Genocide: an ancient crime; a relatively new word; a horrific event in which one group of people attempts to completely eliminate another group; a modern crime. All of these apply to the word, one of the most awful in human … Continue reading
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Chuck Baldwin Praises Generals Lee and Jackson
Chuck Baldwin and I do not see eye-to-eye on religious matters. I am an avowed Catholic, he an avowed Protestant. That said, the man has some uncommon common sense on social and political questions. Witness his recent laudatory comments about … Continue reading
A Yoke of Love and Peace
My thoughts are full of the recent wedding of my son. There is a great deal involved leading up to this major event: the prayerful choice of a vocation, the months of courtship, the endless details, the physical and emotional … Continue reading
What Do Jagermeister and Hartford Insurance Have in Common?
The logo for both the Hartford Insurance Company and Jaegermeister German liqueur is traced to the vision of the apostle of the Ardennes, Saint Hubert of Maastricht, confessor, thirty-first Bishop of Maastricht, and first Bishop of Liège. He was born … Continue reading
Silvester II Pope and Inventor
Silvester II (999-1003), the first French Pope, a great teacher, theologian, philosopher, and diplomat is credited with inventing the first mechanical pendulum clock. Not only that, but when he was a student in Spain, studying mathematics and natural science under … Continue reading
How Did THIS Happen? Preventing Birth Makes for Fewer Humans?
File this one under D for “Duh.” Mr. Carl Djerassi is an octogenarian who has the unenviable distinction of having made a key discovery in the creation of the pill. He is now saying, in effect, that it was all … Continue reading
Saint Joseph: An Image of the Blessed Trinity
As I write this, it is the Feast of the Holy Family, the first Sunday after the Epiphany. On this day, the Church celebrates Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the human holy trinity that perfectly images the divine Holy Trinity. In … Continue reading
The Horror in Gaza Continues
I was utterly appalled yesterday to read a column that I cannot locate this morning in which the author wrote about how sick and tired he was of all the attention given to the suffering people of Gaza. His point: … Continue reading
Saint Anthony’s in West Orange Made an Oratory, Father Wickens Remembered
An old departed friend of Saint Benedict Center is happily remembered on the web site of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Father Paul Wickens, who championed the innocence of children by combating compulsory “sex education” in Catholic … Continue reading
Ten Ways to Make a Delinquent (Guaranteed to Work!)
The police department of Houston, Texas, gave the following ten rules for raising delinquent children. 1. Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a … Continue reading
Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know
[Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know: The Divine Surprises and Chastisements that Shaped the Church and Changed the World by Diane Moczar, Ph D. Sophia Institute Press, 2005] Please pardon my enthusiasm, but I loved this book! It was a … Continue reading
Questions and Answers on the Catholic America Tour
This is an update on the February-March Catholic America Tour. (If you have not read it, please take a look at Ad Rem No. 95 for the announcement of the road trip.) We have received several inquiries from interested persons, … Continue reading
How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma
Anne Hendershott has an article in the on-line Wall Street Journal about Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy family politicians’ predilection for abortion. She writes of the 1964 meeting at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Mass., the colloquium wherein the Kennedy … Continue reading
The Holy Name of Jesus and Free Will
“But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.” (John 1:12) On this Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, it was my privilege to … Continue reading
Vatican I, a Council Called in Very Tough Times
When Blessed Pope Pius IX summoned the First Vatican Council in 1869 the world was somewhat mystified. There had not been an ecumenical council since Trent (1545-1563). The nineteenth century had brought a new factor into the equation of church/state … Continue reading
