Blessed Fulton Sheen’s ever timely tips on public speaking
Heed the oratorical guidance from the master orator.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/29/blessed-fulton-sheens-ever-timely-tips-on-public-speaking/
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Bishop Varden urges balanced approach to immigration and national identity
Norwegian bishop warns against ethnic purity and hostility to strangers, while stressing migrants’ duties to respect the heritage and laws of their adopted countries.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/29/bishop-varden-urges-balanced-approach-to-immigration-and-national-identity/
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A Modest Proposal for a Grand Ecumenical Gesture
Randall Smith: Rather than allowing sacred spaces to become secular venues, the Anglican hierarchy should return pre-Reformation churches to their original Catholic owners.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/29/a-modest-proposal-for-a-grand-ecumenical-gesture/
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/28/pope-leo-draws-800000-people-to-central-paris-for-open-air-mass-on-iconic-square/
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Oldest Little Daughter, Arise
Fr. Benedict Kiely: Pope Leo's Paris visit highlights a vibrant, youth-led Catholic revival that defies centuries of secularism.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/28/oldest-little-daughter-arise/
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Blessed Fulton Sheen, a new patron saint for writers?
A gifted writer who was willing to devote his writings to uncomfortable truths, Sheen intentionally wrote for the general public, but he didn’t dumb down his message.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/28/blessed-fulton-sheen-a-new-patron-saint-for-writers/
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Be a Sinner, not a Hypocrite
Fr. Paul D. Scalia: In the face of division and sin, true Christian integrity requires a constant orientation to the truth and continual repentance.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/27/be-a-sinner-not-a-hypocrite/
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Seven ways to make a Holy Hour like Blessed Archbishop Sheen
He called those sixty minutes ‘an hour of companionship.’
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/25/seven-ways-to-make-a-holy-hour-like-blessed-archbishop-sheen/
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A conversation with Bonnie Engstrom, mother of Fulton Sheen’s ‘miracle baby’
Bonnie’s son, James Fulton, is the recipient of the miracle that was approved by the Vatican and Pope Francis in 2019 that has allowed for Fulton Sheen to be beatified
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/25/a-conversation-with-bonnie-engstrom-mother-of-fulton-sheens-miracle-baby/
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How England’s assisted-suicide bill was defeated
Parliamentary scrutiny, grassroots mobilization, concern for vulnerable people, underfunded end-of-life care — and plenty of prayer — combined to halt the proposed law.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/24/how-englands-assisted-suicide-bill-was-defeated/
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Fulton J. Sheen’s unfashionable virtue
Sheen’s almost supernatural willingness to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune mirrors the example of Christ himself.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/24/fulton-j-sheens-unfashionable-virtue/
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Being Catholic: Hard – and Joyful
Being Catholic is hard work, but there is deep joy and humor in embracing the struggle of following Christ.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/20/being-catholic-hard-and-joyful/
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Jimmy Lai, my imprisoned father, taught me that suffering is not meaningless
The faith of my father has sustained him through years of imprisonment. Now, as I face cancer, his example is teaching me to find grace and meaning in my own
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/18/jimmy-lai-my-imprisoned-father-taught-me-that-suffering-is-not-meaningless/
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Theology of the Body in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence can simulate human thinking, but it cannot replace human nature because our true identity and purpose are defined by our physical, embodied souls.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/17/theology-of-the-body-in-the-age-of-ai/
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The evangelization power of Rome
Rome’s massive popularity as a major global destination serves as a powerful opportunity for Catholic evangelization and faith formation.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/16/the-evangelization-power-of-rome/
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9/11 revisited
If we want to call this a “war of civilization,” well and good, provided that we realize that civilizations are themselves expressions of religions, or pseudo-religions we now call “ideologies.”
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/15/9-11-revisited/
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On the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Today, as we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, we contemplate Mary sharing her Son’s compassion for sinners. As Saint Bernard declares, the Mother of Christ entered into
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/15/on-the-memorial-of-our-lady-of-sorrows/
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Sensational report from China: A new split in the Church?
A Chinese bishop says that the Church in China is now experiencing “a state of emergency.”
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/01/sensational-report-from-china-a-new-split-in-the-church/
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China pressured a U.S. Catholic group to censor its keynote speaker. They complied.
A U.S.-based Catholic organization yielded to pressure from Chinese government officials to cancel a prominent professor’s invitation to speak at its conference, emails obtained by the Register show.
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/01/china-pressured-a-u-s-catholic-group-to-censor-its-keynote-speaker-they-complied/
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Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold And very Regent of the untroubled sky, Whom in a dream St. Hilda did behold And heard a woodland music passing by: You shall
🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/09/01/ballade-to-our-lady-of-czestochowa-5/
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