He had a vision for his country, inspired within him by a Catholic friend, that for China to be a great country it must find its greatness in the Christian religion. Lu (Lou) Zhengxiang was born to Protestant parents in … Continue reading
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Register Online for the SBC Conference!
The most current information on the conference is on our SBC Conferences site. You can now register for the conference online at store.Catholicism.org. Keep your eye on Catholicism.org for the final conference schedule with complete list of speakers, times, etc.
The Holy Unia Blog
I would like to bring to the attention of our readers a new blog — new to me, anyway — called The Holy Unia Blog. It’s an Eastern-Rite and pro-extra ecclesiam nulla salus blog that is “Promoting Holy Unia. Rejecting … Continue reading
Soloviev’s Meditation on the Papacy
Vladimir Soloviev gives this wonderful meditation on the Petrine office in Russia and the Universal Church. He is writing about St. Peter’s being made the Rock of the Church by our Lord and then, almost immediately, being called “Satan” (Mt. … Continue reading
Psychology and Salvation
In New Ideas on the Church and Salvation, I addressed the positions taken by Dr. Jeffrey Mirus in his piece, Salvation for Non-Catholics: Not a New Idea. Here, I will make some observations concerning the first of his two follow-ups: … Continue reading
Fr. Michael Rodriguez Defends the Moral Law on TV
Father Michael Rodriquez, who has been mentioned on this site before, was recently featured on a local television program in El Paso, Texas. The issue under discussion was Church teaching on Homosexuality. You can see the video here. Notice, if … Continue reading
Archbishop Burke Clarifies: Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Girls Have No ‘Right’ to These Positions
The head of the Supreme Apostolic Signatura, the Church’s highest court, has clarified certain liturgical questions in light of Canon Law. His comments were made in the preface to a book celebrating the third anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Excerpts from … Continue reading
Mammoth Government Protects Itself at Our Expense
Pat Buchanan reports on Nancy Pelosi and company’s $26 billion loan from China to save the jobs of other government bureaucrats whose jobs were threatened. Their jobs were threatened because their employees (state and local governments) felt the need to … Continue reading
Three Catholic Women, Different Paths Home, Friends Forever
Several obituaries mention that Patricia Neal will be buried at the Benedictine Monastery of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, where Rev. Mother Dolores Hart is prioress. Mother Dolores was a big Hollywood star at the time Patricia Neal was in … Continue reading
Big Exposé of the Southern Poverty Law Center
The magazine Social Contract has dedicated the entirety of its Spring issue to the scam artists at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The issue is entirely online, and here are its contents: A Note from the Editor – The SPLC: … Continue reading
Jeff Mirus Uses Vatican II and Saint Paul to Contradict Defined Dogma on Salvation
I wonder sometimes why conservative Catholic thinkers like Dr. Mirus find the literal sense of the dogma, No Salvation Outside the Church, so distasteful. They have no problem giving an “uncertain sound” on their trumpets by giving non-Catholics a hope … Continue reading
Pope Pius XI on False Ecumenism and No Salvation outside the Church
The misdirected effort to unify Christians without seeking converts to Catholicism was already under way in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1929, Pope Pus XI wrote on this subject in his encyclical Mortalium Animos, in which he … Continue reading
Informative Article on Current Situation of Church in China
I posted a column last week on the ongoing persecution, direct and subtle, of the Catholic Church in China. This afternoon I read an excellent account written by China expert, Father Bernardo Cervellera of Asia News, that I think supports … Continue reading
Saint Kelly of Armagh
Yesterday was the feast day of two martyrs, Saints Nazarius and Celsus, who were slain for the Faith in the year 68, in Milan, under the persecution of Nero. There is a brief account of them on our website for … Continue reading
Thomas More College Establishes Medieval Style Catholic Guilds
The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts announced that it has established a series of medieval-style Catholic guilds that will enable its students to gain skills and experience from master craftsmen in areas such as woodworking, sacred art, music, and … Continue reading
