How do we navigate the turbulent waters of twenty-first century Catholicism? We see many good things in the Church today, to be sure, but we also see massive blow-back against them from a dying generation of neo-modernist clerics in high … 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
There was an informative exchange on Catholicism.org when Charles Coulombe’s article, “Which Christian Nation Are We Defending?,” provoked a reply from the redoubtable Henry Sire, “The Kingdom of God in Human History.” The exchange was a friendly one between two … Continue reading
We have a question box here at Saint Benedict Center, and, recently, there were two questions about love that I had to answer. As this material might be of broader interest, I am turning my answers into this short Ad … 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
There are reasons why Michael Bard, writing for the ideologically Zionist Jewish News Syndicate, says that “Public opinion for Israel shows an alarming trend”: Sympathy for Israel peaked at 62% between 2010 and 2019 but has dropped every year since, … 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
In Philosophy in Our School of Thought, I cite the six reasons that Brother Francis listed to explain why we must study philosophy. The fourth reason is this: “True philosophy is the handmaid of theology, ancilla theologiae. Without solid philosophic … 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
The following is a cut down version of the introductory speech I gave at IHM School’s graduation last Saturday. Readers should know that our school in rural southern New Hampshire is very small. We had three graduates this year — … Continue reading
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