The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone — 36 inches long, 16 inches wide, and 6 inches thick — with a fourteenth-century runic inscription on it. Unearthed in 1898, in a rural area of Northern Minnesota, it was … Continue reading
The ancient prophesy of Genesis 3:15 (“she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel”), has long been interpreted by Catholics to be a reference to the Virgin Mary. This goes back at least to … Continue reading
Sometimes we have to beg. This is one of those times. The economic crisis we’re in is affecting everyone, but just because we beg doesn’t mean we have to be dire about it. Neither will we make outrageous promises or … Continue reading
(This was written in preparation for a series of conferences on vocations and states in life that I gave at Saint Benedict Center in the Spring of 2005. Please see the end of this piece for a small table of … Continue reading
This ancient Latin axiom is quoted so often, I thought a little explanation of it on our web site would be helpful. A paraphrase of a longer patristic expression, the phrase means, “the law of praying is the law of … Continue reading
Is Homeland Security profiling you as a potential domestic terrorist? If you are for Catholic morality, then it is. Supposedly, an earlier effort at this was stopped. But here comes a new report putting pro-lifers on government’s “watch list?.”
When you identify yourself as a “Slave,” you can get some strange looks. But of all the adverse reactions to our name I have ever known, perhaps the most memorable came from a highly educated man who understood the background … Continue reading
On Easter Sunday, during its Octave, and on the first Sunday after Easter, the Roman Missal presents us with a different Gospel reading every day. All of these relate what happened on the day of Our Lord’s triumphant Resurrection. The … Continue reading
At what was once the mission of Santa Catalina de Guale, researchers have unearthed evidences of worldwide Spanish trade in the 1600s that extended to what is now St. Catherine’s Island off the shore of Georgia. Read the story on … Continue reading
Says Buchanan: No war is inevitable until it has begun. Was it a necessary war? Hearken to Churchill: “One day, President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said … Continue reading
The following advisory on the SPLC comes from Americans for Legal Immigration. It is offered here on our site, not as an endorsement of ALIPAC, but as a public service to disseminate information on this insidious organization (the SPLC), which … Continue reading
(Edited from an actual reply recently sent from Saint Benedict Center.) To our online readers: I am sharing this “for what it’s worth” to you. I never got a response from the lady to whom it was sent. Maybe you … Continue reading
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