A lot has been said about the blasphemous mockery of the Last Supper featured in the four-hour opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. There are two points I would like to focus on, the first of which I read articulated … Continue reading
It came to my attention via X the other day, thanks to a posting by Stephen Kokx, that a declassified US State Department telegram from 1958 reveals possible top-level government interference in papal elections. Here is an embedded JPG image, … Continue reading
While we on this website do not tell people how to vote, putting forth information to educate the electorate is perfectly within our purview here at Catholicism.org. If, as Aristotle thought, politics is part of the philosophical discipline of ethics, … Continue reading
In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a team involving historians from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) stumbled upon the largest known medieval altar, which had been considered lost for … Continue reading
John-Henry Westen interviewed the “cancelled” priest, Father Jeff Fasching, of the Wichita, Kansas, Diocese. According to the discussion in the video, Father Fasching was removed as pastor because he taught difficult and unpopular Catholic truths from the pulpit of his … Continue reading
Father Amandus Ivanschiz was a Slavic-Austrian member of the Pauline Order, that is, the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (OSPPE). These are the monks perhaps most famous to Americans as the inhabitants of the Jasna Góra (Bright Mountain) … Continue reading
Did you know that “Composed litanies to this saint [Francis Xavier] were particular to the royal court in Dresden where he was honoured as patron Saint”? That fascinating Catholic fun fact is one I just learned myself because I bothered … Continue reading
Spanish pilgrims from a group that has celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass at the Shrine of Covadonga for the last three years have been denied that right this year. Reported at Rorate five days ago, this is not new news, … Continue reading
One of the best ways to read and understand Holy Scripture is through the prism of the Church’s traditional liturgy. This authentic Lex Orandi of the Church’s tradition is not only safe for her children, but also highly illuminating of … Continue reading
(Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture) — It’s the Age of the Laity and all that, but Stephen Millies, writing for the National Catholic Reporter, worries that things are getting out of hand. “Who owns the brand?” The honest answer probably is that … Continue reading
Here is a bit of edifying Catholic news for you. A Baptist war veteran in the 1861-65 conflict, who became an alcoholic, quit drinking, converted to the Faith, and subsequently explored a religious vocation, has been put on the path … Continue reading
Beginning on Monday, I will be on a pilgrimage to Spain that will cover 1200 miles: from Madrid to Zaragoza, Agreda, Burgos, Covadonga, Oviedo, Santiago de Compostela, and Avila, visiting shrines of Mary, mystics and saints, and tombs of heroes … Continue reading
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