On this day, September 9, the Church honors a Jesuit missioner who was one of the greatest saints of the New World. Saint Peter Claver never left the port city of Cartagena after his ordination there in 1615. His superior … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Europe is Going Crazy
When I read “studies show…” or “a recent study has indicated that…” I admit to having a healthy dose of skepticism. Depending on who does the “studying,” the conclusions of such a scientific pursuit could be worthless or even harmful. … Continue reading
Goodbye Rule of Law, Hello Tyranny
The first paragraph of Paul Craig Roberts’ article is like an overture to the rest. And the overture is noisier than Tchaikovsky’s one of 1812. With bank fraudsters, torturers, and war criminals running free, the US Department of Justice (sic) … Continue reading
The Deep Wound of the Sin of Contraception
There is an excellent article on Catholic Online website by a physician and father of nine, Dr. Dominic Pedulla, dealing with the personal shame that sears the hearts of married women, especially Catholic married women, who contracept. As a doctor, … Continue reading
An Israelite Without Guile
The Gospel for the feast of Saint Bartholomew, August 24, is from Saint John’s account of the first meeting of Our Lord with Nathanael, whom he also names near the end of his Gospel as being with Peter, Thomas, James, … Continue reading
Reclassifying the Unspeakable
The eerie headline — “Are Mental Health Professionals Working to Normalize Pedophilia?” — provides me an unwelcome opportunity to revisit the theme I sounded recently in Normalcy as Evangelism. A group of academic pedophile lobbyists — i.e., “scientific” activists who … Continue reading
Archbishop Sambi’s Curious Position on Fatima
The Remnant brings to our notice an extraordinary remark made my Robert Moynihan in the latest edition of the magazine he edits, Inside the Vatican. Dr. Moynihan has a record of reporting facts that bolster the traditionalist position on current … Continue reading
Pro-Life Pilgrims Denied Entrance to Montreal Basilica by Custodian Priest: ‘Pro-Vie’ T-Shirts ‘Too Political’
So, the maxim, “the corruption of the best is the worst,” proves true again — this time, with the Sulpicians of Montreal, pathetically so. Montreal would have never survived were it not for the Sulpician priests who came to the … Continue reading
God’s Plan for America in the Light of Its Post-Columbian Catholic History
Wasting most of my ponderous day churning my mind for an irrefutable rebuttal to the notion that any “place” in space could be “empty” of any matter at all, or that such “empty space” could exist within the atom itself, … Continue reading
Remembering a Cardinal Who Valued Hedges, Who Loved the Latin Mass, Alas!
“And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted” (Isaias 5:5). Rorate Caeli website has a tribute today in honor of Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani … Continue reading
SPLC Attacks Protestant Pro-Family Organizaions As Hate Groups
Still parading as a respectable civil rights organization, the fundraising syndicate known as the Southern Poverty Law Center has entered Evangelical Protestant pro-family groups onto their rosters of hateful people. Read about it at Human Events.
Your Apostasy Will Take You to Hell, Fr. Kennedy
“Apostasy is the total repudiation of the christian faith.” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 751) “[Father Peter Kennedy] said he had not believed in Jesus for some time, calling the son of God a ‘fable’ and a ‘metaphor’. (The Sydney … Continue reading
Despite Having Cancer Catholic High School Girl Reached Out to Help Other Students
When I read what follows from John Shaughnessy’s article in the Indianapolis Archdiocesan newspaper, reprinted by CNA, I was especially impressed. It often happens that those who are suffering physically appreciate more the suffering of others, even when it is … Continue reading
Auriesville Pilgrimage Reminder
The 16th annual “Pilgrimage for Restoration” is scheduled for September 23-25, 2011. To stay informed, sign up for the the pilgrimage mailing list. You can also connect via the Pilgrimage’s facebook group, and facebook event. As usual, Saint Benedict Center … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann and the Curse of Pluralism
It appears that a clever, attention-seeking member of the fourth estate has seized on a deep, dark secret about a Republican contender for our nation’s highest office: Michele Bachmann’s Church Says the Pope Is the Antichrist. Michele Bachmann is a … Continue reading