National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Catholic faith and traditions of the Habsburg monarchies helped them enjoy mostly stable marriages and large, happy families that were crucial in governing their kingdoms for more than eight centuries. Now, some of those … Continue reading
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Fair-Weather Friends: Vatican Invites Governor Healey and Mayor Wu to Climate Summit
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… Both The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are reporting today that the Holy See has extended invitations to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to a Vatican sponsored climate summit in Rome. … Continue reading
Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: In the latest move in Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican judiciary, the pope issued a new motu proprio on Friday on the retirement age and benefits for cardinal judges and magistrates in the Vatican’s … Continue reading
What is truth? A journalist asks Pilate’s question
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “What is truth?” That cynical question, memorably posed by Pontius Pilate, is enjoying new currency today, thanks to public statements by Katherine Maher, the newly installed head of National Public Radio (NPR). ”We all have different … Continue reading
Good Saint George and the Dragon
April 23 is the feast of St. George the Martyr. As Dom Gueranger puts it in his usual stirring style: “Clad in his bright coat of mail, mounted on his war steed, and spearing the dragon with his lance, George, … Continue reading
Unpopular Opinion: Padre Júlio Maria de Lombaerde on Protestants Being Atheists
On X, a (real-life) friend asked me if I agreed with this: “THE PROTESTANT IS AN ATHEIST WRAPPED IN THE COVER OF A BIBLE, KEEPING ONLY THE COVER, BEING HIMSELF THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE, THAT IS, HIS OWN WILL, … Continue reading
Trust the science, not the scientists
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: In boxing, when one fighter becomes unable to protect himself, the referee stops the fight and declares a technical knockout (TKO). The same system might profitably be applied to public debates: When one side has been … Continue reading
Another Boston-Area Catholic Institution Celebrates Governor Maura Healey
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… On April 12th, just two days before speaking at the Annual Gala of the Catholic Schools Foundation—an organization chaired by Cardinal Sean O’Malley—another Catholic institution welcomed and celebrated the Bay State’s pro-abortion, lesbian chief … Continue reading
‘Rome’ and ‘Catholic’ Connected from the Start
The following is a brief excerpt from my book, The Roman Catholic Church: A Divine Institution or a Human Invention? GOD has revealed that, once the Jews in general rejected the Messiah/New Covenant, which was then embraced by the gentile … Continue reading
Boston: Catholic Schools Foundation Hosts Governor Maura Healey
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… According to Politico and the State House News Service, the Catholic Schools Foundation—the philanthropy which raises funds for parochial schools in the Archdiocese of Boston—hosted Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey as its speaker, at … Continue reading
Infinite dignity and its enemies
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Math test: What is infinity minus 5? The question makes no sense, because infinity cannot be measured. Infinity cannot expand or contract; it is boundless. God is infinite. His creatures are not. But Dignitas Infinita begins … Continue reading
President Trump Was Elected on a Platform Promising Federal Action on Abortion
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news update… With President Donald Trump’s April 8th announcement on Truth Social that abortion legislation should be left to the states, some conservatives are attempting to re-write history. Members of the conservative … Continue reading
Why ‘Infinite Dignity’ falls short
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: As my colleague Jeff Mirus has pointed out, there are strong points in Dignitas Infinita. But another friend, Robert Royal, has observed that with this document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), … Continue reading