Monthly Archive: June 2015
Above, we see Pope Francis blessing the statue named by its sculptor, “Homeless Jesus.” It represents the only image of Jesus Christ that the worldly can accept: A Jesus who is downtrodden and weak; a Jesus victimized by society’s ills, not unlike so …
Last week, the Holy See published the Intrumentum Laboris (“working instrument”) that will guide the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Marriage and Family. Since then, most of the attention it has received seems to concern “how some passages in this document secure a …
As I write, week one of the Fortnight for Freedom is coming to a close here in the United States. Yawn. Did anyone even notice that the USCCB had decided to stage their yearly patriotic dog and pony show yet again? They can’t …
On June 25th and 26th, the Supreme Court issued consecutive landmark decisions, each of which signal an unprecedented threat to the Church’s ability to carry out her mission in the United States, as well as the persecution of Catholic individuals, businesses, and other …
Having learned very well from his predecessor, Pope John Paul the Apologizer, Pope Francis, with zucchetto in hand, groveled before a gathering of Waldensian Evangelicals in Turin yesterday: On the part of the Catholic Church, I ask your forgiveness, I ask it for …
As promised, here is a brief reminder about my expectations for the comment section. They couldn’t possibly be simpler: I want this to be a place where people can engage in frank but charitable conversation about the Catholic faith without fear of being …
Several weeks ago, I said that Pope Francis took a major step toward formal heresy when he suggested that Christian unity exists among the schismatics and heretics, along with the children of the Church; prefacing his comments by saying, “This may sound controversial …
In the opening paragraphs of Laudato Si we read: Both are ultimately due to the same evil: the notion that there are no indisputable truths to guide our lives, and hence human freedom is limitless. Then, about midway through the text, the …
In spite of all the subterfuge and deception that surrounds the Third Secret of Fatima, we know very well based upon the testimony of numerous honorable men that Our Lady’s most dire warnings concern a crisis of faith within the Catholic Church. Prior …
On May 27, 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who is widely considered to be among the cream of the crop of so-called “conservative bishops” in the United States (and likely a future cardinal), delivered an address at the annual convocation of priests in …
