Monthly Archive: May 2017
I just finished reading an article that has been popping up in my social media feed for some days now; Nostra Aetate and the Catholic Response to Islam, recently published by Crisis Magazine. The punchline is already present in the title: According to …
Tim Staples, who as Director of Apologetics and Evangelization at Catholic Answers has a sizable following, is publishing a series of articles on his personal blog entitled, Defending Pope Francis; Parts 1 and 2 of which focus on Amoris Laetitia. Here, I will …
A recent four part series of blog posts written by Fr. John Hunwicke (an Anglican convert of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham) under the title “Is the Pope a heretic?” are being hailed, even by certain tradition-minded persons, as an example …
The Holy See has produced a Preparatory Document for the 2018 Synod of Bishops on the theme “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.” Those looking for a mortification opportunity will find a careful read of this 11,000+ word tome more than sufficient. …
On this Ascension Thursday, I am reminded of a critically important, but all-too-often overlooked, part of the Church’s doctrine concerning the Kingship of Christ. In the words of Pope Pius XI: “We cannot but see that the title and the power of King …
It is my honor to announce that akaCatholic will soon begin publishing articles written by internationally known researcher, author and speaker, Cornelia Ferreira – a longtime contributor to Catholic Family News and conferences hosted by the Fatima Center. I am certain that many …
Several weeks after the publication of Amoris Laetitia, Fr. Linus Clovis, spiritual director and chairman of Family Life International NZ, published a brief, and rather anemic, response wherein he stated: “It seems that AL has departed from the Church’s clear bimillennial teaching as …
In recent conversations with friends and colleagues, it seems to be the consensus that something in the spiritual realm is stirring. One can just feel it in their bones. Over the last several weeks alone I’ve been given any number of concrete reasons …
By: Dr. Robert Hickson It was only in late August of 2007 in Brazil that I came more intimately to know John Vennari—and thus to perceive his varied high qualities and warmth of heart–especially because the two of us then had a few …
Some in the so-called “traditionalist” world, it seems, are practically wetting their shorts with excitement over the “Breaking News” (courtesy of LifeSite News) that Cardinal Raymond Burke is calling for the faithful to “work for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart …
