Pope Leo’s apostolic letter, In Unitate Fidei (“in the Unity of Faith”), raises serious concerns over its treatment of core Catholic teachings. The letter, dated November 23, concerns the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicea in 325, and … Continue reading
It is impossible to read The Story of a Soul and not be struck by St. Therese’s marked predilection for the word littleness. She likes to compare herself to a little toy or a little ball belonging to the Infant … Continue reading
We learned this week that Mariologists were not consulted in the writing of the recent “Doctrinal Note,” of the DDF, Mater Populi Fidelis. With all the emphasis on collegiality, synodality, dialogue, etc. — and with the plethora of consultants the Roman … Continue reading
On November 4, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published a Doctrinal Note that had previously been approved by Pope Leo on October 7, Mater Populi Fidelis (MPF). Without issuing any dogmatic definition, formal condemnation, or canonical … Continue reading
Diane Montagna has done us all a favor by publishing a theological analysis of Mater Populi Fidelis by the Franciscan Mariologist Father Serafino Lanzetta. Below are reproduced the introductory paragraphs followed by a link to the original on Miss Montagna’s Substack. Following … Continue reading
This is an excellent treatment of the subject. Note: The video embedded below does not address the question of the conversion of the Jewish people, but the supposed end-times restoration of a political “Israel” independent of Jewish conversion to the … Continue reading
Many responses to the recent Marian docoment from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith document are coming forth. I refer, of course, to Mater Populi Fidelis, the “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the … Continue reading
“You are so deeply engraved on my heart that the more I realize how truly you love me from the depths of your soul, the more incapable I am of forgetting you, and the more constantly you are in my … Continue reading
Recorded on March 25, 1998: Fr. Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, FI and Mother Angelica promote the Catholic teaching of Our Lady as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.
In my most recent Ad Rem, On the Boy Jesus and the Doctors of the Law, I did something I rarely do. I quoted from the Talmud. Someone on social media took exception to my doing so, and I explained … Continue reading
Saint Luke, the only Gentile author of the New Testament, and the “historian of Christ’s meekness” (as Dante styles him), narrates several episodes in the life of Jesus that no other evangelist writes of, including the second, fourth, and fifth … Continue reading
Is there really a difference between “great souls” and “little souls” or “great” saints and “little” saints? St. Therese thought so. Actually, she did not just think so in an abstract, theoretical sort of way — she was walking, talking … Continue reading
As was the last Ad Rem, this number is an edited excerpt from the talk I am soon to give at Saint Benedict Center’s annual conference. In Chapter ten of the Commonitory, Saint Vincent considers what we should do when … Continue reading
I don’t usually share hate mail, but this the first time we’ve received a Yiddish curse via our contact form on Catholicism.org, and it somehow seems worth noting. This came in the digital mailbag last night: The Jewish Nation will … Continue reading
How do we navigate the turbulent waters of twenty-first century Catholicism? We see many good things in the Church today, to be sure, but we also see massive blow-back against them from a dying generation of neo-modernist clerics in high … Continue reading
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