Worth reading… (Renew America) Torture, pain, beheadings, the murder of children…. If God exists and is all good, how could He allow such suffering and evil? This is a common question, and a lament often an impediment to faith. It … Continue reading
Category: Columns
FBI Using Planes for Surveillance
Last month after sunset I noticed from my porch a slow-moving and low-flying small plane making counter-clockwise circles not far from where I live in rural New Hampshire. I would estimate it was three miles away and the circle perhaps covered a … Continue reading
Look! Beautiful New Statuary at Saint Benedict Center
Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, six new statues, handmade in Peru, are now beautifying our sanctuary, lining up as an honor guard on either side of the Holy Trinity. These six saints are, after Our Lady and Saint Joseph, … Continue reading
Cardinal Kasper Defends Ireland’s Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Vote
Our friend Maike Hickson, writing for Life Site News, reveals the depth of Cardinal Kasper’s departure from Catholic teaching on marriage. In the name of a false concept of freedom, the former ecumenism chief says that the Irish government has … Continue reading
In the ‘Cradle of Freedom’: A Tale of Two Tragedies
From the Brothers and Sisters in Still River, and their bright students: (SBC/Still River, Mass.) Boston is the home of one of the most recent tragedies in the US against human life but nothing compared to one that happens everyday … Continue reading
Saint Patrick Betrayed: Ireland Votes for Same Gender ‘Marriage’
The Catholic Faith and the Christian civilization which Saint Patrick brought to Ireland nearly 1600 years ago was repudiated by more than three-fifths of the voters of the Republic of Ireland last Saturday, when that country became the first nation on earth to … Continue reading
No ‘Foreign Influence’ Allowed in China, Except for Marxist Atheism
What hypocrisy! Chinese Communists will never face up to their own lies. The early founders of Communism in China were allied to Lenin and, despite the later facade of breaking with Stalin, the Russian and Chinese Marxists always worked hand in hand … Continue reading
Marriage Vote in Ireland
For Immediate Release Friends of Ireland Warn of Dangers To Religious Freedom In Yes Vote On Marriage Referendum Pro-Life and Pro-Family friends of Ireland in the United States today are sending a message of caution to the Irish people about … Continue reading
You’re Going to Love This Humble Tribute to the Queen of the May
Richard Becker is now my favorite internet writer. At least for the rest of the month. I have heard similar words to his uttered with stirring pathos from Father Michael Jarecki our chaplain here at Saint Benedict Center for many … Continue reading
Amazing Story of How the Works of St. John of the Cross Survived the Revolution in Spain
Who would have thought that a South African poet who studied in England where he befriended Tolkien, Lewis, and Eliot, lived in Provence, moved to Toledo where he and his family were baptized into the Church, would be called upon … Continue reading
Thank You, Pope Francis
Traditionalists are often criticized for being insufficiently respectful of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. Be it noted that we here at Saint Benedict Center not only respect the office and the man who occupies it (and pray for him), but … Continue reading
Mic’d Up—Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
Christine Niles hosts an informative and stimulating edition of “Mic’d Up” on ChurchMilitant.com: “Mic’d Up—Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus.” Here is their teaser copy: “In this week’s edition of Mic’d Up, guest host Christine Niles tackles the little-discussed topic of Extra Ecclesiam … Continue reading
The Franciscans of the Immaculate: ‘the Volpi era’ is Over
Schadenfreude is not allowed. Let us pray for Father Volpi. And let us pray that the malicious and unlawful prohibition of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (and Divine Office) according to the traditional … Continue reading
Catholicism.org Gets DDoS Attack from China and Brazil
The site was briefly down today due to malicious activity. Our provider tells us we sustained a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack from a range of IPs primarily from Brazil and China. A DDoS attack is a hostile maneuver whereby numerous IPs … Continue reading
A Misleading ‘Survey’ from a Liberal Demagogue
Ann McLane Kuster, as her online bio says, “was elected to the United States Congress to represent New Hampshire’s 2nd District in November 2012, and was sworn into office on January 3, 2013.” Probably because I wrote her office at … Continue reading
