THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: “In a stunning announcement on Monday, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (via the apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano) has just laid the heaviest burden in 2,000 years on the shoulders of Catholic … Continue reading
Mr. Gregory Lloyd, a Ukrainian Rite Catholic, is the director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration. The Pilgrimage has been a very “Latin” event; i.e., all of the Masses and most of the faithful on pilgrimage are of the traditional Roman … Continue reading
This paper was written in preparation for a talk at the 2006 Saint Benedict Center Conference. My talk — which was not a mere reading of the paper — is available on CD and MP3. The conference’s theme was “Catholic … Continue reading
Chivalry may not be dead, but it’s in critical condition. (The New York Times) The Marine Corps, the most male of the armed services, is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer … Continue reading
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha is scheduled to be canonized on October 21, 2012. Less than a month before that, she will be honored by the pilgrims walking the annual “Pilgrimage for Restoration” to Auriesville, New York. Below, I reproduce a press … Continue reading
This is slightly dated, but noteworthy: “Traditional Catholicism Is Winning” by ANNE HENDERSHOTT AND CHRISTOPHER WHITE. Excerpt: This aging generation of progressives continues to lobby church leaders to change Catholic teachings on reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and women’s ordination. But … Continue reading
This arrived today, from a friend: “100 years ago today, the last Mass was said on the Titanic, which happened to be Low Sunday, tomorrow’s Mass.” The Encyclopedia Titanica has an entry on Father Byles, the priest who offered the … Continue reading
(Rorate Caeli) From major French daily Le Figaro, in an article signed by its main religion correspondent, Jean-Marie Guénois. Rome and Écône on the verge of reaching an agreement by Jean-Marie Guénois Updated on April 13, 2012 20:37 (1837 GMT)| … Continue reading
On his www.chiesa site, the often worth-reading Sandro Magister has published the work of an Australian-based theologian concerning the Rome-SSPX dialogue. The piece by theologian John R.T. Lamont, “A Theologian’s Questions,” was written for Magister’s site. I referred to Lamont as … Continue reading
Yesterday, Thursday, April 12, 2012, a notice was posted on the Vatican Information Service (VIS) blog, announcing that the Pontifical Biblical Commission is soon to take up the subject “Inspiration and Truth in the Bible.” Here is the full text … Continue reading
‘Materially and formally’ cooperating with sin: Cardinal Burke explains why Catholic employers can’t obey Obama administration’s contraception mandate. See California Catholic Daily.
As a treat for Easter, the brothers watched the film Katyń, which recounts the horrible massacre of some 22,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia in the forest of Katyn, not far from the western Russian city of Smolensk. The film, directed … Continue reading
This Thursday, the Church celebrates that sacrosanct night when the High Priest of the New Law, Christ our God, instituted the Blessed Eucharist (εὐχαριστία – Eucharistia). This great Gift of God, which goes under various names considered under its different … Continue reading
Catholic World News quotes Cardinal Dolan saying some very spot-on words regarding contraception in light of the HHS Mandate: Cardinal Dolan conceded that the Catholic Church has “an internal catechetical challenge—a towering one—in convincing our own people of the moral … Continue reading
(www.RemnantNewspaper.com) When the leftist MSNBC cable network fired Pat Buchanan as a commentator in February, the Beltway Right reacted in character. It focused mostly on the issue of “free speech;” i.e., that the left only wants free speech for its … Continue reading
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