Four years ago I posted a column on our website about Lou Tseng-tsiang, a Prime Minister in the Chinese Republic in the early 1900s. While serving in his post Lou Tseng, who had been Protestant, converted to the Catholic Faith, under … Continue reading
I have just read a misinformation post (mostly misinformation or at best one-sided exaggeration) about a holy Franciscan missionary by not one, not two, but three contributors: Joe Mozingo, Matt Hamilton, and Jeff Gottlieb from the Los Angeles Times. Astounding, but hardly surprising, given the secular climate we … Continue reading
In praying for the return of the schismatics to Church unity under the pope, I thought, by way of contrast, to clarify my own mind on two issues that, as I see it, have no basis being controversial at all. … Continue reading
The Mass propers we prayed here at Saint Benedict Center this morning were not those for the martyr saint of today, Saint Vincent; nor were they for that other Saint Vincent whose feast falls today: Saint Vincent Pallotti. They instead … Continue reading
Many of our readers probably noticed that we had a glitch on our site for a time. When a reader scrolled near the bottom of a page, he could not scroll back up; he was trapped in the comments section. This nuisance was fixed … Continue reading
I remember when this story came out five years ago. Like scores of other similar fantasies that get posted on the Internet, especially on Spirit Daily website, this was not true. The poor boy has just come out and admitted … Continue reading
This is a very good article addressing the error of the popular and widespread euphemism that all men are children of God by creation. Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine: This last Sunday, we were treated to the Gospel reading in which Christ … Continue reading
Having recently completed a fun and enlightening read of Dr. Elizabeth Kantor’s Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, then just happening on the article “Un-Donne: When Secular Students Confront Reverent Classics” by Joan Faust in the Winter edition … Continue reading
History to the dogs. Who cares about that? Forget the victims and the Catholic martyrs from the seventh century on. Islam is a “religion of peace” don’t you know. Just read the holy Koran. Not that there weren’t Moslems who … Continue reading
Feminist provocateur Gloria Steinem is still on the circuit at eighty years-old. And, the Norbertines in De Pere, Wisconsin, find her quite worthy to give a presentation. I know a little bit about the Norbertines in De Pere, a very comfortable abbey to be … Continue reading
In his “Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie,” David Warren reverses the popular meme that summarizes the response of a decadent, de-christianized West to a surly, truculent Islamism. A nice sample of his writing is this: A great deal of blather … Continue reading
It’s everywhere on Catholic websites. Ads for this US/Israel Flag Pin. A lot of money must be going into this strange, blitzkriegish propaganda. What is up with this barrage of Ads? Pardon the rhetorical question. Catholics, who really care for … Continue reading
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke was recently interviewed by Matthew James Christoff of the New Emangelization Project on the topic of the Catholic “Man-crisis” and what to do about it. The whole interview is worth reading, and not only because it wounded the progressivist … Continue reading
Forty-Two Old Testament Saints Today is the feast day of Abel the Just, son of Adam and Eve, and the first man to die. He was killed by his brother Cain out of a jealous rage, a jealousy all the … Continue reading
It happens every now and then. And it must have happened 2000 years ago. A supernova. And it appeared in Judaea at the time of the Birth of Christ. The Bible tells us that Moses parted the Red Sea. Never … Continue reading
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