Monthly Archive: September 2013
As the media (and no small number of Cotton Candy Catholics) would have it, Pope Francis is the humblest pope, I mean, Bishop of Rome, since St. Peter. Well, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Special thanks to Executive Producer: David A. …
GOOD NEWS: Amidst the backdrop of the previous 40 years, mindful of both its “achievements” and “deficiencies,” the pope has spoken with incredible clarity and vision concerning the indispensable role of Christ the King in Society! As We review from the standpoint …
Once upon a time on a sunny Saturday afternoon during the New Springtime following the Second Vatican Council, a well-meaning Catholic man worked up the courage to invite his Methodist neighbor to join him for Holy Mass. After Mass the following morning, while …
I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Joe Bagnoli of Voice of Catholic Radio On Long Island on the topic of John Courtney Murray and his influence on the Church’s approach to religious liberty and the matter of Church-State relations at …
As most readers know, Pope Francis recently sent a letter to journalist Eugenio Scalfari in response to questions he had posed in articles that were published in La Repubblica, the Italian newspaper that he founded. Scalfari’s questions, as the pope acknowledged, are undoubtedly …
Let’s do a little Catholicism 101: Human beings are called, as the first demand of justice, to render unto God that which He is due; namely, to worship Him, not just in the manner of our choosing, but in truth as He Himself …
A reader recently shared the following story: An interesting thing happened on my way home today. The road was narrowing to a single lane and I heard the sound of thunder rolling up from behind me. I glanced to my right and saw …
In my last post (“Rehabilitating Liberation Theology”) I made mention of the fact that popes just don’t condemn error anymore. Now, that’s not to say that they don’t condemn anything, mind you. Consider for example Pope Francis. He has been gloriously reigning (such …
Back in July of 2012, I wrote, “If you’re not familiar with ‘liberation theology,’ chances are you’ll be hearing more about it in the weeks and months ahead as Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, the newly appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of …
After dedicating two recent posts to Pontifex Humilis Maximus, I was fully prepared to move on to greener pastures, then this: According to a post on the Vatican’s News.va FaceBook page, Pope Francis recently added to his fleet of Poormobiles (a.k.a. Humblemobiles). Shortly …
