From “Video Sancto.” The speaker is not named on the YouTube video. Commenters are asked to refrain from doing so on this site. Part I. We are in a revolutionary time of history. Revolutions have been a part of the … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Synod: Manipulation and Blowback
Sandro Magister outlines the methodology employed to assure that the progressivist agenda succeeds at the Synod on the Family. “New paradigms of divorce and homosexuality are now at home in the highest levels of the Church. Nothing has been decided, but … Continue reading
Breaking News: Cardinal Burke on the Synod, His Canning, and Pope Franicis
(Buzzfeed) A top cardinal told BuzzFeed News on Friday that the worldwide meeting of church leaders coming to a close in Rome seemed to have been designed to “weaken the church’s teaching and practice” with the apparent blessing of Pope … Continue reading
Catholic Bishop Shocks UU Ecumenical Guru by Speaking Like Catholic Bishop
This is from the 1P5 Blog: After 37 years of Bishop Howard Hubbard leading the Diocese of Albany, it appears that some within the interfaith community may miss him already. Earlier this year Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Edward Scharfenberger to replace … Continue reading
Synod Update: Cardinal Pell’s Assurances, ‘Blue Thursday’
In the interview below, Cardinal Pell completely contradicts Cardinal Kasper’s estimate that “a growing majority” are taking his own heterodox view on Holy Communion for habitual adulterers. He also makes an excellent point about the sexual chaos of the Roman … Continue reading
Cardinal Kasper Denies Anti-African Comments, Journalist Posts Recording
That a progressivist who routinely denies the Catholic Faith and common sense in favor of liberalism and modernism was caught making xenophobic comments to a journalist about African bishops is news. That he denied making the comments is also news. … Continue reading
Prayer Vigil Challenge
Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Still River, Massachusetts, is sending out the first prayer vigil challenge to the schools mentioned with more to come. This is a true challenge and needs to go viral! Notice the young man’s emphasis … Continue reading
Cardinal Napier to the Rescue?
The Catholic Herald informs us that an outspoken South African Cardinal has been added to the committee that will draft the final report on the Synod: Pope Francis has added Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to the drafting committee which will produce the … Continue reading
Prayers Needed: Asia Bibi Appeal to Be Heard Tomorrow
At this year’s SBC Conference several people asked me about the status of Asia Bibi’s appeal. I posted many news items over the last two years concerning her and dedicated a talk to her cause at the 2012 SBC Conference. Here … Continue reading
The Ecumenism of Matrimony, ‘Graduality,’ and Sacraments of the Perfect
Reading Vatican Insider today, the thought struck me that they may have contracted with the editorial staff of The Onion for their coverage of the Synod on the Family. But this is no joke. The quotes below are attributed to Vatican spokesman, … Continue reading
The Prophet Who Took the Baby Jesus in His Arms
Today is the feast day of the prophet Saint Simeon who, like John the Baptist, proclaimed not the coming of Christ, but that the Messiah has now come; and this one here, whom I hold, or whom I point my … Continue reading
UPDATED 2014 Conference Schedule
Update: Print this flyer and get others to come too! Join us on Friday-Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2014, for Saint Benedict Center’s annual conference. You may register online or by telephone: (603) 239-6485. What: This year’s conference theme is “Catholic and Counterrevolutionary” Where: Saint Benedict … Continue reading
Special Conference Announcement
Due to lamentable circumstances beyond his and our control, the traditional religious priest who was scheduled to give two talks at our upcoming conference, Father Sean Kopczynski, is unable to be present at the event. Both the good Father Sean … Continue reading
Kasper: If Vatican II Changed Ecclesiology Why Not Marriage?
There you have it. Dilute the “irreformable” dogma of “No salvation outside the Church” (by obfuscation and subterfuge, that is) then why not clip away at the hedges protecting the integrity of holy matrimony. Every doctrine is subject to revision if … Continue reading
A Priest Writing Like a Priest Ought to Write
Writing for Rorate Caeli, Father Richard Cipolla has some good and priestly words for his readers (see especially the emboldened paragraph below). To his concerns that the social questions should be important to traditionalists, we add that doctrinal concerns ought to … Continue reading
