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The article describes the author's experience attending various Catholic parishes in Panama after relocating there with his family. Topics discussed include the differences between English- and Spanish-language Catholic services, the sense of community and warmth in the parishes, and the cultural and architectural characteristics of the churches in Panama.

The article focuses on the life and military career of Maj. Gen. William Starke Rosecrans, particularly highlighting his leadership during the Battle of Stones River. Topics include the contrast between Rosecrans's early victories and subsequent defeats, his deep Catholic faith and its influence on his life, and the lasting legacy of his contributions, including the naming of Rosecrans Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

The article focuses on the final words of Archbishop Oliver Plunkett, who was persecuted for his Catholic faith in seventeenth century Ireland, drawing parallels between his situation and Christ's last words from the cross. It explores the significance of Christ's declaration, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit," emphasizing how this act of surrender demonstrates his willingness to sacrifice for humanity and His trust in God's plan.

The article highlights the missionary zeal of Isaac Jogues, a French Jesuit who embarked on a journey to New France despite the challenges described by other missionaries. It recounts his harrowing experiences, including captivity and torture by Iroquois warriors, yet his unwavering commitment to his priestly ministry. Despite being proclaimed a "living martyr" by Pope Urban VIII, Jogues returned to New France to continue his missionary work.

The article focuses on the Fourth Last Word, spoken by Jesus during the crucifixion, specifically examining its connection to the suffering of saints Perpetua and Felicity. It explores the meaning of Jesus' cry, drawing parallels to the Psalms, Catholic theology, and the concept of redemptive suffering. It contrasts this perspective with modern views on pain and suffering in a therapeutic society, emphasizing the Christian understanding of embracing suffering for spiritual growth and salvation.

The article reflects on the profound significance of Christ's third last words on the Cross, where He entrusts the care of His mother, Mary, to His beloved disciple, John. This act of filial piety demonstrates the importance of providing for one's loved ones, both materially and spiritually, and offers a poignant example of how to approach the responsibilities of inheritance.

The article focuses on the author's personal journey of religious exploration, starting from their early experiences in a Catholic parish to their involvement in evangelical churches and eventually their attraction towards the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition.

The article focuses on Catholic faith. It mentions that threatening White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) culture, Catholics are the demographic most likely to represent it, and though today Catholic institutions remain frequent targets for activists and vandals, it is less because of the otherness of the Catholic faith than its identification with the patriarchal, religiously informed, traditional bourgeois norms that is, WASPism.

The article reports on the relation between practicing Catholicism and capitalism in the U.S. It mentions practicing Catholics promote liberal democracy and capitalism in the most elite government, academic, and media institutions of nation. It also mentions about the Catholic-liberal alliance marching under the banner of integralism, or post-liberalism.

The article focuses on the ongoing efforts to aid Michael D'Souza and his family, Pakistani Catholics who fled persecution in Karachi. Topics include the successful fundraising of over U.S. Dollars 50,000 for their Canadian immigration application, the role of the International Christian Voice in their case, and the ongoing challenges due to legal issues in Azerbaijan.

The article discusses the era of casual sex. Topics discussed including the MeToo movement unmasked something else besides the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault, teachings of the Catholic Church that the sexual act should be restricted, and a husband treating his wife as a sex object or demand things of her in the bedroom that are belittling and dehumanizing.

The article discusses that while visiting Cyprus this December, Pope Francis denounced the "culture of indifference" he believes Western countries have regarding migrants.

The author discusses friendship generated by writing and mentions expectation of sacrificial faithfulness which are reward of friendships. Topics discussed include book "True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness" by John Cuddeback, loneliness aggravated by Americans due to coronavirus lockdowns and reciprocity required by friendship.

The article discusses about the views of the author on Objective journalism and an opinion column. Topics of discussion includes contemporary corporate media works on objective journalism while the opinion columns are universally critical of prelates supporting restricting access to Holy Communion and are mostly written by Catholics.

The author offers insights on conservatism in the U.S. Topics discussed include the crisis in American conservatism, the intra-conservative debates on political philosophy, the lessons she learned from the Constitutional Fellows Program of The Catholic University of America's Center for the Study of Statesmanship regarding the moral and cultural context of U.S. constitutionalism, and philosopher Plato's warnings about democracy.

The article focuses on Georgetown University is planning to offer reparations to the descendants of the 272 slaves the Jesuit-run school sold in 1838 to pay its debts. Topics include Christian institutions to pursue reconciliation and repair with black Americans, confession of guilt and forgiveness to repair racial divisions, and the role of Catholic Church in American society.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author talks about pop music, orientation of simple lyrics and chord progression, and pinnacle of human excellence in its virtuosity and complexity.

The article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Catholic Church and U.S. Catholics. It highlights Catholic teachings and support of Catholics for U.S. President Joe Biden on abortion. It discusses the social and economic benefits of doctrines of Christianity. It also reports on challenges faced by Catholic churched during COVID-19 lockdowns, as of January 2021.

The article discusses, the most famous case is that of Asia Bibi, an impoverished Pakistani Christian who in 2010 was convicted of violating Pakistan's blasphemy law and sentenced to death by hanging. It was all over a cup of water, Muslims in her village took offense that she, an unclean Christian, had drunk from the same drinking vessel as them, only after her story attracted international attention and condemnation.

A literary criticism of the book "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck is presented. Topics include the portrayal of peasants in pre-revolutionary China, and family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century; and the realistic depiction of the farmer Wang Lung and his family who helped prepare Americans of the 1930s to consider Chinese as allies.

The article discusses issues associated with institutional racism in criminal-justice system of the U.S. with emphasis on death of an African-American man George Floyd May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, while a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Topics discussed include vandalism of public monuments by rioters across the nation after the death of Floyd, relationship between anti-Catholicism and religion of anti-racism, and an victimization in American history.

The article informs on a cheating done of Major League Baseball team Houston Astros. It mentions that pitcher Mike Fiers used a video camera to film opposing catchers signs to pitchers players then relay the signal to the batters by banging on trashcans or whistling to communicate what kinds of pitches were coming. It also mentions that league office meted punishments, suspending general manager Jeff Luhnow and field manager A.J. Hinch.

The article focuses on classicist Mary Beard as a prime example of the "anti-Western" Western academic and other scholars who erred in their a priori rejection of the ancient ideas of esse or being and telos or end. Topics discussed include highlights from Beard's history of ancient Rome, "SPQR," Beard's religious devotion to the de-Hellenization project and Beard's paradigm of relativism and subjectivity.

The article focuses on robust friendship of 20th-century Swiss theologians Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar and one that allowed them to engage in fruitful conversation while remaining faithful to their respective faith traditions. It mentions Barth was a theologian deeply steeped in the Calvinist tradition, but possessed what seemed an unprecedented willingness to engage with and Catholic theologians. It also mentions Barth of prompting his readers to convert to Catholicism.

In this article author discusses about Michael & Rosemary D'Souza who lived in Karachi, Pakistan, concern due to their neighborhood Mullah Mohammad Danish, member of the Islamic extremist group Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It further discusses the Open Doors USA, nonprofit organization aiding Persecuted Christians around the globe; hounding on Michael by TTP regading convert to Islam from Catholics; and denial of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for refugee status.

In article the author talks about the implementation and consideration of the episcopacy and the Eucharis for education of Catholics. Topics include that Catholics will be able to explain easily the role of the episcopacy and the Eucharist in Catholic ecclesiology in effective way to non-Catholics which is unique in itself and intellectually will be better for the Catholic Church. .

The article discusses about the Judaism's monolinear past of monotheism. Topics of discussion includes how Judaism came to be monolithically monotheist is linear. The fight to conserve worship of the one true God lasted for the first millennium and a half of Judaism’s existence. The story of monotheism and the Jewish people is the allure of idolatrous tendencies and polytheistic practices.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the experience of Christians family, who were tortured by Islamic extremist group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to convert to Islam.

The article discusses the plight of Michael D'Souza and his family, Pakistani Catholics facing violent persecution in Karachi, and their subsequent struggles, including imprisonment in the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center. It mentions that despite setbacks, there is a glimmer of hope as they seek refuge in Canada through the Office for Refugees in Toronto, and the author appeals to NOR readers for financial support via a GoFundMe page to cover the application costs.

The article discusses behavior of Priests, their involvement in several crimes and sympathy for the Priest. It mentions that some clergymen have been guilty of the type of theft, deceit, and sexual scandal found among the dirtiest of politician such as Theodore McCarrick and Michael J. Bransfield who were corrupt politicians. It mentions that those serving on the frontlines of a multimillennia war against evil, defiantly waving the banner of Christ, they deserve support, prayers, and sympathy.

The article discusses social-media discourse and religious celebrity culture, and the unforeseen consequence of relativism and pluralism in the West which is growing incompetence regarding criticism.

The article offers the author's insights on topics related to Pakistani man with Christian faith. Topics mentioned include the violence of Muslim against him and his family, the refugee application he made to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the financial aid given to him and his family. Also mentioned are the indifference of Christianity and Muslim and the effects of religion to people.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the Christian asylum seekers in Bangkok, Thailand. Topics discussed include the observation of multinational crowd in the downtown church across the city, the implication of Thailand's relaxed entry policy on the large number of refugees and asylum seekers from Africa and Asia, and the ecumenism approach in charity at the country's International Detention Center (IDC) which detain and cared for illegal migrants.

The author talks about Christianity, faith and challenges a person faces in living out a religious life. Topics discussed include the Catholic grandfather of the author, the author's interest in Catholicism and the Catholic Church, and the evangelical Christianity that the author felt comfortable in. Also mentioned is the author's education at the University of Virginia.

The article offers the author's insights as a Christian on football game. Topics mentioned include the emotional and physical damage to the players, the usurpation of the devotion of the fans to the reserve space for religion, and the wish that the game to evolve to a better version to join the ranks of sports that allow healthy competition.

A personal narrative of author's experience with bomb explosion in Thailand is presented.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience in meeting a Pakistani asylum-seeker living in Thailand.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of burial service at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

The article offers information about Humanae Vitae, an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI . Topics discussed include orthodox teaching of the Catholic Church regarding married love, responsible parenthood, and the rejection of artificial contraception; talks of Nathan Lloyd in his recent article, which argues that understanding the teachings of Humanae Vitae makes sex better; and mention about thanking of readers on honest portrayal of the realities of following Church teaching on sex.

The article reports on the plight of the inmates at the International Detention Center (IDC) in Bangkok, Thailand, particularly of a Christian family that fled Pakistan to escape persecution at the hands of Muslim extremists and eventually landing at IDC. The Catholic family languished at IDC for eight long months.