The following is an excellent conference on the subject of “Modesty in Speech” by Father Chad Ripperger. He is following the doctrine of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the virtues, showing how modesty extends not only to the area of dress, … Continue reading
In Dom Gueranger’s wonderful set of commentaries on the Holy Mass, Explanation of the Holy Mass, the Benedictine master speaks of the grandeur of the silent canon in the Roman Rite Mass. One paragraph is a polemic against the “dangerous … Continue reading
A friend of mine named Jim is currently reading G.K. Chesterton’s provocative book, The Everlasting Man. He sent me an email a couple of days ago with a wonderful paragraph excerpted from that work, stating that he was amazed at … Continue reading
All you Logic students out there, pay attention! As this year’s Logic and Rhetoric teacher at IHM School, I was this very day on a quest for a broad sampling of enthymemes to show my students so that they will … Continue reading
“Jesus didn’t teach hate. He washed feet. He gets us. All of us.” You’ve seen those words flash across your screen recently if you watched the Super Bowl and didn’t skip out for a bathroom break or a beer run … Continue reading
Respected Mariologist, Official of the Holy See, and parish priest, Monsignor Arthur Burton Calkins, died on February 3 of this year. Here are two sources for additional information: Reverend Msgr. Arthur Burton Calkins: April 18, 1945 ~ February 5 [sic], … Continue reading
In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews’ Frank Wright, Palestinian Monsignor William Shomali — of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem — related just how devastating the war in Gaza has been for Holy Land Christians, recalling stories of death, destruction, and … Continue reading
My Dear Friend, The very warmest of greetings! I was sorry to hear that you were recently made to feel guilty regarding the use of your smart phone. How sad. Of all people, you are not one to be immoderate … Continue reading
On January 26th, The Boston Globe published a long, lead story celebrating the decision of a Connecticut woman to travel to Vermont to take her own life through physician assisted suicide—“medical aid in dying”—which is legal in that state. The writer of the story was Globe columnist, … Continue reading
Abbé Claude Barthe is a French traditionalist priest who was ordained in 1979 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Incardinated in the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in 2005 and therefore in canonical good standing, he is an accomplished author on ecclesiastical subjects and, … Continue reading
Earlier this month, Brother Matthew, M.I.C.M., of Saint Benedict Center in Still River, Massachusetts, gave a fine presentation on the history of Father Leonard Feeney and the “Boston Heresy Case.” The talk is embedded in the YouTube video below. It … Continue reading
The migration of Catholicism.org to its new servers is complete. Things are functioning well. We’ve posted a new article since the site has migrated: The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail, Part II. One complication is that when our email … Continue reading
We’re implementing some improvements on our site. Beginning tonight at 8:00 p.m., EST, the final stages of our site’s migration from one server to another will commence. There is the possibility of down time. When the DNS server is changed, … Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invoked the Hebrew Scriptures as a justification for the Genocide in Gaza. He did so when he mentioned “Amalek” in connection with the current atrocities being committed by the IDF against the Palestinians. To … Continue reading
Here is a brief video with a summary of current events in Gaza. Its claims are documented with quick excerpts from news feeds showing what the purveyors of genocide are doing and what is their intent in their own words. … Continue reading
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