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Library Catalogue Search Leads Professor to 500 Year-Old Latin Bible

Brian Kelly — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:37:46 +0000

Catholicism.org contributor, Mrs. Eleonore Villarrubia, a graduate of Tulane University, left me a very interesting page from the university’s quarterly magazine (Fall, 2011) on the accidental discovery, in the rare book collection of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, of a moveable-type printed edition of the Latin Vulgate Bible published in 1481. Writer Alicia Duplessis Jasmine describes ... ...Read More »

Archealogists Think They’ve Unearthed Site of Sodom and Gomorrah: Inhabitants Wiped Out in ‘Heat Event’

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:17:36 +0000

John Bergsma, The Sacred Page: By far the most interesting session at the recent Society of Biblical Literature Congress in San Francisco was one I wandered into by chance. Read the rest here.

Ukranian Priest and Professor Coauthor New Book on 1932-33 Forced Famine in Ukraine

Brian Kelly — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:55:27 +0000

Catholic Culture: Father Athanasius McVay, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest in Canada, and Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, have coauthored the newly published book The Holy See and the Holodomor: Documents from the Vatican Secret Archives on the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine. Read more here.

‘They Never Said a Word About Religion’: One Reason Why Edgar Allen Poe Liked the Jesuits

Brian Kelly — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:53:55 +0000

After reading this short piece by Pat McNamara, I was stunned that the early Jesuit founders of Fordham never once, that we know of, asked the very troubled Edgar Allen Poe to become a Catholic. And this was when the Church was strong in America, winning many converts. I am sure that it would not ... ...Read More »

Tribute to Sister Mary Anastasia Quinn Heroic Nurse of the Civil War

Brian Kelly — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:23 +0000

There is a book titled Angels of the Battlefield that relates the incredible stories of the Sisters of Charity in ministering to the wounded of both sides of this devastating war between the states. It is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. But here is an interesting clip from Pat McNamara’s ... ...Read More »

What Are the Middle Ages?

Godfrey Kurth — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:06:57 +0000

The current definition of the Middle Ages implies that they are an intermediary epoch between two civilizations, and, therefore, only a break in the course of civilization.

There is no term about whose definition there is more perfect agreement than “The Middle Ages.” We are told that the Middle Ages are an intermediary epoch between ... ...Read More »

RIP Archduke Otto Von Habsburg

Gary Potter — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:32:23 +0000

As has already been noted on the SBC website, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, who in 1916 became heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has died. I’d like to offer a couple of additional thoughts.

The Archduke passed away in his sleep at his home in Bavaria during the night of July 3-4. ... ...Read More »

David Goldstein and Martha Moore Avery: from Socialists to ‘Campaigners for Christ’

Eleonore Villarrubia — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:19:24 +0000

It is probably safe to say that everyone reading this knows of the famous preacher on Boston Common of the 1950’s, Father Leonard Feeney, and of the religious brothers who accompanied him there each Sunday. Father preached the unvarnished truth of the Catholic Faith and was eventually silenced and banished by the powers that be ... ...Read More »

Black Elk, Catholic Catechist, Speaks

Brother André Marie — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:35:26 +0000

In the book, Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt, Americans were treated to a hefty dose of pagan American spirituality. Paul Harvey-like, I would venture to tell “the rest of the story.” In brief, it is this: the famed Lakota Sioux medicine man, warrior, and adventurer (who traveled to England to perform for the ... ...Read More »

ACLU Founder Was Pro-Abortion, Pro-Soviet, Pro-Communist

Brian Kelly — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Paul Kengor has an informative article on LifeNews website about Roger Baldwin, founder of American Civil Liberties Union. Here is the lede:

As someone with the highly unusual task of researching old, declassified Soviet and Communist Party USA archives, I often get quizzical looks as to why certain things from the ... ...Read More »