National Catholic Register, AC Wimmer CNA: According to a new representative poll, 58% of German Catholics do not like “the fact that the Pope and the Church speak out against abortions.” The Catholic weekly newspaper Die Tagespost commissioned the survey from the … Continue reading
CNA, Francesca Pollio Fenton: After receiving criticism on social media and from college football fans for remarks made at a pro-life event, Michigan Wolverines’ football coach Jim Harbaugh elaborated on his stance. In an interview with ESPN, Harbaugh shared how he … Continue reading
Catholic Stand, Hunter Leonard: The Second Deadliest Sin In my experience, the vice of envy is often explained merely as a worse version of jealousy. It might seem that envy is just another way to explain the sin of wanting … Continue reading
The following is the speech I gave at IHM School’s graduation yesterday. Readers should know that our school in rural southern New Hampshire is very small. We had three graduates this year. My effort was to be lighthearted as well as informative and … Continue reading
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the last few years, a collective of public relations consultants and groomers have also named it “Pride Month.” If you have not heard — in which case you have … Continue reading
In “On Overruling Roe,” Dr. Hadley Arkes, Professor of Jurisprudence emeritus at Amherst College, reminds us of the real issues at stake in the abortion debate, and gives us a summary of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the … Continue reading
Next week, I will be in Louisiana, participating in an event organized by Mike Church, “The Fellowship of The Clans” Crusader Congress. I was given a curious talk title to address: “Harnessing the Power of Family over State.” Rather than … Continue reading
The true religion is not reducible to a bumper sticker or “meme,” but there is a venerable tradition, rooted in the Old Testament wisdom literature, of packaging hefty drafts of divine truth in small shots. These proverbs or aphorisms have … Continue reading
Going over my students’ Latin homework, I came across a sentence of Monsignor Baumeister’s that struck me with particular force. What my students were called upon to translate perfectly summarizes Saint Augustine’s doctrine in his magnificent City of God. Inter … Continue reading
In the writings of the Desert Fathers, the reckoning of what we call the “deadly” or “capital” sins was not exactly the same as the familiar list of seven that we now have: pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and … Continue reading
One of the major themes of the Church’s Advent liturgy is hope as exemplified in the lovely hymn, Rorate Caeli. That this is a season of hope is something of a commonplace in considerations on these first four weeks of … Continue reading
It’s no secret that we here at Saint Benedict Center are not very “ecumenical.” The ecumenical movement is founded on the shifting sands of indifferentism and we want nothing of it. That being said, when a non-Catholic says what is … Continue reading
In recent months and especially recent weeks, I have been asked by several individuals to provide letters for them as they seek religious exemptions from draconian COVID-19 “vaccine” mandates. As many of these drugs do not fit the definition of … Continue reading
In late April of this year, I posted a video of Father Michael Copenhagen addressing the the “Vaccine Injury Event” on the National Mall in DC. The date of his speech was November 14 of 2019. If you didn’t see … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: Famíliam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, contínua pietáte custódi: ut a cunctis adversitátibus te protegénte, sit líbera; et in bonis áctibus tuo nómini … Continue reading
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