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Virginia Bishop Urges Catholics to Defeat Abortion, Marriage Amendments
Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge says he has never before asked every priest in his diocese to do what he requested this weekend: read a letter at Mass urging Catholics to oppose two Virginia constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage. Across 70 parishes serving more than 430,000 Catholics in Northern Virginia, worshippers heard Burbidge warn against… -
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Pro-Abortion Agitators May Have Broken the Law by Disrupting Catholic Mass: Attorney
Pro-abortion agitators disrupted a Catholic Mass Saturday, standing between the congregation and the altar with a sign reading, “Pro-life? That’s a lie. You don’t care if people die!” The agitators rushed into Westminster Cathedral at the beginning of a Mass that preceded the March for Life in London. “Catholics had gathered in church to pray… -
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Biden FBI Cited SPLC in Taking Thousands of Actions Despite Knowing Org’s Deep Flaws
The Justice Department’s new report on the Richmond Catholic memo reveals that the FBI had cited the Southern Poverty Law Center more than 22,000 times, at times without any caveats, even though FBI policies would require any SPLC citation to note potential bias and contested credibility. The Richmond office of the FBI published the notorious… -
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Catholic Bishops Sound Alarm Ahead of November Vote
Virginia’s most populous Catholic diocese is planning a coordinated effort in churches next month, urging parishioners to reject constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage that will appear on the ballot this fall. Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington hosted a webinar for priests and asked them to read a message at Masses on… -
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Why Young Adults Are Choosing Christianity in an Increasingly Secular Age
We are experiencing an unprecedented surge in conversions, a historic shift that makes me think Christianity in the West is not dying but simply changing form. While it is true that Christianity is disappearing in some areas due to persecution, it is growing in others and changing form, because religion is now experienced in a… -
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The World Needs Mary
Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is the most important woman ever to live, and she is desperately needed in our culture. The Christian faith holds that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—one God, three persons. God is a relationship of perfect communion. God the Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit, took… -
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Why Is the Archdiocese of Washington Less Protective of Religious Liberty Than Maryland?
For some, questions of religious liberty seem abstract. For us and our families, they are deeply personal. I (Arina Grossu Agnew) taught at an Archdiocese of Washington school for a year, the very school where my young son was later accepted for admission. As Catholics committed to raising him in the faith, my husband and… -
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Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory
Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” warns that just war theory has too often been used to justify any kind of war and, in light of modern weapons and artificial intelligence, may be outdated. But is he correct? From Homer’s “Iliad” to our own constitutional order, civilization has understood that war is never morally self-authenticating. The… -
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Why the World Wept for a Building
Bishop Robert Barron‘s new feature-length film, “Heaven in Stone and Glass,” begins with a scene of Notre-Dame cathedral in flames. I visited Paris three times before the devastating 2019 fire, and the cathedral was the one place I returned to on every trip. Watching the building burn was no easier on a movie screen than… -
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New York’s Attack on the Free Exercise of Religion
Seven members of the Little Sisters of the Poor left their order’s motherhouse in La Tour Saint-Joseph, France, on Aug. 28, 1868, and headed for the coast. Three days later, they boarded the Napoleon III steamship and began a trip across the Atlantic. Two weeks later, they arrived in New York. Then, a few days after… -
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Trump v. Pope Leo XIV? Where Do Washington and Rome Go From Here?
The following is an excerpt of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Paul Kengor, editor of The American Spectator and author of the new book “American Pontiff,” for the “Signal Sitdown,” which premieres on the Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EDT on July 8. This transcript has been edited for clarity…. -
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On America 250, Remember That True Freedom Is Built on Faith
Freedom is a word that is too easily thrown around. America was built on freedom. The colonists’ freedoms were being infringed upon, so they rose against Britain to get them back. They won the freedom to govern themselves—and to do so in a way that was more aligned with their inalienable rights. Unfortunately, freedom has… -
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Terminating TPS: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops Weighs In
Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Mullin v. Doe last week, which upheld the Trump administration’s authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status designations for over 350,000 individuals from Haiti and Syria, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued several statements supporting the continuation of TPS. Bishops Brendan J. Cahill and A. Elias Zaidan wrote: “There is simply no realistic… -
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What Saints Peter and Paul Have to Offer
Boldness and forgiveness are both critical for human flourishing. On June 29, the Catholic Church celebrates two men who embodied these characteristics: Saint Peter and Saint Paul. They were, arguably, the two most important figures in the early church after Jesus himself. They were responsible for leading the faithful and for bringing about the conversion… -
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How to Grow Closer to Your Family This Summer
Summer is a time for relaxation. Most people have more time away from work and more time with their families to travel or simply relax. Since most children are off from school over the summer, many families take this time to go on vacation and plan warm weather events. While all this is fun, it… -
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A Christian Response to Pride Month
Pride Month is difficult to avoid. Whether you are logging onto your Hulu account, listening to the radio, or shopping online, it seems that many organizations support June’s dedication to same-sex marriage and transgenderism. Navigating the cultural support of this issue as a Christian can be complex and practically challenging. It is important to understand… -
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June Isn’t Pride Month. It’s the Month Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ.
The heart has been called the seat of the soul. Across different languages and cultures, this organ is spoken of as the place where a person knows what is true beyond logic and reasoning. The heart is evoked when a husband and wife make their wedding vows. The heart is what jumps when a parent… -
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Catholic Bishops Consecrate US to Sacred Heart of Jesus for America 250
On the eve of the Catholic Church marking the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops honored America’s 250th birthday by consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What Is the Sacred Heart and Why Consecrate? As Louisville Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre shared, the Sacred Heart is… -
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Israeli Genocide of Christians and Muslims Is an Intentionally False Claim, Christian IDF Major Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A lifelong and decorated member of the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal that Western media has fabricated lies about the persecution of Christians in Southern Lebanon and Israel. “They are speaking for me without asking for my permission,” Shadi Khalloul said. “The Qatari propagandists, like Al Jazeera, Tucker Carlson,… -
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Who Is God? And Who Am I?
Where did we come from? What are we made for? These two questions cut to the core of what it means to be a human person. We instinctively desire to know the answers to the deepest questions about our existence. Despite meaningless doomscrolling or gossiping, we ultimately desire to know where we came from and…