This is an issue that we have touched upon many times on this site. (ChurchMilitant.TV) One survey after another keeps coming out showing how young men are in increasing danger. In danger that is, of losing any sense of who … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Catholic Action League Condemns New Buffer Zone Law
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned the Commonwealth’s new buffer zone statute, which was signed into law this afternoon by Governor Deval Patrick. The Senate and the House of Representatives passed the measure for enactment yesterday. As the legislation … Continue reading
Scorecard for the Visionaries of Medjugorje
Basic Fact Sheet for the Visionaries of Medjugorje Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic: the Gospa has so far confided nine secrets to her. For her, the daily apparitions have not yet stopped since June 24, 1981, according to the Visionaries of Medjugorje website. Ivan … Continue reading
Israel Continues to Slaughter and Offer Lies to Justify It
Each day the horror gets worse. The slightest provocation from mostly peaceful demonstrators, as we see today n East Jerusalem (demonstrators protesting the killing of their civilian population, women, and children) brings forth a barrage of bullets. How dare you … Continue reading
Encounter With Muslims
This is an encouraging personal story by a good friend of SBC, “Aged Parent.” It appears on his blog here. I had arrived in London in the Spring of 2008 and was in the process of spending the first day … Continue reading
Credo in Resurrectionem Mortuorum et Vitam Aeternam
Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: … Continue reading
The Church in Korea, Founded by Sages, Not Missionaries
Of course, the missionaries came soon after the true Faith took root. And, for the Faith to grow, the blood of martyrs provided the nourishment. Sometime in the mid-eighteenth century, Korean ambassadors working in China came across Catholic books in … Continue reading
Media Bias in Coverage of Buffer Zone Ruling
Local media coverage of the United States Supreme Court decision in McCullen v. Coakley — which struck down the 2007 Massachusetts law imposing a thirty-five foot so-called buffer zone around Bay State abortion clinics — provided compelling evidence of the … Continue reading
Patricia Ireland is Sick
You don’t have to be a Fox News fan to enjoy this. (The New American) The National Organization for Women has put The Little Sisters of the Poor on a list of “Dirty 100” organizations waging legal battles against the … Continue reading
In Gratitude for Venerable Dom Prosper Guéranger
R. Jared Staudt has written an excellent tribute to the great liturgical reformer, restorer of Gregorian Chant, and defender of the Faith, Dom Prosper Guéranger. I did not know that that the prolific abbot was first a diocesan priest before becoming Benedictine and … Continue reading
In Brazil, Bread and Circuses, while Lions Eat Christians in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria
The indignation expressed by Rorate Caeli deserves to be echoed. We are not a serious people. It’s one thing to have legitimate diversions, recreations, pastimes, and hobbies. It is quite another when games of football become an obsession and “news,” … Continue reading
Our Mother of Perpetual Help, She Is Always There Leaving No One Unaided Who Comes to Her
Friday, June 27, was the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. I prefer the title “Our Mother of Perpetual Help.” The great feast came about on account of a miraculous icon of the Blessed Mother holding her divine Child. … Continue reading
Saint Pope Leo II, Peacemaker Who Anathematized Pope Honorius
Today, July 3, is the feast day of Pope Saint Leo II (It used to be June 28). He succeeded another saint, Pope Agatho, in the Petrine office in the year 681 on January 10, although he was not consecrated … Continue reading
Catholic Action League Exposes Planned Parenthood’s Fraudulent Claims
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the claims made by Marta Walz, President and CEO of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, about public safety conditions in front of Bay State abortion clinics. In a press conference held in the State House this … Continue reading
No Church, No Jesus
Without the Church, we have no Christ. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience on Wednesday – the last before the suspension of the event for the summer. The Holy Father dedicated his catechetical reflections to the second … Continue reading
