Are we back again with the liberal theological and Christological heresies of the sixties and seventies? Insubordinate theologians tried and tried to dethrone the sacrosanct term “transubstantiation,” which expresses the change of bread and wine into the Body, Blood, Soul, … Continue reading
(Photography and text by Kerri McCafferty. Pelican Publishing Company) This beautiful book is a feast for the eyes. The author, an accomplished photographer, presents her subject primarily in a delicious array of colorful photos of many different Saint Joseph Altars … Continue reading
Chuck Baldwin writes about what he considers the inevitable breakup of the United States. He’s promoting secession, and further making the case that there is a grassroots pro-secession movement across the country. As intriguing as that subject is for me, … Continue reading
The dim bulbs who indoctrinate the inmates at one particular government-run, taxpayer-funded educational institution have forbidden a student from wearing his Rosary out of fear that beads may be gang-related. Question: What kind of reaction would there be if the … Continue reading
I just read a well written column from the El Paso Times concerning Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexual acts. Papers hear in New England don’t have Guest Columns by Catholic priests, unless they are laicized priests like Boston Globe’s … Continue reading
Play-goers or movie-buffs might recall the end of this “prayer for the Tsar” offered impromptu by the Rabbi near the beginning of “Fiddler on the Roof”: “…far away from us!” The line reflects a popular anti-monarchist sentiment that scorns all … Continue reading
The sixties were a rough time to go through Catholic schools, especially after Vatican II. Nuns were modifying their habits, which meant shortening not only their veil, but even their skirts. The modified habit didn’t last long before religious garb … Continue reading
“Indifferentism” is the belief that it does not matter what religion a man professes, he can be saved nonetheless. The Church has roundly condemned this notion as a heresy in very strong language, holding it to be a denial of … Continue reading
Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Steubenville, Ohio, was present at the execution. He had been a spiritual adviser for the criminal, who had been sentenced to death in 1983 for shooting one man to death and wounding two on a … Continue reading
I cannot help but agree with this passing assessment of things Russian, given by Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX, in an interview with Brian Mershon: [Question:] Ever since Pope Benedict was elected and the new Russian Orthodox Patriarch was since chosen, … Continue reading
The coterie of infanticides at NARAL signed a contract to hold a pro-abortion event at a Knights of Columbus run facility. Two priests firmly showed their disapproval: A pair of local reverends announced last weekend they would be withdrawing their … Continue reading
Summer begins on my calendar after our May Procession. In meteorological time, it begins June 1. What this means is that the season of summer extends through the warmest months of the year, which in the Northern Hemisphere are June, … Continue reading
The conscience, and that which is called synderesis (knowledge of the basic principles of the moral law), are formed in childhood. Even before a child reaches the age of reason, nascent ideas of right and wrong are there in his … Continue reading
(Excerpted from a Sunday bulletin) A question I received in the question box recently claimed that much ado is made over women’s dress and little over men’s dress at our chapel. I’ve done some reflecting on it, and the point … Continue reading
New York Magazine (mildly) critiqued the journalism of the Times for its anti-Vatican vendetta journalism. Because Cardinal Levada bashed the Times for its dishonest and malicious attacks on the Holy Father, the Times turned its cheeky ire on His Eminence, … Continue reading
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