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
Category: Columns
A Few Thoughts on Men’s Dress at Sunday Mass
(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
NY Mag Pokes NY Times over Catholic Coverage
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
Comedy Central Promotes Blasphemy
“In like manner these men also defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and blaspheme majesty” (Jude 8). The Hollywood Reporter says that Comedy Central is soon to produce a new show mocking Our Lord: Comedy Central might censor every image … Continue reading
Thomas More College Launches ‘The Way of Beauty’ Blog
In his address to gathered artists in Rome last year, Pope Benedict spoke of the importance of art in the evangelization of the whole culture, noting that when man works beautifully, he works in cooperation with God’s grace and is … Continue reading
Homosexuality and the Church Crisis
The myth that the clergy abuse scandal has nothing to do with homosexuality is a politically correct mantra chanted by the same folks who’ve gotten us into this mess in the first place — backed by their ideological allies in … Continue reading
April/May ‘Mancipia’ Posted
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Men Becoming Chemically Emasculated?
The article summary reads, “Levels of ‘viable’ sperm in human males are falling – and scientists believe they now understand the cause. Infertility can begin in the womb, says Steve Connor.” According to Out for the count: Why levels of … Continue reading
Jewish Businessman Furious Over Anti-Catholic Media Assault
Sam Miller, a Jewish business in Cleveland, gave the following talk before a City Club gathering in Cleveland in 2003. As the intro from CatholicOnline states, what Miller said then is even more evocative today. Such a spirited and factual … Continue reading
Patriots are Terrorists
You can rest comfortably, America. Those standard-bearers of decency at the Southern Poverty Law Center are once again magnanimously acting for the common weal. They have heroically identified forty (potential) domestic terrorists who are part of the “resurgent” patriot movement. … Continue reading
Homosexual and Anti-Military Activists Escape Prosecution for Trespassing at ND, Not Pro-Life 88
I am posting the news of this outrageous assault on justice which issues from this once hallowed Catholic university as a column rather than a news item in order to draw more attention to it. The South Bend University’s (I … Continue reading
Leaving the World for a Monastery
At The Eponymous Flower, Maximilian Hanlon offers a few salubrious reflections on his recent visit to Clear Creek Monastery, the traditional Benedictine Abbey in Oklahoma. (By the way, it’s not really true: the rumor, that is, that the license plate … Continue reading
Feastday, St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron of Beggars and Mentally Ill
What a powerful saint he is! How extraordinary his saintly life (1748-1783)! The miracles that he wrought in Rome immediately after his death led to the conversion of an American Congregationalist minister, Rev. Mr. John Thayer. Thayer went on to … Continue reading
April is Confederate History Month
Yes, we’re in Confederate History Month. And wherever you stand on the issue — whether you’re a liberal or a conservative — you will probably agree that it’s important for Americans (even Southerners) to learn their history and love their … Continue reading
Mayor Koch Defends Pope Benedict
In the pages of the Jerusalem Post comes an editorial on the journalistic pseudo-inquisition launched against the Holy Father. Former New York City mayor, Ed Koch, makes some points that deserve wide circulation: The primary explanation for the abuse that … Continue reading
