A funny thing happened on the way to the Knox Translation. I wanted to compare how the famous English priest’s translation of the Canticle of Canticles read as compared with the Douay version. This brought me to one of the … Continue reading
Category: Columns
A Theological Review of the Amazon Synod, by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski
The video below is of a talk given by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, whose YouTube channel thus summarizes it: Catholics the world over have been disturbed, scandalized, and galvanized by the Amazon Synod of October 2019. Since a complete theological analysis … Continue reading
Yes, the Church IS Missionary: Brother André & Jonathan Arrington
Thanks once more to Mr. Steve Cunningham, of the Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel, for broadcasting to his very large and growing audience another episode of Reconquest. Relevant links for this show appear under the embedded video. To that brief list … Continue reading
Archbishop Viganò Now Sounds Prophetical
In saying what is headlined, I do not mean that Archbishop Viganò is foreseeing the future, but that he is teaching the truths of revealed religion with stunning clarity and holy urgency. His Grace is objecting to the continuation of … Continue reading
No, You May Not Donate to the CCHD
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) will have its annual collection this coming Sunday in Catholic parishes throughout the United States. No, you may not donate to it. This should not in the slightest be a controversial matter. The … Continue reading
Is Jesus our ‘Brother’?
One of the more rewarding aspects of being a high-school religion teacher is to be the recipient of good questions, questions that show that the student thinks and cares about the important subject matter he is studying. Some months back, … Continue reading
What Really Measures a Man?
It’s hard to type in a bed with one’s arms up in the air; but I had to comment on this great article by Leonard Kriegel. This man suffered almost all his life from polio which crippled him at the … Continue reading
A Return to the Virtue of Modesty?
TFP, John Horvat II: When you hear the term “modest fashion,” you think of clothing linked to religious convictions. The term usually applies to women’s fashions since they were much more affected by the liberalization of the sixties. In America, … Continue reading
On Veils and Veiling for Ladies in Church
Last November, I interviewed Lilly Wilson, of Veils by Lilly, on the subject of head coverings for ladies. The interview, which I think went very well, was broadcast as Reconquest Episode 155. In order to make the information more generally … Continue reading
The Primacy of the Intellect and the Curse of Religious Sentimentalism
For decades, there has been an invasion of anti-Logos irrationalism into the Church. Sometimes this irrationalism takes the form of sentimentalism (see Brother Francis’ article, Sentimental Theology), at other times it is existentialism (“existence precedes essence”), or a host of … Continue reading
To Gary Potter
The following brief poem came to the author this morning… Our hopes for early glory fail, The causes that we fought for die; Still avidly His Cross we hail, In silhouette against the sky.
Brazilian Bishop Adair José Guimarães: Evangelize the Indigenous!
Contrary to the anti-Missionary voice of the Austrian Bishop Erwin Kräutler1 and his fellow cultural appropriators from Germany, France, and elsewhere, here is a Brazilian Bishop saying some good things: The Church’s Mission is to bring the Gospel to Everyone, … Continue reading
Mass Times and Location for SBC Conference, Oct. 11, 12
Owing the present circumstances at Saint Benedict Center, we are unable to have our accustomed Masses on the Friday and Saturday mornings of the Conference. We announced in the Conference advertising that there would be off-campus Masses that our conference-goers … Continue reading
Saint Benedict Center Conference Update: Last-Minute Speaker Change
Much to his chagrin and ours, Mr. Gary Potter’s health is preventing his participation in next week’s Saint Benedict Center Conference. He informed us of this sad news today. Mr. Charles Coulombe has graciously agreed to give a second talk … Continue reading
Joe Doyle on Bizarre Mass. ‘Gender X’ Legislation
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press release… As the only Catholic organization in Massachusetts to speak out against the insanity of so-called Gender X legislation, the Catholic Action League continues to gain media coverage as it alerts citizens … Continue reading
