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Having offered my two cents about what is going on at CMTV, and wishing Michael Voris well in handling his internal affairs, let’s take a look at one of the arguments put forth in the manifesto. The writer points to the following “very …
At the conclusion to their Fall Meeting in Baltimore last week, the Bishops of the United States issued a Special Message concerning the HHS mandate that is just begging for a Catholic reading. Pope Francis has reminded us that “In the context of …
Vatican Insider is reporting that Pope Francis’ infamous interview with the founder of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Eugenio Scalfari, has been removed from the Holy See’s website. How wonderful! The pope is finally coming to appreciate the power of his words and …
Matthew Schmitz, deputy editor of First Things, posted a piece on the First Thoughts blog about Rep. Jo Jordan of Hawaii, the U.S.’s first openly gay lawmaker to vote against gay marriage. Jordan apparently did so over concerns about the ill-effect such a …
At his Mass of Coronation, I mean, the inaugural of Pope Benedict XVI, the Holy Father said, “Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.” Obviously, we didn’t pray nearly enough. In any case, now that nearly nine …
According to CWN: The Synod of Bishops will undergo changes so that it can be “a real and effective instrument of communion which through the collegiality called for by the Second Vatican Council is expressed and realized,” the secretary-general of the Synod told …
How often we hear Conciliarized Catholics speak of “triumphalism” as if it refers to some sort of dreadful disease that must, at all costs, be purged from the Body of Christ lest it spread and, God forbid, the Church in our day come …
Dr. Ralph Martin’s recent article in the theological journal Nova et Vetera, The Post-Christendom Sacramental Crisis: The Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas, has garnered considerable attention for its relatively sober assessment of the current condition of the Catholic Church. “There is something like an …
On the plane heading back to Rome from World Youth Day in Rio, Pope Francis was asked to describe Pope John Paul II. “I think of him as ‘the great missionary of the Church,'” the Holy Father responded, “because he was a man …
Are you one of the millions of Catholics in the United States whose diocese is scrambling for priests to offer Holy Mass? Do you live in an area where the nearest Catholic seminary is functioning at just a fraction of its capacity? Are …
