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1 week ago | 
us2.campaign-archive.com | Matthew Nelson |Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson |Casey Chalk
The use of human “bodyoids”: an alarming proposal By Matthew Nelson on May 30, 2025 04:00 amMany of us know someone—and perhaps that “someone” is you—whose life depended on an organ transplant. Many also know how challenging it can be to procure a needed organ and receive it in time for Read in browser » Why was “Joan of Arc” Mark Twain’s favorite among all his many books?
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson
(Image: Rodrigo dos Reis / Unsplash.com)The Catholic Education Foundation is hosting its 11th annual seminar on the role of the priest in today’s Catholic school from July 15-17, 2025, at The Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson
Priests put their hands on the heads of newly ordained priests during an ordination Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)Editor’s note: This homily was delivered at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, on May 11, 2025, World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson
Blue Bloods, RIPThe very popular show is about a family deeply rooted in their patriotism, passion, love of family–and their Catholic Faith. So, why was it canceled? (Image: Wikipedia)Being a multi-tasker by nature (and habit), I often turn on the telly for some mindless entertainment while I do some writing or editing.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas
Laudetur Jesus Christus. Sia lodato Gesù Cristo. Loué soit Jésus-Christ. Garbe Jezui Kristui. Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus. Alabado sea Jesucristo. Slava Isusu Kristu. Praised be Jesus Christ. “Vere dignum et justum est.” Yes, how right it is to praise the Lord and Messiah in every tongue known to man, especially on this night referred to by St. Paul as “when the time had fully come” [Gal 4:4], that time when God made a unity of the entire human race.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas
Note: The following homily was preached on the Fourth Sunday of Advent (extraordinary form), December 22, 2024, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson
Detail from a 15th-century icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Gregoriou Monastery, Mount Athos. (Image: Wikipedia)Note: This homily was preached on December 6, 2024, the memorial of St. Nicholas, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. I would like to dedicate my homily this evening to the loving memory of our dearly departed Father Nicholas Gregoris. May this feast be the occasion for him to have a sacra conversatio with his holy patron, whom he so loved.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Robert Barron
(Image: Carl E. Olson)By now, most readers will have heard about the whiplash emanating from the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, as Bishop Shawn McKnight’s decree of October 28 on liturgical music was revoked by November 5. The original document arose from the Ordinary’s desire to fulfill his pastoral responsibility to ensure that the lex orandi truly reflected the lex credendi or, put otherwise, whether the former was reinforcing or weakening the latter.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Catherine Harmon
Lamenting the messy papal Mass in BelgiumPapal liturgies are supposed to be solemn events, exemplars for all and edifying. This one failed on those scores. Papal Mass at the King Baudouin Stadium in Belgium, on September 29, 2024. (Image: YouTube still / EWTN News)On Sunday, September 29, Pope Francis concluded his apostolic visit to Belgium with a Mass at the King Beaudoin Stadium.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Peter M.J. Stravinskas |Carl Olson
On Archangels and the greatest miracleTo ward off the assaults of Satan–both internal and external–we need to have recourse to the powerful intercession of St. Michael the Archangel. Statue of the Archangel Michael (us.fotolia.com/scaliger)Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J.
