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140th Anniversary of the Fall of Papal Rome

by Brian Kelly September 27, 2010

Elizabeth Lev has an interesting article in Zenit News on the events that reunited Italy as a kingdom in the second half of the nineteenth century and the role of the anti-Catholic freemason, Garibaldi, in wresting the Eternal City from the pope on September 20, 1870. It is followed by a call for women to embrace the beauty that is manifested in modesty: “Was it … More →

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Jesus and Mary: The Perfect Harmony

by Mark Alessio January 12, 2009

For two thousand years now, scholars, theologians, and poets have attempted to plumb the depths of a certain human being in order to gain a better understanding and appreciation of God’s love for suffering humanity. They have studied the doctrines concerning her, wondered at her privileges and prerogatives, and praised her beauty of body and soul.

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The Great Nineteenth

by Gary Potter January 5, 2009

One of the most justly celebrated works of Catholic history written in the last one hundred years was The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries, by James J. Walsh. Figured as the apogee of the Age of Faith, the thirteenth probably has been the greatest of all centuries in Christian history.

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Vatican I, a Council Called in Very Tough Times

by Brian Kelly January 2, 2009

When Blessed Pope Pius IX summoned the First Vatican Council in 1869 the world was somewhat mystified. There had not been an ecumenical council since Trent (1545-1563). The nineteenth century had brought a new factor into the equation of church/state relations: the media. “What was the Vatican up to?” queried the pundits. “Are all the bishops of the world going to Rome for a secret … More →

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Five Hundred Years of Loyalty: The Gallantry of the Pope’s Swiss Guard

by Eleonore Villarrubia December 29, 2008

Imagine yourself a contestant on Jeopardy. The answer is… “The world’s longest-standing, but smallest, army in the world’s smallest independent state.”

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After Three Hundred Years England Gets a Cardinal: The Great Nicholas Wiseman

by Brian Kelly November 20, 2008

Anxious to restore the English hierarchy at the earliest opportune time, Blessed Pius IX, in 1850, created Bishop Nicholas Patrick Wiseman Cardinal (1802-1865), appointing him to head the Church in England as Archbishop of the newly created See of Westminster.

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Reply to a Liberal: Conclusion

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Modern liberalism, which makes membership in the Catholic Church unnecessary for salvation, undermines something more than the dogma that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. In postulating the existence of an Invisible Church, or in suggesting that membership in the Visible Church can be invisible and purely internal, liberals are actually, whether they realize it or not, endangering the doctrine of the Incarnation.

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Reply to a Liberal Part III: Baptism

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Baptism is Absolutely Necessary for Salvation. 2. Is Baptism by Itself Sufficient for Salvation? 3. Baptism of Blood and Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

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Reply to a Liberal Part II: Outside the Church There is No Salvation

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Explicit Faith in the Catholic Church and in Her Teaching is Necessary for Salvation. 2. there Two Kinds of Membership in the Church? 3. Can a Person Who Remains Separated from the Church be Saved? 4. Are Protestants Formal Heretics? 5. Pope Pius IX’s Real Teaching with Regard to the Salvation of Non-Catholics 6. Concerning the Question of Ignorance

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Reply to a Liberal Part I: Answer to Five Minor Points

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

I It seems to be a habit of liberal theologians to give more weight to the opinions of theologians of their own type than to the infallible definitions of the Church. Some of them never quote the Scriptures and the Councils; others do, usually by way of pious preamble.

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Reply to a Liberal – Introduction

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

We have been asked many times to explain what we mean by the term “liberal Catholic.” Articles in each issue of From the Housetops have referred to these “liberals,” accusing them of religious indifferentism, or lack of concern for the Faith, of absence of loyalty to the Church, to the Pope, to the officially appointed teachers of Catholic doctrine, and, at times, of open heresy.

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Doctrinal Summary: ‘Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus’

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. March 16, 2005

Editor’s Introduction: This “Doctrinal Summary” is an appendix to a work to be published at a future date: Father Feeney’s Doctrinal Case. The work is intended as a supplement to the larger volume by Brother Thomas Mary, They Fought the Good Fight.

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Father Feeney and Catholic Doctrine — A Reply to Verbum

by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. January 31, 2005

This article was published in February, 1987 as a Res Fidei monograph. The Verbum in question (#24) is no longer available online. However, the offending article can be read here.

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The Dogma of Faith Defended Against Right-Wing Liberals

by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. January 31, 2005

(written in 1974) The Dogma of Salvation Under Attack The doctrinal crusade of Saint Benedict Center dates back to the early 1940′s when we began to attack, albeit in their incipient form, the very evils that conservative Catholics are so concerned about now. It was not long before we realized, however, that those troubles afflicting the Church were but symptoms of a much more fundamental … More →