Piigrim Priest: There’s a lot of combinations of sacramental debates happening today, but most of them are very similar: Someone’s Catholic family member is getting married outside the Church. Half the family feels squeamish about it. A priest steps in … Continue reading
Category: Catechesis and Fundamentals
‘Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety’: My Interview with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski
For episode 258 of Reconquest, I interviewed Dr. Peter Kwasniewski on his latest book, The Holy Bread of Eternal Life, which is available from the publisher, Sophia Institute Press. Mr. Steve Cunningham, of the fantastic Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel, has … Continue reading
Saint Jerome vs Protestantism
Catholic World Report, Casey Chalk: St. Jerome, whose feast day is September 30th, is known by Catholics for several things. Many know the fourth-century priest as responsible for the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible, the official biblical text … Continue reading
Video: Is ‘Lead Us Not into Temptation’ a Bad Translation?
My interview with Mr. Jonathan Arrington was recorded for Reconquest Episode 108: Is ‘Lead Us Not into Temptation’ a Bad Translation? To learn more about the Veritas Radio Network and the special offer good from now till the Feast of the … Continue reading
NCR Accuses Four Cardinals, à la Father Feeney, of Jansenism
Michael Sean Winters of National Catholic Reporter does not like black and white. He denies that black and white exist in moral and doctrinal Church teaching. He says that what does exist is the “grey.” Everything, outside of mathematics, is … Continue reading
The Holy Forties
When I was studying under Brother Francis and Brother Hugh we used to play a numbers game. Beginning with “One” we would proceed to “Two, Three, Four, etc,” naming everything we could about the Faith that had to do with … Continue reading
Introduction to the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom
The Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom* (SAI) is the educational division of Saint Benedict Center. The Institute provides well-rounded and conveniently simple courses of instruction in Catholic thought. The classes available through SAI are a continuation of the studies which … Continue reading
The Apostles Creed
The feast day of Saint Thomas the Apostle on the traditional Roman calendar is December 21. In the new calendar it is July 3, so I took the liberty of giving him honor on this day too. Saint Jerome had … Continue reading
The Holy Ghost in Sight and Sound
This year, my High School religion course is covering, among other things, the Catholic doctrine concerning the Holy Ghost. Because I wanted to give my students a sense of how the rich heritage of Catholic art strives to express the … Continue reading
What You Believe Matters
Reading the masterpiece of Catholic spirituality, The Interior Life Simplified and Reduced to its Fundamental Principle, I came across a passage that speaks eloquently of the importance of faith to one’s moral worth. (The passage may be viewed in context … Continue reading
Why Hell Needs to Be Preached from the Housetops
Over the last fifty years, the Catholic faithful have become increasingly more presumptuous, believing that if one is judged to be a “good person” by his fellow human beings, his soul would immediately go to heaven. The notion that he … Continue reading