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
Category: Columns
Considerations on Rocky Road and Purity
To the best of my knowledge rocky road is chocolate ice cream with some toppings mixed into it. The reason I am unsure is because I haven’t eaten it too many times in my life. I was one of those … Continue reading
Human Suffering in Gaza, the Numbers
Using media reports posted on 12/24/2023,1 I compiled some composite Palestinian casualty figures on the Gaza war. While multiple sources have identified the number of women and children killed, I have seen no clear figures on the total civilian versus … Continue reading
An Addition Game for the Itchy Eared
Solve this math problem, and then find out what your answer tells you about yourself: 2+2=__ If you said four, congratulations! This answer is lovely and quaint in an old-fashioned sort of way. It shows you to be loyal and … Continue reading
The Christmas Proclamation from the Roman Martyrology
Here is my reading of the Roman Martyrology for Christmas, recorded in 2019 and graciously posted by Steve Cunningham to his Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel. The reading is only a little over a minute. To see the full text, with … Continue reading
Israel’s Vatican Ambassador Accuses Jersusalem Patriarchate of ‘Blood Libel,’ Admits IDF May Have Killed Unarmed Catholic Women
Responding to the statement made by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem accusing the IDF of “murdering” two unarmed Catholic women on church property “in cold blood,” the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, Raphael Schutz, accused the Latin Patriarchate of … Continue reading
Israeli Sniper Murders Two Christian Women ‘In Cold Blood’ at Holy Family Parish in Gaza
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem released a statement concerning the “murder,” on December 16 (Saturday), of two Christian women by an IDF sniper at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. The word murder was used in the Patriarchate’s statement, which is … Continue reading
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Can the US Say NO to Israel and Ukraine?
For those who might dismiss Chris Hedges’ recently posted video because Mr. Hedges is a liberal, we present a conservative libertarian, Judge Andrew Napoletano, interviewing Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — the Republican former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin … Continue reading
The Myth of the Medieval Tritone Ban
Was the musical interval known as the “tritone” really banned in the Middle Ages? Was it really seen as diabolus in musica (“the devil in music”) by the Catholics — mostly monks — responsible for our beautiful patrimony of Gregorian … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: ‘The Genocide in Gaza’
A very informative video is embedded below. It is a talk by the journalist, Chris Hedges, on “The Genocide in Gaza.” This is a very present humanitarian crisis which is also a moral matter of utmost importance. U.S. taxpayers are … Continue reading
The Principle of Tradition in the Liturgical Life of the Church
Embedded in the video below is Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s lecture given at the Pax Liturgica Meeting at the Augustinianum in Rome on October 27, 2023. The venerable Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Mary in Astana spoke on the … Continue reading
Join us Live or Live-Streamed for the Sisters’ Christmas Concert: Saturday, January 6
Join us in person or online for Christmas “Carols and Cookies” on the feast of the Epiphany, Saturday, January 6, 2024. Where? Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire (directions here). $5 Suggested Donation (per adult) $20 Donation to Request … Continue reading
The Immaculate One Meets the Man of Sorrows
Today is the glorious Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. It is also a Friday. What thoughts might come to mind while praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of Our Lady’s Rosary, customary on Fridays, against the large … Continue reading
‘Facts about Slavery Never Mentioned in School,’ by Dr. Thomas Sowell
This YouTube video of Thomas Sowell reading from his own book is embedded here on Catholicism.org because I have just interviewed Dr. Gracjan Kraszewski, author of the book, Catholic Confederates. Whenever there is talk of the Catholic Church in the … Continue reading
The Scofield Reference Bible and Darwinism
There is a rising consciousness of the evils brought into this world by the heretical Scofield Reference Bible, thank God. YouTube and other online media outlets now host an abundance of critiques of this work which helped to make much … Continue reading
