I do not understand why morally upright “Christians” who have to deal with the homosexual agenda in their businesses should always apologize for their convictions. They say things like, “we do not care what homosexual couples do in the privacy … Continue reading
Readers may recall that, a little over two years ago, we reported that… The new Prior General of the Carthusians, Dom François Marie Velut, O. Carth., was once known as Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité. …and was the Fatima … Continue reading
Some readers recently commented on a posting regarding the tragic case of Brittany Maynard. The word “hell,” which appeared in several of the comments, flagged off our moderation system not to allow those comments to be published, pending moderation. I … Continue reading
Jeff Mirus does not believe in the thrice defined dogma of “no salvation outside the Church” in its literal and “irreformable” clarity (as a de fide doctrine is defined at Vatican I). Yet Mirus props himself in a gratuitous “chair” to … Continue reading
WHY? If one can be saved in any religion, why bother with the “burden” of the One True Religion’s demands? Why bother going to Mass or Confession? Protestants can be saved without these sacraments. For that matter, so can Jews, … Continue reading
We are experiencing some problems with the Disqus comment system. All comments are being recorded and posted. The problem is with their syncing to our web site in such a way that they are properly displayed on our front page. … Continue reading
Today’s neo-conservatives in the Church — also called “neo-Catholics” — are the doctrinal, moral, and theological equivalent of Russia’s revolutionary Mensheviks. As Solzhenitsyn often said, Mensheviks prepare the field for Bolsheviks (as did the Girondins for the Jacobins). Dr. Jeffrey Mirus … Continue reading
Having read Father Serafino M. Lanzetta’s “Mercy according to Cardinal Kasper,” a couple of weeks ago, I was recently musing over the matter when it struck me: If, as Father Serafino Maria says, the Cardinal makes mercy God’s fundamental attribute, then he … Continue reading
Unusual Things in the Lives of the Saints I am writing this without doing reference work. These accounts are in my memory, having read many books on the saints, including Father Alvin Butler’s magnum opus: short, but sometimes not so … Continue reading
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, of Providence, R.I., has published some frank observations on the Synod, some of which I excerpt here: In trying to accommodate the needs of the age, as Pope Francis suggests, the Church risks the danger of losing … Continue reading
I am currently writing something about the Synod to be published as an Ad Rem. Meantime, here are some thoughts that I should not attempt to fit into that piece, which I am trying to keep concise. The Relatio that came out a week … Continue reading
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
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
(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
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
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