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Something has gone badly wrong in the
American university. The stories are numerous, but two examples give a
sense of where we find ourselves. First, a lecturer at the University of
California’s Berkeley campus finds himself suspended for discussing
politics after class ends. And at Cornell University, when a law
professor complains that a colleague’s course on Gaza is antisemitic,
the interim president publicly criticizes the course—prompting the local
chapter of the American Association of University Professors to condemn
“an egregious threat to academic freedom.”
Tonight is the start of the championship
matchup between two teams who last competed for the Larry O’Brien Trophy
27 years ago, when the Spurs won the first of their five titles, and
the Knicks entered a quarter-century of humiliation. The series is also
likely to become a flashpoint for many a cultural battle—Texas v. New
York, Republican v. Democrat, rural v. urban and…Augustinian v. Salesian?
As America’s executive
vice president of sports analytics, I’m here to tell you everything you
need to know—as a Catholic and as a sports fan—before Game 1 tips off
tonight on ABC at 8:30 p.m.
Archbishop
John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., offers a reflection during a prayer
service for United Nations diplomats at the Church of the Holy Family in
New York City on Sept. 12, 2022. Credit: OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz.
In 1 Samuel 3, we hear a scriptural lesson
we would do well to heed today. In the silence of the night, the young
Samuel hears a voice calling to him, a call he did not initially
recognize as the Lord’s. It takes the elder Eli, a man of experience and
humility, to listen and help the boy discern that God was indeed
speaking. In my years of episcopal ministry, I have come to realize that
we bishops are called to be like Eli. The bishop’s charism is not
merely to dictate, but to discern. Like Eli, we must be servants of the
Word that is already speaking in the hearts of the faithful.
Montse
Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, speaks at
the Hispanic Pro-Life Conference on Jan. 24, 2026, at St. Anthony of
Padua Church in Falls Church, Va. Credit: OSV News photo/Marietha Góngora V.
The Vatican announced today that Pope Leo
XIV has appointed Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a Mexican-American lay
woman, as head of Vatican communications. At the time of her
appointment, she was president and chief operating officer of EWTN News,
the biggest Catholic and religious broadcaster in the world.
The Vatican broke the news at midday on
June 2 and said she will take up her new position on Nov. 1. She
replaces the Italian layman Paolo Ruffini, who has held the role since
July 2018.
The Church holds that democracy is a practical way to advance human dignity and the common good (CNS photo/Paul Ratje, Reuters).
President
Donald Trump’s undermining of democratic institutions poses a difficult
challenge for Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope. Since World War II,
the Catholic Church has endorsed democracy as an effective way to
advance two of its foundational principles, human dignity and the common
good. How should the Vatican respond when the world’s most powerful
leader flouts democratic norms by abusing executive authority, violating
basic human rights, and questioning the legitimacy of free elections?
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