The Coming Home Network, Jeff Shott: I was baptized Christmas Eve 2001. I was six years old, and my family was very active in our local Baptist church in Largo, FL. We were members of a homeschooling co-op group in our … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
My Two Talks at the Crusade Congress: ‘Christendom’s Building Blocks, Catholic Communities’
This past Spring, I was in Louisiana for The CRUSADER Knight Congress. , which had as its theme, “Upon These Rocks: Building Christian Communities from the Rubble of Modernity.” The two following embedded files are hosted on Gloria.TV, a Catholic YouTube … Continue reading
RIP Carmelite Nun Who Had 10 Children and 28 Grandchildren
Church POP: This is incredible! Twitter user Mark R. Miller posted an amazing and stirring story of a late cloistered Carmelite nun who had 10 children and 28 grandchildren. Miller explained that the nun was his mother, whom he only … Continue reading
Joseph Pearce In Praise of Joseph Sobran (1946-2010)
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: The late Joseph Sobran (1946-2010) was a journalist who thrived on controversy. He was the sort of writer who did not try to please all of the people all of the time, or even most … Continue reading
On the Lighter Side: Mother Angelica’s Day of Profession
CNA, Mary Farrow: If you picture a nun’s first profession of vows, you probably picture a serene, peaceful affair with the sisters singing harmoniously and everything running joyfully and smoothly. However, the day of Mother Angelica’s first vows was anything … Continue reading
St. Joseph Altars, a New Orleans Tradition
CNA, Perry West: Catholic culture is everywhere in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is the city’s defining celebration. The city’s cathedral is one of its most well-known landmarks. And in the days leading to March 19, the people of New Orleans … Continue reading
I’ll Be Speaking in Mandeville, Louisiana at an April 30-May 2 Event: The CRUSADER Knight Congress
This Spring, I will be returning to my home state of Louisiana for a brief visit for this exciting event: The CRUSADER Knight Congress. The theme for this conference is apt and timely: “Upon These Rocks: Building Christian Communities from … Continue reading
Our Lady’s Apparition in 1841 to an Indian Boy in Montana
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: It was Christmas Eve, 1841, in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. Montana was still decades from statehood. The Salish Indians in that locality had welcomed missionaries only in September. Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, the well-known Jesuit missionary, … Continue reading
Where to From Here?
It was not surprising to hear the day after mainstream media proclaimed Joe Biden President-elect that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops officially congratulated him, hailing his declared victory as that of the “second Catholic President” in U.S. history. … Continue reading
Catholic America’s Debt to Central Europe
When one thinks of the Catholic Church in America, he might be forgiven for thinking that it is mostly an Irish affair with a recent influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants. But in truth, every nation in the world has contributed its … Continue reading
Archbishop Viganò Deplores USCCB for Declaring Biden 2nd ‘Catholic’ President
LifeSiteNews, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò: The world in which we find ourselves living is, to use an expression from the Gospel, “in se divisum” (Mt 12:25). This division, it seems to me, consists of a split between reality and fiction: … Continue reading
Viganò Addresses Americans at Crucial Time
The Remnant: As devout Christians and faithful citizens of the United States of America, you have intense and heartfelt concern for the fate of your beloved country while the final results of the Presidential election are still uncertain. News of … Continue reading
Replacing the WASPS
Most of what we consider institutional America — its governmental, academic, cultural, and even religious — structures were created by the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Of course, there were many of Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Scandinavian, and other Northern European nationalities … Continue reading
Bishop Honors Florida Martyrs, 1000 Were Apalachee Indians
CNA, Perry West: At a Mass on Monday said in thanksgiving for the cause for canonization of the martyrs of Spanish colonial Florida, the Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee emphasized that martyrs were not just in the Old World, but in what … Continue reading
Twin Brothers Ordained, Mother Was Pressured to Abort Them and Refused
Life News, Micaiah BilgerTwin brothers who both became priests are reaching thousands of people with the message of God’s truth after their mother chose life for them in difficult circumstances nearly 40 years ago. Story is here.