From Brother Alexis Bugnolo… Originally posted on From Rome: Against perverse and unnatural forms of Marriage TO BE READ FROM ALL THE PULPITS OF AMERICA I, as a disciple of Christ Jesus, hold and believe that the US Supreme Court … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Sister Lucy to Cardinal: Final Confrontation between the Lord and Satan will be over Family and Marriage.
Rorate Caeli has published a translated excerpt from an interview with Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, the Archbishop of Bologna. The interview took place on Feburary 16, 2008, but has recently stirred up more interest in light of the Synod on the Family. I … Continue reading
In Defense of Rachel Dolezal
This is going to be a very short post. I want to come to the defense of Rachel Dolezal. She’s getting a lot of bad press now because she is a white woman of German and Czech ancestry who says, … Continue reading
After Protests by the Catholic Action League, O. F. M. are M-I-A at ‘Pride’ Festival
Following protests, this year and last year, by the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, the Franciscan Friars of Boston’s Saint Anthony’s Shrine—members of the Holy Name Province of the Order of Friars Minor—apparently decided to forgo, for the first time in several years, … Continue reading
Explorers Youth Group Photo Gallery
The Federation of North American Explorers (FNE) is a great program that offers single-gender scouting for both boys and girls. This important youth apostolate, which our community participates in, has boys’ sections with Brother Louis Marie and the Dads as … Continue reading
The High Cost of Undermining Fatherhood
This is a very important Vortex. Michael Voris encapsulates into a very short video many of the points I’ve tried to make on this site, in such postings as Montfortian Masculinity, The Hearts of the Fathers, Turning the Hearts of … Continue reading
From Baptism of Desire to Kasper’s Communion of Desire
Father Feeney expressed concern in his lectures about the abuse of the idea of spiritual communions. Not that he was opposed to the devotion as it was promoted by many saints for those who, in past times, were not permitted to … Continue reading
What Is the Meaning of ‘Again’ in the Creed? He Arose Again
In the Apostles Creed, as we have it in English, we profess that Jesus rose “again” from the dead. The Latin verb resurgere means to “rise again.” In Greek, in which language the Creed was originally written, the compound word … Continue reading
C.J. Doyle on Corruption in the Knights of Columbus
Saint Benedict Center conference speaker and Catholicism.org contributer, C.J. Doyle, appeared as a guest on Michael Voris’ “Mic’d Up.” The topic of discussion was the complicity of the leadership of the Knights of Columbus in numerous attacks against Faith and Family. As … Continue reading
Action Item: Urge Cardinal O’Malley to Stop Franciscans from Joining Homosexual “PRIDE” Festival
Boston’s annual homosexual “Pride” parade and festival will occur this Saturday, June 13th. The event is a cauldron of depravity, characterized by indecency, immodesty, lewd and lascivious behavior, exhibitionism, and open displays of sado-masochism, including men in leather masks, dog collars, … Continue reading
Twins Who Were Saints
Today is the feast day of two martyrs who were twins, Saints Medard and Gildard. They were not only born on the same day but they were consecrated bishops on the same day and they died on the same day. That … Continue reading
Saint Norbert and the Octave of Corpus Christi
Today is the feast of Saint Norbert. It also continues the “phantom octave” of Corpus Christi. Two days ago, I mentioned the concurrence of Saint Francis Caracciolo and the Feast of Corpus Christi. The day Saint Francis Caracciolo died was the eve of … Continue reading
Five Points on the Pope’s Awaited Encyclical
(The following was sent to The Pilot, whose correspondent contacted C.J. Doyle looking for a statement on the anticipated environmental encyclical by His Holiness, Pope Francis.) Acknowledging the obvious — that the text of the encyclical is, as of this date, unknown — five considerations are in order: Catholicism has traditionally … Continue reading
Three Versions of the ‘O Sacrum Convivium’ (and one more)
One of the problems with the 1962 liturgical reforms was the senseless suppression of the glorious Octave of Corpus Christi. The suppression of the Octave of the Epiphany is another. (There are many more!) We consider both of these, in … Continue reading
Persecuting People with Your Victimhood
Has the mad-science laboratory of Political Correctness finally evolved victims into persecutors? Well, of course it has. Anyone paying attention to the news, and seeing bakers, inn-keepers, and others who refuse to serve the homosexual agenda being disenfranchised and legally … Continue reading
