Louie Archive
This morning, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published an article, which, according to its headline, is an “Interview with Ratzinger.” In this day and age of rampant fakery, it has never been more obvious that “news” items are more often scripted and …
In his 1947 Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy, Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII attempted to set the record straight – and prophetically so, as we shall see – concerning the true relationship between the sacred liturgy and sound doctrine. He described the issue …
I recently received a copy of Opera Omnia of St. Robert Bellarmine vol. 2: On the Church, from Mediatrix Press, translated from the Latin by Ryan Grant. It includes On Councils, On the Church Militant, and On the Marks of the Church. (See …
Lent begins tomorrow. How timely. If ever this world was in need of prayer and penance, and an outpouring of grace, it is now. It is our nature as Catholics, I suppose, to enter this season hopeful that Easter Sunday will inaugurate a …
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) “Oh, really?” respond the minions of Satan. “We’ll show you who’s in charge!” In our day, the lines between …
In their recent article, The True Meaning of Bellarmine’s Ipso Facto Loss of Papacy, Robert Siscoe and John Salza (S&S for short moving forward) attempted to prove that, according to the Doctor of the Church, in order for a heretical Pope to be deposed, an antecedent judgment of …
Is the pope Catholic? As any number of commentators have acknowledged in light of the antics of Jorge Bergoglio (stage name, Francis), this is no longer a rhetorical, much less an amusing, question. As I write, more and more sincere Catholics are finding …
Where did the seasonal flu go? According to the anti-science mavens of mandatory masking, the flu is being kept at bay thanks to social distancing and the widespread use of face coverings. At least, this is the answer that was recently given …
In January of 2019, the LA Rams faced the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship game. The winner would move on to the Super Bowl, the loser to a long off-season of pondering what might have been. With the score tied and …
On Christmas Day, Jorge Bergoglio (stage name, “Francis”) delivered an Urbi et Orbi message and, as has been his custom since 2013, it was music to humanist ears. Throughout the text of roughly 1,400 words, he invoked the theme of human fraternity more …
