Catholic Writing Informed By The Mind Of The Church

Scripture and the Church’s social doctrine, worked through carefully and cited by paragraph number, so you can check every claim. Written by a permanent deacon.

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Four kinds of writing here, for four different reasons for reading.

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Pray with the daily readings

A reflection on the day’s Mass readings, written from the Fathers and the Catechism rather than from a devotional template.

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New · Thursdays

Understand the week’s news

The Catholic Citizen: one principle of the Church’s social teaching, applied to something in that week’s news, with the words to use when it comes up.

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Understand a Church document

Plain-English guides to what the Church actually teaches, starting with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence. Every claim cited by paragraph number.

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For preachers

Preach on Sunday

A homily preparation guide every week, eleven days ahead. The four readings in full, the analysis, and themes you can actually use.

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Two emails a week

The Catholic Citizen on Thursday, and a short digest of the week on Saturday. No daily mail.