As was the last Ad Rem, this number is an edited excerpt from the talk I am soon to give at Saint Benedict Center’s annual conference. In Chapter ten of the Commonitory, Saint Vincent considers what we should do when … Continue reading
I don’t usually share hate mail, but this the first time we’ve received a Yiddish curse via our contact form on Catholicism.org, and it somehow seems worth noting. This came in the digital mailbag last night: The Jewish Nation will … Continue reading
Longitime friends of Saint Benedict Center, attendees of our annual conference, and readers of Catholicism.org will be saddened, as we were, to learn of the death of our old friend and collaborator, Mr. Gary Potter. Today, I was informed by … Continue reading
Charlie Kirk was murdered, his wife widowed, his children (one in utero) left fatherless. This is a terrible tragedy. In its wake there is much sloppy talk about Charlie being a Christian martyr. Catholics must refrain from this for grave … Continue reading
Charlie Kirk’s death was a horrible tragedy by any measure. A young, intelligent, and very promising conservative activist who accomplished more in his thirty-one years than many would hope to accomplish in a lifetime, Kirk was also a married man … 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
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