Christopher White reports: The Eternal Word Television Network, one of the Catholic Church’s largest media enterprises, is entering 2021 under a cloud of uncertainty with a slate of departures, some forced and others voluntary, among its radio and television hosts and news editors. The changes at EWTN come at a time when the company is… Read More What Is Going On At EWTN?

The Washington Post reports: President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions. The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to… Read More Listen as Donald Trump Attempts to Steal the Election and Destroy American Democracy

via Vatican News: Pope Francis praised the “many people who, without making noise, have tried to make the weight of the trial more bearable.” He singled out not only healthcare workers, and priests and religious on the front lines, but also “all those who strive every day in the best way possible to carry on… Read More Pope Praises Those Who Have Sacrificed For Others in 2020

Millennial Catholic Ellen Koneck writes: It’s easy to confuse individuality with individualism—but if you’ve got a minute and you don’t mind, I’d like to strongly insist on the difference. Individuality, last month’s theme on Wit & Delight, is a gift: it’s all about the unique presence and perspective each person brings to the world. Your… Read More Individuality and Solidarity without Individualism

via the Vatican: The current pandemic and climate change, which have not only environmental, but also ethical, social, economic and political relevance, affect above all the life of the poorest and most fragile. In this way they appeal to our responsibility to promote, through collective and joint commitment, a culture of care, which places human… Read More Pope Commits Vatican to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

In an interview with America, whole life advocate John Carr says: I could not support President Trump for reasons of character, issues of racism and because of his efforts to divide the nation. I expressed my support for Vice President Biden because of the good he could do to bring the country together, help overcome… Read More How Should Pro-Life Biden Voters Approach His Presidency?

As Mark Shields steps away from his regular role on PBS NewsHour, his partner on the show, David Brooks, shares his thoughts: Mark, like many who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s — including Joe Biden — was imprinted with the idea that politics is a deeply noble profession, a form of service,… Read More David Brooks on Mark Shields