Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today, January 3, the Church calendar offers us the (optional) feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. At Mass the entrance antiphon reminds us, “At the name of Jesus, every knee should bend…” And then something … Continue reading
Last year, at the suggestion of a couple of people, I recorded the reading from the Roman Martyrology for Christmas. It’s only a little over a minute. Steve Cunningham, of Sensus Fidelium, posted it to his YouTube channel. Here it … Continue reading
Note that Harrison Butker ended up with Kansas City not Carolina. National Catholic Register, Trent Beattie: Harrison Butker: “Our natural mothers point out things that we miss, and they have a deep concern for us. Mary takes this to a … Continue reading
New Liturgical Movement, Gregory Dipippo: : In the Extraordinary Form, the Immaculate Conception takes precedence over the Second Sunday of Advent, which is reduced to a commemoration at the Mass of the former. This is a special exception made solely … Continue reading
Last November, I interviewed Lilly Wilson, of Veils by Lilly, on the subject of head coverings for ladies. The interview, which I think went very well, was broadcast as Reconquest Episode 155. In order to make the information more generally … Continue reading
Thanks to Steve Cunningham, of Sensus Fidelium, my interview with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski is now posted on YouTube and Gloria TV (see embedded video, below). For links to a dozen articles that Dr. Kwasniewski has written on the subject, see … Continue reading
There are numerous indicators that the October 6-27 Synod on the Amazon will have as one of its effects the dismantling or mitigating of the Latin Church’s ancient discipline of priestly celibacy. At least that is what is being claimed … Continue reading
Gallup Diocese, Bishop James S. Wall: Recently Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI released a powerful letter, in which he touched on a number of topics, including especially the sexual abuse crisis that has impacted the Church and even society as a … Continue reading
New Liturgical Movement,: These are hard times for the Catholic Church, to be sure. Scandals of all sorts are daily reported, often rising up to the highest levels. In return, the leadership often seem arbitrary and tone-deaf – unsure of … Continue reading
The epiclesis (also spelled epiklesis, and sometimes capitalized) is the prayer found in most if not all of the traditional Eastern Liturgies by which the priest-celebrant calls the Holy Ghost down upon the gifts. The Latin equivalent to this Greek … Continue reading
Editor’s note: Tradition-loving Catholics are not all agreed on questions concerning the founding of the American Republic, and we at Catholicism.org are well aware that Dr. Kwasniewski’s opinion, as expressed in the first paragraph of his article, will be considered … Continue reading
We already knew about the change in the Pater Noster, but I did not know about the change in the Gloria. CNA, Hannah Brockhaus: The Apostolic See has confirmed the translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal prepared … Continue reading
It would be a terrible shame if we failed to honor the grand mystery of Our Lord’s Ascension on this Thursday and the remaining days of Paschaltide that follow it, which are, in fact, called Ascensiontide. We may rightly (and … Continue reading
Ascension Thursday is one of six holy days of obligation (not counting all Sundays) in the United States, although most dioceses have now transferred it to the following Sunday. Canon Law has relegated the holy days to local bishops or … Continue reading
It is Holy Week. If the Catholic liturgical year can be compared to a church building, then what we are approaching is the very sanctuary itself, where the terrible Sacrifice of Christ is offered on the altar, and where the … Continue reading
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