Well, that was predictable: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx supports Kasper proposal at Synod. Never trust the “theologies of the genitive.” They all stink. Here we have the latest frontier: “The Theology of Luv.” With particular references to the Second Vatican Council, … Continue reading
While we were busy with our conference, the Synod continued, and continues still. What is capturing a lot of attention now is the Holy Father’s speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s institution of the … Continue reading
Many thank yous are in order for the good outcome of our recent conference. First, we must thank those who attended, without whom it would not have happened. Second, we must thank our speakers, all of whom thoughtfully addressed the … Continue reading
(Voice of the Family) The following intervention was made by Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea, President of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest (Romania), at the Ordinary Synod on the Family on Friday. Your Holiness, Synod Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, I … Continue reading
When she felt that she was going to go into an ecstasy and levitate she summoned the nuns to hold her down and sit on her so this would not happen publicly. “For mental prayer in my opinion is nothing … Continue reading
Condemning liberal Western ideologues in the same breath as his denunciations of ISIS and Boko Haram, Cardinal Robert Sarah, from a truly poor African Church in Guinea, stands as a very Catholic bastion against the doctrinal evolutionism and moral turpitude of the … Continue reading
The ever-insightful Professor Roberto de Mattei, asking the question, “Is there still a sense of sin among the Synod Fathers?” eloquently critiques the progressivist position of the liberal agitants. It is historicism, sociology parading as theology, and a revival of the condemned … Continue reading
In the words of the skeptic Roger Lacassagne (put on his tongue by Franz Werfel in his book Song Of Bernadette), “If miracles can happen, let them.” Lacassagne’s son Jules, who could no longer eat, was cured at Lourdes. Read … Continue reading
(Gloria.tv) Transcript of an Interview with John Smeaton, director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) and of Voice of the Family on the on-going Synod on the Family. Gloria.tv: What impression have you gained from the … Continue reading
This year, the “observance” of Columbus Day (always a Monday) falls on the actual Columbus Day, October 12. The day is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, but this is not mere coincidence. The great Catholic explorer … Continue reading
O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to thee. I, N___, a repentant sinner, cast myself at thy feet humbly imploring thee … Continue reading
I will add one story about Columbus that impressed me of his greatness. On one of his four voyages west his ship was caught in a gale for about a month off the coasts of Brazil. He could not escape. Suddenly, … Continue reading
Happy feast day Blessed Mother of the Rosary! It was called in England, Our Lady’s Psalter and also Our Lady’s Beads. The early Christians repeated simple prayers, Paters and Aves, by moving their thumb along a beaded string. Bede, in … Continue reading
A friend sent us a card with this prayer on it. She suggested that we recommend it to be said daily for the Synod of Bishops: Remedy against the “spirits of darkness” and the forces of hatred and fear. AUGUST Queen of … Continue reading
We live in a day when a false mercy threatens both the welfare of children and the sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ. One way that false mercy manifests itself is in the way annulments are conceived and carried … Continue reading
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