While gobbledygook is a part of neither the theological nor the canonical lexicon, use of the term is perfectly appropriate here. Speaking about the ordained ministry for women, Sr. Mary Barron, the president of the International Union of Superiors General … Continue reading
Three days ago, the U.K. newspaper, The Telegraph, published a story on the dating of the Shroud of Turin using Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS) technology. This dating technique produced an age of approximately 2,000 years, fitting the relic into the … Continue reading
Doug Mainwaring has penned an informative article at Life Site that puts Melania Trump’s recently announced support for abortion in a broader historical context. In her new memoir, Melania, and in a promotional video for that book (embedded below), Mrs. … Continue reading
When I was teenager, I witnessed some of the tragicomedy of Donald Trump’s divorce from his “first wife,” Ivana, on television. It was a sickening affair, and the media just loved it; but so did the public. It is to … Continue reading
Frank Wright has an excellent piece at Life Site about the absurd new aid package for Israel, whose war crimes in Gaza continue to mount. Below is a bullet-point summary of the article, followed by a post from the X … Continue reading
My good Angel: I know not when or how I shall die. It is possible I may be carried off suddenly, and that before my last sigh I may be deprived of all intelligence. Yet how many things I would … Continue reading
In an interview with Dr. Maike Hickson, John Sharpe, editor of IHS Press (and Saint Benedict Conference speaker), discusses his still timely 2005 two-volume series, Neo-Conned!, opposing the 2003 Iraq War. The books include contributions from Dr. Robert Hickson, Maike’s … Continue reading
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts member advisory… On Saturday, October 12, 2024, Catholic Action League Executive Director C. Joseph Doyle will address the Annual Saint Benedict Center Conference in Richmond, New Hampshire. Doyle’s talk is entitled The Triumph … Continue reading
Joe Doyle and Mike Church — both of whom will speak at the upcoming Saint Benedict Center Conference in October — discuss a range of Catholic issues in contemporary American politics in the video embedded below. The discussion was occasioned … Continue reading
To adopt someone spiritually means to commit yourself before God to loving and praying for him in a special way. There are no hard and fast rules for this form of private devotion; it is certainly not a required element … Continue reading
Please see the embedded PDF spelling out “Five Good Reasons” why you should come to our conference. We hope to see you there! God bless and Mary keep you. Click here to VIEW full size, DOWNLOAD as PDF file, and/or … Continue reading
It has long been the position of Catholicism.org that Medjugorje is a false apparition and we make no bones about saying it openly: see Medjugorje: Another View, No Problem With Heresy, the Devil Provides Wonders at Medjugorje, Message From Medjugorje: … Continue reading
The grave violation of just war doctrine — the hacking pagers of Hezbollah fighters and detonating them remotely — was appropriately condemned by His Beatitude, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (statement quoted below). In a particularly … Continue reading
A few days after his controversial comments in Singapore, where he called every religion, “a path to God,” Pope Francis gave a video address to a group of young people gathered for the Mediterranean Meeting (MED24) in the Albanian capital … Continue reading
The following news story, from Life Site, represents the closing of one chapter and the beginning of the next for the apparently no-longer-embattled community of Carmelite Nuns in Arlington, Texas. Below the opening of the Life Site piece are further … Continue reading
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