The AP report is here. Sometime before this, the city took down the statue of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis, who was (as you will see in the article below) a Catholic in heart. Another Catholic Southern General who converted shortly … Continue reading
Category: History
Nostalgia, Revival, and Restoration
Nostalgia is one of the most powerful emotions in the human psyche, not least because change — so often for the worse — is one of the most powerful realities we all face. Some of this change, be it political, … Continue reading
The Penitent Blessed Carino, the Man Who Murdered S. Peter the Martyr
New Liturgical Movement, Gregory DiPippo: One of the most unusual true stories in the annals of Catholic hagiography is that of Bl. Carino, the assassin of the Saint whose feast is traditionally kept today, Peter the Martyr. Carino was one of … Continue reading
How ‘Father Hurricane’ Could Have Prevented the Terrible Loss of Life in the Hurricane of 1900
Anyone who has lived in the Gulf South knows to become wary as the end of June approaches. That is when the tropical “waves” coming into the Atlantic off the western coast of Africa begin. In fact, June 30 is … Continue reading
It’s All Hebrew To Me
It is an interesting thing to consider why certain words of the New Testament were kept in Hebrew or Aramaic by the inspired authors rather than translating them into Greek, if indeed they were translatable. Our Lord’s cry from the … Continue reading
New Leader for SMOM and a Brief Historical Overview
National Catholic Register, Matthew Bunson: Soon after his resignation announcement in Feb. 2013, then-Pope Benedict XVI met with the members of the venerable and respected chivalric Sovereign Military Order of Malta and urged them to remain faithful to their traditions … Continue reading
Mark Twain’s ‘Innocents Abroad’ and the Massacres and Devastation of Palestine by the Ottomans
American Minute, Bill Federer:”The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was his first popular story, written while in San Francisco in 1865. In 1866, as a reporter for the Sacramento Union, he travel to the Sandwich Islands (present-day Hawaii). Full … Continue reading
Easter — The “Other” Holiday
Easter is soon to be upon us, after the emotional roller coaster ride of tragedy and triumph that is Holy Week. As with Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hallowe’en, and the Fourth of July, after a certain age the glimmer of nostalgia leads … Continue reading
The Incarnation and Grace
In 1980, just after I had met him for the first time, Father John Hardon, S.J. said something to me privately that also became more and more important in my own later life, especially in my growing understanding of our … Continue reading
A Vindication of Pope Pius XII
A Vindication of Pope Pius XII — A Review of Catholics Confronting Hitler, the Catholic Church and the Nazis by Peter Bartley. Ignatius Press. 2016 In 1963 a vicious anti-Catholic play came upon the literary scene. Written by German Protestant … Continue reading
Pius X’s Invitation to the Orthodox to Return to Church of Rome ‘the Port of Salvation’
The Remnant, posted by Michael Matt: Venerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction, It would be hard to say how much has been done by holy men from the closing years of the ninth century, when the nations of the East … Continue reading
Along the King’s Highway
I have done a great deal of traveling in the past few months: October saw me in Cleveland, Ohio, and New England; November brought me to the Hudson Valley of my birth and earliest years; and in February and March … Continue reading
Russian Orthodox Add St. Patrick to Their Calendar
This is rather peculiar. Patrick got the Orthodox imprimatur because his testimony to papal authority was not used by the Latins against the defenders of schism. Hardly qui tacit consentire. Saint Patrick was not dealing with heresies or schisms in … Continue reading
Italian Archbishop Says the Old Papal Critics Have Become ‘Hyper-Papists’
This is a very revealing, although short, interview with Archbishop Luigi Negri and not just because of his opinion on why Pope Benedict resigned. Unfortunately this good prelate has just retired after reaching the age of 75. He is the only … Continue reading
Pope Leo the Great: Give Up Heresy for Lent
Our website has a couple of good articles on Saint Leo the Great. I wrote one here. It includes part of the Tome he wrote for the Council of Chalcedon, to which Dr. Marshall refers. Another article is here from … Continue reading