Writing yesterday under the amusing nom de plume, Xavier Rynne II, an editorialist for the UK Catholic Herald has a fairly full report on the pitfalls of the Synod. (Click here to see why the pen name is amusing.) According … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Synod on the Family: Voice of the Family Expresses Grave Concerns
(Voice of the Family) It is widely considered that the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, held in Rome last October, was manipulated by those controlling it in order to promote changes in the teachings of the Catholic Church on questions relating … Continue reading
Have You Given Your Guardian Angel a Name?
Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful? (Judges 13:18) Before the Israelites had kings, they were ruled by judges, most of whom were warriors who were sent by God to conquer the idolatrous nations that afflicted the Jews in … Continue reading
A Site for All Things Synod, by Hilary White and Friends
Hilary White, who has written for LifeSite, The Remnant, and other outlets, is very interested in covering the Synod just about to start. She is so interested, in fact, that she and some fellow travelers have begun a blog for … Continue reading
A Call for Prayer and Fasting for God’s Glory and the Cause of the Family, against the ‘Kasperites’
My friend “Aged Parent” at The Eye-Witness has issued a call for fasting in preparation for the October 4–25 Synod on the Family. We are urging our readers to join this effort, somehow. October 4 is the Sunday coming, so the Synod is … Continue reading
‘The Rigging of a Vatican Synod?’ by Edward Pentin
(Rorate Caeli) In addition to the recent publication of the two pre-Synod books written by prelates of the Catholic Church, namely the Eleven Cardinals Book and the African Prelates Book, a book written by a reliably faithful layman is also of … Continue reading
2015 Conference Schedule
Join us on Friday-Saturday, October 16 and 17, 2015, for Saint Benedict Center’s annual conference. You may register online or by telephone: (603) 239-6485. What: This year’s conference theme is “Total Consecration to Mary: The Remedy for our Ills” Where: Saint Benedict Center, 95 … Continue reading
More Exemplary Testimony About Yogi Berra the Catholic
Thank you to Brother John Marie Vianney, M.I.C.M., Tert., a baseball enthusiast to be sure, for these tidbits and clippings about the recently deceased great Yankee catcher. These were the days when athletes did not have big egos and had thick … Continue reading
Help Fight Publicly Funded Abortion in Massachusetts!
Pro-life Attorney Thomas M. Harvey—a valiant and eloquent defender of the unborn, and a longtime friend and supporter of the Catholic Action League—is trying to put an end to taxpayer funded abortions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since the 1981 Supreme Judicial Court … Continue reading
Great Saints Close the Month of Our Lady’s Sorrows
The Church’s calendar often has some intriguing episodes of feast days. This past week and next week we have an Apostle, the only priest who had the stigmata, twin medical doctors, the Eight North American Martyrs, the Prince of the … Continue reading
Cardinal Gerhard Müller: A Speech Worth Reading
He uses the words heresy, Modernism, progressivism, narcissism, and apostasy — as pejoratives; he speaks well of the liturgy and against its banalizations and anthropocentrisms; he defends the unborn; he harshly criticizes the American and European agendas of forcing progressivist … Continue reading
Well Played, Papa Francesco, Well Played
Quoth USA Today: WASHINGTON — Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop to visit the Little Sisters of the Poor Wednesday, a move that Vatican officials said was intended to send a message of support in the nuns’ battle against Obamacare. The … Continue reading
I’m a ‘Public Figure’ on Facebook Now. Oh Boy.
(Update: I have now been restored to full brotherly status by Facebook, as can be seen here. I am grateful that the individual I communicated with at FB accepted my documentary proof.) Since I was “outed” on their social media megasite … Continue reading
Get others to come to our Conference
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‘I Mean It’s Like, Kind of, You Know, Sort of Wimpy’
An interesting observation is here in the following article. The criticism is right on target. Not that I am not guilty of this myself at times, especially in public speaking. How often do we use these fillers, “like,” “um,” “so,” … Continue reading
