(Rorate Caeli) — His Predecessor of the same name, Leo XIII, created John Henry Newman Cardinal. Today, Leo XIV [paved the way for him to be proclaimed] Doctor of the Church. From the Bollettino (in Italian). On July 31, 2025, the … Continue reading
(Rorate Caeli) — His Predecessor of the same name, Leo XIII, created John Henry Newman Cardinal. Today, Leo XIV [paved the way for him to be proclaimed] Doctor of the Church. From the Bollettino (in Italian). On July 31, 2025, the … Continue reading
Under the headline, Vatican hardens tone on Israel after Gaza parish strike, the AFP has published a story about the shift in rhetoric concerning Israel from officials of the Holy See after the Zionist State’s deadly military attack on the … Continue reading
When this morning’s weekly bulk mailing went out advertizing someting in our bookstore, the email promoted a booklet our Congregation has in the works: Made For Heaven. Upon noticing that the book is “by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart … Continue reading
“Do Muslims worship the same God we Catholics do?” This simple question has generated a big dust-up online recently, with many people entering the fray. Here is my contribution. While I am not sure what sparked this particular permutation of … Continue reading
An X-user who employs the screen name, “Fanatic Thomist,” produced a very useful florilegium of passages from scholastic theologians answering affirmatively to the question, “Do Jews and Muslims worship the true God as Christians?” Below are embedded all of his … Continue reading
Today, at the parish where we assisted at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the priest celebrant offered the Votive Mass for the Sacred Heart, no doubt because today is both an open liturgical day in the traditional rite, and … Continue reading
Today, the Associated Press has picked up the story. This is significant. Diane Montagna’s gigantic scoop has entered the mainstream secular media. Below the first three paragraphs of the article is an embedded X posting of mine raising an interesting … Continue reading
Vaticanista Diane Montagna has obtained documents that were referenced as the basis for Pope Francis’ overturning of Pope Benedict XVI’s document freeing up access to the traditoinal Latin Mass, Summorum Pontificum. Pope Francis abrogated that earlier papal text in 2021 … Continue reading
This is a story of local, New Hampshire interest, but it is also relevant to the larger American picture of potentially destructive Chinese investment in America. Lily Tang Williams, the Chinese expat interviewed here, has been to Saint Benedict Center … Continue reading
A good friend referred me to this excellent piece by John Horvat on the Return to Order website: “How Gregorian Chant Benefits the Health of the Body…and Soul.” Horvat’s is a cautionary tale about what happens when tradition is abandoned. … Continue reading
(Roberto de Mattei/Voice of the Family) — “Marriage is not an ideal, but the canon of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful”. This is what Leo XIV said on 31 … Continue reading
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