[Addendum: There is a distinction between the approval given many years ago to Our Lady of America, and that recently given to Our Lady of Good Help by Bishop Ricken. That distinction is explained in Brian Kelly’s extensive article “First … Continue reading
Saint Pius X wrote the following encyclical Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum on the feast of Our Lady’s Purification, February 2, 1904: An interval of a few months will again bring round that most happy day on which, fifty years ago, … Continue reading
The eye-witness accounts of the massacre rend the heart. I cannot imagine how the tears of the survivors must burn. No, this story ends not in tragedy, but in glory. These are martyrs for Christ. They went quickly to see … Continue reading
To our Tertiaries, Benefactors, and Friends, On a recent trip to Rome, where I was privileged to be present at the canonization of my patron, Saint André Bessette, the brothers took a tour of St. Clement’s Church, a truly ancient … Continue reading
IHM Chapel’s Mass schedule for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is as follows: 7:30 AM High Mass, 7:15 PM High Mass (with Rosary preceding at 6:45 PM). Confessions will be heard 6:45-7:20 AM and 6:30-7:05 PM Click here for … Continue reading
Rabbi David Rosen warns that years of liberalism and multiculturalism have formed a Europe that is powerless in the face of a determined Islamic militancy. Perhaps those who ignore such warnings when they come from Catholic voices will heed the … Continue reading
There is a distinctive Marian character to Advent. The stational church for the First Sunday of Advent is Rome’s (and Christendom’s) principal Marian shrine, Santa Maria Maggiore. In the Litany of Loreto, Our Lady is called the “Morning Star,” after … Continue reading
I have just seen for the first time a picture of the billboard the American Atheists put up in their attempt to undermine Christmas. It can be found at the ABC 7 website. I think that since their vain intent … Continue reading
Those who oppose inherently unnatural unions being dignified with the name “marriage” are classified as members of “hate groups.” Add another feather to the anti-Christian cap of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Washington D.C., Dec 1, 2010 / 12:41 am … Continue reading
Advent is not what most people think it is. Advent is not the shopping season before Christmas. It is not a time to have Christmas parties. It is not a time to sing Christmas carols. What is it, then? It’s … Continue reading
Sunday evening, October 31, Eve of All Saints, Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation, Bagdad, Iraq. Such heroism, such holy fortitude. Women and children were not spared. One terrorist put a bullet in the head of an infant to stop … Continue reading
News of a recent change in the Louisiana State Flag highlights the Eucharistic origin of its pelican symbol. The simple addition of three small drops of blood make it very clear that the pelican is not simply feeding her chicks; … Continue reading
The 1973 ICEL so-called “translations” of liturgical Latin, for Mass and the Hours, are gone. Deo Gratias. The work of the late Father Frederick McManus, founding member of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, is now buried. What … Continue reading
Cut to the chase: It’s a pack of lies. In what is perhaps the worst Vatican PR nightmare since the Williamson Affair — now back in the news with a vengeance — the world’s media are abuzz with prurient headlines … Continue reading
What follows is excerpted from Sandro Magister’s The Inconvenient Memoirs of Cardinal Biffi, which, in turn, excerpted from the recently updated version of the Cardinal’s book. If I might add a word to those of His Eminence, I will limit … Continue reading
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