Bravo et merci beaucoup to the French Catholic youths, who concluded that God’s rights come before someone’s blasphemous and sacrilegious “freedom of expression.” From CWN: Armed with hammers and screwdrivers, four protestors in Avignon destroyed a blasphemous 1987 photograph of … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Carlistas: Real Catholics Facing the Enemy
We’ve mentioned our Spanish brothers in the Traditionalist Carlist Communion. They are currently gathering to plan their resistance to acts of sacrilege and blasphemy such as what we’ve recently reported. God bless them! We are encouraging our members and supporters … Continue reading
Seattle School Bans Term “Easter Egg,” New PC Label Is “Spring Sphere”
The Fundamentalists accuse English speaking Catholics of invoking some German goddess of Spring named “Oestre” in calling the Feast of the Resurrection “Easter.” This is, of course, not true. In Christian England the word “Easter” was always used in reference … Continue reading
July 14, 1931, The Day a Block on East 131st Street in Harlem Went Silent
I could have also subtitled this column: “The Dynamic Duo: the Jewish Priest and the Negro Foundress.”
Update: Sitting Bull’s “Conversion” Downgraded to “Possible,” or Only God Knows
Mark Armstrong, writing in yesterdays Catholic Lane website, relates the more likely story. Consequently, I am deleting my previous column, which is lacking in historical source verification: Was Chief Sitting Bull a Catholic convert? Did he convert William “Buffalo Bill” … Continue reading
A Comment about Comments
There were several comments made on our site last week that were not approved for posting till the weekend. Our brothers have been on their Lenten retreats these couple of weeks, and the Brother Moderator was away last week. That’s … Continue reading
Come, Divine Physician
The rich ferial Masses for Lent provide us with much spiritual food for our forty-day sojourn in the desert. Today’s propers focus on Jesus Christ, the divine Physician. The stational Church for today is the Basilica of Saints Cosmas and … Continue reading
The Veil of Manoppello, The True Image of the Face of the Risen Christ
In our November/December 2007 issue of the Mancipia, Dr. Maike Hickson wrote a fascinating article about the Veil of Manoppello. Maike, who is from Germany, read an article about the veil by a German journalist named Paul Badde in a … Continue reading
Law of Praying Is the Law of Believing
In the old Raccolta there were many indulgenced prayers for the conversion of non-Catholics to the Church. Within these prayers there was usually included the dogma that outside the Church there is no salvation. Today, the only indulgenced prayer I … Continue reading
Traditional Mass at St. Paul’s in Harvard Square
Rorate Caeli reports: The Harvard Knights of Columbus and the Harvard Latin Mass Society invite you to celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday, March 25th, 2011 at St. Paul Catholic Church, Bow and … Continue reading
Japan’s Worse Tragedy
There is great sympathy across the world for the heartrending scenes coming from Japan. The feeling is a wholesome one. It is this pity for human suffering, one of the most noble traits of our fallen race, that God Himself … Continue reading
Pray for Hilary White
Today, I learned that Hilary White has cancer. I had the privilege of meeting the astute and energetic Miss White in Rome, where she works as a journalist. She is the Rome correspondent for the pioneer in pro-life journalism, the … Continue reading
St. Patrick, From Shepherding Sheep As a Slave to Apostle of a Nation
Deacon Fournier has a wonderful article here on Saint Patrick in today’s Catholic Online website. I had forgotten that Patrick was not living the Faith when he was captured by Irish pirates, even though he had pious parents. He turned … Continue reading
Russian Orthodox Hierarchs As Schismatic and Nationalist As Ever
Even to the point of Metropolitan Hilarion defending Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainian Catholics! As I wrote before, the conversion of Russia, when it comes, will be a real conversion to the one, true Church, the Roman Catholic Church. Right now, … Continue reading
Boston College Law School Honors Notorious Father Drinan
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized Jesuit administered Boston College Law School for holding an event honoring the late Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J. The Law School hosted a panel discussion yesterday featuring Jesuit Father Raymond Schroth, who has … Continue reading