters, October 23, 2023 Commissioners in Lubbock County, Texas, on Monday voted to outlaw the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion, part of a strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned... read more

Does it really matter whether we dress nicely or not?

The truth is that our bodies and souls are inextricably linked. This means that the way we dress our bodies matters because our souls matter. By Fr. Michael Rennier, Aletia, October 22, 2023 One of the many laugh-out-loud moments in The Code of the... read more

How to Build a Catholic Town

By W. Ignatius Matthews, OnePeterFive, October 12, 2023 St Marys, Kansas is a small town. This small town may well be the capital of the Catholic English-speaking world as Kennedy Hall has called it. This town has undergone immense changes in the last 45 years as Catholics determined to give... read more

You can take Italians out of church, but not the church out of Italians

By John L. Allen, Jr., Crux, August 22, 2023 VALLECORSA, Italy – According to the most recent data from ISTAT, Italy’s national statistics bureau, the share of Italians who go to Mass on a regular basis reached a depressing new low in 2022. Only 18.8 percent now say they attend Mass at... read more

The Ultimate Horror Movie Is Really About Heaven and Hell

By Matthew Walter, New York Times, August 12, 2023 Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. It is one of those strange accidents of history that the best film ever made about the Roman Catholic Church was directed by a Jewish... read more

Postmodern ‘Barbie’: Grown-Ups Playing Badly With Kids’ Toys

FILM REVIEW: There are lots of pretty things to look at, but this movie is hobbled by its need to be liked. By Barbara Nicolosi, National Catholic Register, August 5, 2023 From a film theory standpoint, a delineator of a postmodern movie is the exhuming of cherished icons from the past,... read more

Hitler, the Holy See, and a historic treaty: The Reichskonkordat at 90

The agreement between the German Reich and the Holy See in Rome was signed on July 20, 1933. | Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R24391|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 de By AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency, July 20, 2023 On Thursday, July 20, the Catholic Church marks the 90th anniversary of a deal made in... read more

UPDATED “Crowdfunded Christian Movie “Sound of Freedom” Hits $100 Mil*, Tops “Mission Impossible” Wednesday.

By Roger Friedman, Showbiz 411, July 19, 2023 THURS MORNING UPDATE: “Sound of Freedom” narrowly beat “Mission Impossible” last night and took the top position at this morning’s box office. Technically. It’s time for an audit to figure out what went on here. Also,... read more

‘Great Adventure With Christ’: Catholic Summer Camps for Kids and Teens Offer Spiritual Nourishment and Time in God’s Creation

Looking for a way that your Catholic kids can learn more about the faith and get in touch with nature? If so, these options may be the best fit for your youth this summer. By Elaine Gunthorpe, National Catholic Register, June 25, 2023 Catholic summer camps are incorporating an... read more