In 1095 Pope Urban II journeyed to his native France and to an assembly of Church dignitaries and Frankish knights gathered in a field outside the town of Clermont. There, he preached the First Crusade to liberate the Holy Land … Continue reading
Category: Morals
Separating What God Has Joined
Protestantism and Liberalism promote divorce. In saying so, I do not limit my meaning specifically to marital divorce; I mean broadly that both the heresy and the ideology separate what God has joined together — sometimes including man and wife … Continue reading
On Not Knowing What was ‘Far Worse’
Conspiracies exist. I know they do because I am part of one, as are most readers of these lines. It is Christianity. The difference between our conspiracy and most others is that it is exoteric. There is nothing secret about … Continue reading
An Encyclical on Homosexuality?
It’s not on the table. And that’s fine, because right now one would rightly be leery of what would be written, and by whom. In any event here is an article by David Carlin for The Catholic Thing website. Naive? … Continue reading
Two Cardinals Challenge Summit Bishops to Safeguard Doctrine and Address Homosexuality Issue
Catholic Culture: Cardinals Raymond Burke and Walter Brandmüller have issued a public challenge to bishops to speak out about the current crisis in the Church. In an open message directed primarily to the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences, who … Continue reading
Abortion Is Still a Sin Incurring Ipso Facto Excommunication
Crisis Monica Migliorino Miller: “Ghoulish, grisly, gruesome.” These are the strong words used by Cardinal Timothy Dolan to describe the Reproductive Health Act signed on January 22 by Catholic Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo that, with a broad definition of heath, permits abortion … Continue reading
The New Catholic ‘Far-Right’ in France, Part II
From the traditional Catholic viewpoint news on several fronts during the first two weeks of 2019 was excellent even if all of it was not generated by practicing Catholics. For instance: Jair Bolsonaro, inaugurated on January 1 as President of … Continue reading
Catholic Actor, Daily Church-Goer, Fired for Refusing Scenes That Violate His Commitment to Marriage
LifeSiteNews, Dorothy Cummings McLean: It doesn’t seem possible, but there’s an actor in Hollywood who won’t kiss his co-stars, let alone participate in steamy scenes. And, his principled stance has made trouble come his way. Article is here.
‘Shout Your Abortion’ Founder Takes Propaganda to Children
Just grateful she had that “pregnancy sucked out.” CNA, Mary Rezac; When asked what the abortion was like, Bonow compared it to “a crappy dentist appointment or something.” “You go to the doctor and they put this little straw inside … Continue reading
The First Lie: The Foundation of Original Sin
Introduction This article is about truth. Truth has taken a severe beating over the past five decades. The failure to give truth its rightful recognition has been a costly abomination. Billions of dollars are and continue to be wasted on … Continue reading
Students for Life Send Petition to Trump Asking Total Defunding of Planned Parenthood
CNA: Students for Life has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to defund Planned Parenthood, and encouraged pro-life advocates to ask the administration to do so. The pro-life organization issued a letter to President Trump Nov. 27 signed by the Kristan Hawkins, … Continue reading
Up from the Bottom
It was in 1962, fifty-six years ago, that an article by me was first published in a U.S. periodical of consequence. I was living in France, working as a rewrite man at what was then the Paris edition of the … Continue reading
The Death Penalty: Should It Be Abolished?
Background On August 2 of this year, Pope Francis announced he will revise the teaching on the Death Penalty in the post-conciliar Catechism of the Catholic Church. And indeed the new Catechism did just that affirming that capital punishment is … Continue reading
Convert Oscar Wilde: My ‘Monstrous Sexual Perversion’ and ‘Madness’
The Imaginative Conservative, Joseph Pearce: It was with a queer sense of déjà vu that I heard the news that a “temple” in homage to Oscar Wilde has been opened in a Methodist church in New York City “to celebrate the … Continue reading
The Disastrous Effects of the Tyrannical and Exaggerated Obedience That Usurped the Higher Virtue of Justice
I remember it well when I was in my twenties. It was hounded into the novices. “Perfect obedience is to obey like a corpse.” The quote was taken from Saint Ignatius. I know that this error grieved Brother Francis intensely. … Continue reading
