1. A great saint and friend of mine saw me fly straight to heaven like a fireball when I died. 2. It took a long time, 467 years in fact, before I was canonized. 3. Another great saint and writer, … Continue reading
Category: Columns
‘St. Augustine, Genesis, and Theistic Evolution’: My Interview with Joseph Gedney
My bright and learned interlocutor in this interview is a 17-year-old homeschooled young man who knows more about this subject than many older folk who pompously pontificate on it. Far from advocating, favoring, or providing useful arguments for theistic evolution, … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: ‘The Gift of Filial Adoption’
(With the kind permission of Rorate Caeli, we post this op-ed by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider. It should be read in concert with Cdl. Müller’s “Manifesto of Faith.”) The Gift of Filial Adoption The Christian Faith: the only valid … Continue reading
Should Catholics Celebrate the New England Patriots?
With the 2019 Super Bowl victory by the New England Patriots, should Catholics join in celebrating a capitalist corporation which promotes moral depravity and sexual perversion, and which opposes religious freedom? The New England Patriots, as a corporation, and the … Continue reading
For She Hath Loved Much
Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less (Luke 7:47). Jesus speaks here to the pharisee Simon who had invited Our Lord to a … Continue reading
Let Us ‘Go to Joseph’: Ite Ad Ioseph!
Regarding the matter of the undated canonical precept recently issued by an official of the Diocese of Manchester, we are taking the wise counsel of Saint Teresa of Avila and turning to the glorious Saint Joseph. We invite friends and benefactors … Continue reading
Notification Concerning Mass and the Sacraments at Saint Benedict Center
It is with sorrow that we must inform our many friends and supporters, and all the faithful Catholics who have attended the Traditional Latin Mass at Saint Benedict Center, that the Diocese of Manchester has now refused us the services … Continue reading
Press Release: January 12, 2019 Response to Media Inquiries
The media are advised of the following statement of January 12, 2019. More statements on this current issue are forthcoming. Here is the link of the March 7, 2017 letter that is mentioned in the statement below. Click here to … Continue reading
Letter Explaining Saint Benedict Center’s Doctrinal Stance
In response to recent events and inquiries that have been made about them, this letter, written to ecclesiastical officials as part of an ongoing dialogue, is now being posted on our site. Update (September 16, 2023): To date, Father de … Continue reading
For the Record: Father Harrison’s Comment on Bishop Barron’s Words to Ben Shapiro
Father Brian Harrison made a thoughtful comment on YouTube, motivated by Michael Voris’ “Vortex” episode critiquing Bishop Robert Barron for his now well known remarks to Ben Shapiro. Father Harrison sent me his comment via email, after he posted it … Continue reading
Saint Hildegard and Ola Gjeilo Make My Point
One point that I was trying to make in the piece I published yesterday, Who is the Matrix?, is wonderfully made in a sacred hymn composed by Saint Hildegard (popularly called Hildegard von Bingen). The piece is her Ave Generosa, which you can … Continue reading
Ready-to-Use Admissions of Pro-Abortionists, Including Some Doctors Who Admit to ‘Killing Babies’
I just filled out a Questionaire for Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List on fighting against abortion. The last question asked for suggestions or input. As I started writing my suggestion grew longer and longer. I thought, therefore, … Continue reading
Joe Doyle Interviewed on ‘Life Matters’
C. J. Doyle, the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, was interviewed last Wednesday by Colbe Mazzarella, the Guest Host of Life Matters, the pro-life television program on the Boston Neighborhood Network, which is cablecast on more … Continue reading
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General, Who Singled Out Catholic Church, Goes to Jail
Kathleen Kane, predecessor of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and architect of the policy singling out Catholic institutions for sex-abuse claims while ignoring similar abuse in other institutions (e.g., public schools) has, today, reported to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility … Continue reading
Who Am I?
I am one of the kings of Juda mentioned in the Book of Kings and in Chronicles (Paralipomenon). I was for the most part zealous for the God of Israel, not so much as David and my father, but … Continue reading
