Editor’s note: As we continue our exploration of the Church’s magisterium in light of some more recently troubling papal documents, we are pleased to introduce this work from Dr. des. John P. Joy. Joy wrote his doctoral dissertation in dogmatic …
Jim Gaffigan and Catholic Celebrity Canonizations
We all remember high school and its cliques: the jocks, the nerds, the stoners, etc…and of course the mass of kids who just hope to survive without any embarrassing moments on their permanent record. One thing was certain: you were …
Peter Kwasniewski’s New Book on the Liturgy Now Available!
In our recent podcast, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski mentioned that his latest book, Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness would soon be available. And now it is. Subtitled, Why the Modern Age Needs the Mass of the Ages, the book will focus, as you might expect, …
The Magisterium: A Cheat Sheet
Image: Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library – by Michael Osmanda (CC) Over the past few days, as I’ve worked on this piece, I’ve learned a lot about the Church’s magisterial office. Perhaps it would be better to say I …
Sacred Heart Miscellania: Vintage Holy Cards, T-Shirt, Consecration Prayer
Today being the Feast of the Sacred Heart, one of the things I absolutely love is coming across vintage holy cards from the good old days of Catholicism. Among the very best of these images are those dedicated to the …
Enthronement of the Sacred Heart: The Spiritual Anchor of the Domestic Church
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for meeting and, with …
Does Paragraph 298 of Amoris Laetitia Promote Adultery?
Among the more controversial paragraphs from Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia (AL), 298 seems to be a real ideological Rorschach test. Some people see the problem with it, and some don’t (or choose not to). Since it has come up several times …
It’s Quiet. A Little TOO Quiet.
I apologize for disappearing the past couple days. It’s rare for us to go 48 hours without a post. I spent most of the day Tuesday writing the piece about rediscovering the “why” of Catholicism. First of all, I wanted to …
Is Amoris Laetitia an Expression of the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium?
Earlier this week, papal biographer and Crux contributing editor Austen Ivereigh fired off a bravado-laden tweet about Amoris Laetitia (AL) and the corresponding dubia: Naturally, the pope won’t answer the so-called dubia; they seek to overthrow the fruit of the …
What We’re Fighting For: Rediscovering Catholicism’s “Why”
Image: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, trapped in ice. (1915) What is Catholicism’s “Why”? On my morning walk today, I was listening to an audiobook called Start With Why, by Simon Sinek. The book’s fundamental premise is that what you do in any given …
Dubia Cardinals Audience Request to Pope Francis Has Gone Unanswered For Months
Earlier today, a letter emerged on Settimo cielo, the blog of Sandro Magister. It is claimed to have been written by Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, one of the four so-called Dubia Cardinals, on behalf of all four of those prelates who had requested …
