Monthly Archive: June 2013

Fortnight Follies

The Archdiocese of Baltimore, my home diocese, is suggesting that the faithful take the “Fortnight for Freedom Pledge” which goes as follows: I Pledge to   Pray: …for the success of the Fortnight for Freedom and for the preservation of religious freedom for …

How important is the homily?

Ask pretty much any regular, even daily, Mass-going Catholic… Novus Ordo Mass-going Catholic, that is… how important the homily is, and the odds are pretty good the answer will be, “It’s incredibly important!” In May of 2012, America Magazine ran a story about …

Cardinal DiNardo gathers his brood

On May 28, 2013, self-identified “Bishop” Janice R. Huie of the United Methodist self-proclaimed “Church” presided (a proper use of the word) over a rite of commissioning and so-called “ordination” involving some fellow heretics. This is nothing new, of course. Protestants have been …

Nostra Aetate: A clear decree?

In an interview with Catholic News Service on May 17, 2012, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with Jews, said, “The ‘Nostra Aetate’ declaration of the Second Vatican Council is a clear decree and is important for every …