Rather than allow the mainstream media dictate its mendacious narrative to you, if you would like to find out what’s really going on in the U.K. — we speak of the violence sparked in Southport — here is the reliable … Continue reading
Category: News
Archdiocese of Liverpool Would Rather Close Historical Church Than Host Traditional Latin Mass There
(Simon Caldwell/Catholic Herald) — The Catholic church in which the Victorian mystic Teresa Higginson was said to have received rapturous visions of the Crucifixion is threatened with closure after the archdiocese withdrew its support for the provision of the Latin … Continue reading
Jerusalem: Lost Crusader Altar Discovered in Church of the Holy Sepulchre
In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a team involving historians from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) stumbled upon the largest known medieval altar, which had been considered lost for … Continue reading
Controlling the Catholic Narrative?
(Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture) — It’s the Age of the Laity and all that, but Stephen Millies, writing for the National Catholic Reporter, worries that things are getting out of hand. “Who owns the brand?” The honest answer probably is that … Continue reading
Br. Joseph Dutton, Veteran Turned Alcoholic Turned Convert, now a ‘Servant of God’
Here is a bit of edifying Catholic news for you. A Baptist war veteran in the 1861-65 conflict, who became an alcoholic, quit drinking, converted to the Faith, and subsequently explored a religious vocation, has been put on the path … Continue reading
The Pope’s pose as scientific ‘expert’
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “The stakes could not be higher,” Pope Francis said on May 16, speaking to participants in an international conference on climate change. But actually the stakes could be higher; they could involve human souls rather than … Continue reading
Be prepared for another ‘long hot summer’
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Do you remember the “long hot summer” of 1967, when racial violence broke out in the inner cities all across the US? Then the following year there melees in the streets of Chicago when the Democratic … Continue reading
Pope Francis may visit United States in September after UN invitation
Catholic News Agency, Andrea Gagliarducci: Pope Francis is reportedly considering returning to the United States in September to speak before the United Nations General Assembly. The news was initially reported by the French Catholic newspaper La Croix and has not yet … Continue reading
Time to resist the ‘gender-affirming’ juggernaut
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The horror stories are going to multiply: A troubled girl says that she would like to be a boy, or a boy says he wants to be a girl. The child’s grammar-school teacher, saturated in gender-theory … Continue reading
Cardinal Fernández: New Document on Discerning Apparitions ‘Being Finalized’
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is putting the finishing touches to a new document that sets out clear rules on discerning apparitions and other such supernatural events. The dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Victor … Continue reading
‘The Habsburg Way’: Lessons for Today, From Openness to Life to How to Die Well
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Catholic faith and traditions of the Habsburg monarchies helped them enjoy mostly stable marriages and large, happy families that were crucial in governing their kingdoms for more than eight centuries. Now, some of those … Continue reading
Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: In the latest move in Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican judiciary, the pope issued a new motu proprio on Friday on the retirement age and benefits for cardinal judges and magistrates in the Vatican’s … Continue reading
What is truth? A journalist asks Pilate’s question
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “What is truth?” That cynical question, memorably posed by Pontius Pilate, is enjoying new currency today, thanks to public statements by Katherine Maher, the newly installed head of National Public Radio (NPR). ”We all have different … Continue reading
Trust the science, not the scientists
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: In boxing, when one fighter becomes unable to protect himself, the referee stops the fight and declares a technical knockout (TKO). The same system might profitably be applied to public debates: When one side has been … Continue reading
Infinite dignity and its enemies
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Math test: What is infinity minus 5? The question makes no sense, because infinity cannot be measured. Infinity cannot expand or contract; it is boundless. God is infinite. His creatures are not. But Dignitas Infinita begins … Continue reading
