The following is a letter by the author — the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts — to the Boston Globe. It’s a brief civics lesson that also brings in Boston history, arts, and culture. In addition … Continue reading
The following is a letter by the author — the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts — to the Boston Globe. It’s a brief civics lesson that also brings in Boston history, arts, and culture. In addition … Continue reading
(Phil Lawler/Catholic World News) — In a letter ostensibly written to support the bishops of the US, Pope Francis has actually made life considerably more difficult for them. In his letter on the Trump administration’s immigration policies the Pontiff makes an … Continue reading
On February 6, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias.” It is reproduced in toto below. The Executive Order is openly critical of the Biden Administration’s anti-Christian policies, and even invokes a disgraceful episode involving traditional Catholics, … Continue reading
Phil Lawler has an excellent three-part analysis of the opposition of the USCCB to President Trump’s immigration policy, focusing particularly on the very pointed public statements made by two of the administration’s Catholics, the erudite and polished Vice-President, JD Vance, … Continue reading
Our site statistics informed me yesterday and today that we had a disproportionate number of hits on two pieces from 2022 and 2023: “Real Love is Ordered” and “We Are Measured by the Quality of Our Loves.” Since I saw no … Continue reading
Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the nation, Hail to the Chief! We salute you, one and all. Hail to the Chief, as we pledge cooperation, In proud fulfillment of a great, noble call. Yours is the aim … Continue reading
The National Catholic Register has published a moving column by Mary-Rose Verret on the growing cultus of a modern-day American thaumatourgos from Cajun Country. Entitled, “Why Catholic Families Pray to This Little Girl From Louisiana for Miracles,” the piece concerns … Continue reading
On December 20th, President-Elect Donald J. Trump announced that he will nominate Brian Burch, the President and co-founder of CatholicVote.org, as the 13th United States Ambassador to the Holy See. The appointment must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A … Continue reading
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year you must not die; You … Continue reading
Ye modern throng, whose tinsel joys reveal The strain’d and labour’d ecstasies you feel; Whose empty pastimes hold a spurious bliss, And feebly copy brighter days than this: Your clumsy games suspend, and pause to hear Of genuine mirth, and … Continue reading
Matthew McDonald penned a piece for the National Catholic Register on James Michael Curley (1874-1958), the four-term Catholic mayor of Boston, who still has friends and foes, fans and detractors in Beantown: Twice-Jailed Boston Mayor’s Last Hurrah Was in 1958, … Continue reading
As the Halloween decorations in American stores make way for those of Christmas (although in many such places the two have already co-existed happily in different aisles), here and there yet remain retail locales — especially such as sell turkeys … Continue reading
In “Saving the world from democracy,” Phil Lawler waxes political and gives his readers a good civics lesson for today. It is his assessment of what happened two days ago according to the distinction of a democracy from a republic. … Continue reading
Halloween’s Jack O’Lanterns may be gone, and the last Trick-or-Treater long since consumed his last bit of candy. But the “thinness of the veil between the worlds” of which innumerable writers speak at this time of year — and with … Continue reading
This is an interesting bit of New Orleans Catholic lore. An historic plaque was placed on the grounds of the old Holy Cross campus at 4950 Dauphine Street in the Crescent City, an area known as the “lower ninth ward.” … Continue reading
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