A classic Joe Sobran column has recently been posted on his web site: The Words and Deeds of Christ. The column makes for some elevated Holy Week reading. It’s not a meditation on the Passion, mind you, but the “lapsed … Continue reading
Category: Columns
What Were These Hosannas All About? Reflections on the Coming of the King to His City
Our Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem the first day of the week of His Passion was so momentous that it is recorded in all four Gospels. It was also recorded in prophecy around five hundred years before it happened by … Continue reading
Blessed Be the Glorious Moment, the “Fiat” of the Incarnation, March 25
Catholic News Service reports: The feast of the Annunciation, March 25, has been recognized in Lebanon as a national holiday, and one of its most vigorous promoters is a Muslim. Sheik Mohammed Nokkari, who teaches in the faculty of law … Continue reading
Update on the Honeybee Crisis
Almost three years ago, 2007, I wrote an article for the June/July issue of the Mancipia on “Mildness,” one of the twelve fruits of the Holy Ghost. Strangely enough, I managed to finish that article by tying into it the … Continue reading
Good, Not-Often-Enough-Read Article
Brother Thomas Mary, author of They Fought The Good Fight, wrote an article many years ago that deserves wider circulation and attention. It’s called, simply, “Doctrinal Summary” — an accurate name, as the piece summarizes Father Feeney’s doctrinal stance, but … Continue reading
Southern Poverty Law Center Charges More Conservative Windmills
(This is dedicated to Heidi Beirich, director of “research” at the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose intelligent, nuanced writing style I attempt to imitate.) The radical mercenary leftist fundraisers at the Southern Poverty Law Center are busily spewing out their … Continue reading
New Hampshire’s Thomas More College Ranked Among Top Schools
MERRIMACK, N.H. (TMC Press Release) – The Virginia-based Young America’s Foundation recently recommended the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts as one of the nation’s top conservative colleges in its sixth annual “Top Conservative Colleges” list. Commenting on the list, … Continue reading
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day I just read on the New Advent website the Catholic Encyclopedia’s excellent account of the life of Erin’s great apostle. I would highly recommend it if you can spare fifteen minutes today. I can’t think of … Continue reading
‘England should be a Catholic country again’
That’s the motion that was debated last week in London, at an event hosted by the Spectator and held at the Royal Geographical Society. And guess what — “the 700-strong sell-out audience voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion”! Excerpt … Continue reading
No Way to Anime
Anime cartoons and their characters are a huge cultic phenomenon, the most popular of all escapist media venues. It is very addictive and very dangerous, to the soul and the mind. I don’t post weird stories, but this blog by … Continue reading
CDF Prefect Affirms: ‘Union with the Catholic Church is the goal of ecumenism’
One of the commentators on the relevant CWN article expressed it well: “It’s past time someone said this. Too often ecumenism is taken to mean the weakening of the teachings of the Church and the addition of non-Catholic ritual and … Continue reading
2010 Saint Benedict Center Conference
Our 2010 conference will be held on October 8 and 9 at Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire. The information currently available is as follows: Theme: “The Romance of Wisdom” Cost: $100 for both days (Friday and Saturday). This … Continue reading
Why Buddhism Is Open to Suicide
Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello, apostolic nuncio to Japan, has a very perceptive insight into the subversive effects Buddhist doctrine has on the soul of a suffering devotee confronting hopelessness. From Sandro Magister’s latest column: “Why Life is Worth So … Continue reading
Is the False Apparition in Medjugorje Finally to Be Condemned?
[March 5, 2010 – Rome Reports (with hat tip to Rorate Caeli)] Benedict XVI has formed a commission to investigate if Our Lady truly appeared in Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia. The commission is part of the Congregation for … Continue reading
Yet Another Defense of Pius XII
When the enemies of the Church, the enemies of Christianity in general, and those who want to “hold” the Catholic hierarchy’s “feet to the fire” constantly jabber about Pius XII’s supposed complicity in the Nazi murder of Jews, it becomes … Continue reading
