The title says it all, but here goes on a synopsis: It’s been a while since we’ve done a video, and today Steve drinks Irish whiskey while riffing on the fall of Cardinal Becciu, Francis embracing heresy, Infallibility, tribalism, and …
Corruption of the Best is The Worst: The Jesuits, The Church, & the Deep State
“Corruptio optimi pessima.” Saint Gregory the Great Seeking to find any coherence of the recent action of the Society of Jesus with the original intentions of Saint Ignatius of Loyola is an arduous if not impossible task, to the …
The Laity’s Civil War and the Priests Who Stand on the Sidelines
Very few priests have been willing to publicly oppose the champions of the unborn holocaust. Long gone are the days of St. Ambrose, who refused Emperor Theodosius Holy Communion and forced him to do penance for the massacre of the …
Attending the Traditional Mass: Well Worth the Effort
Editor’s note: this was first published on March 20, 2015, under the pen name Benedict Constable, and is republished today under its author’s name. Doing violence to one’s family heritage is always bad, it can never be good. No less …
Glorify God, Save Souls, Teach Truth
My pastor was trying to write a parish mission statement when, forsaking all modesty, I blurted out, “Father, you can write our mission statement in six words: Glorify God, Save Souls, Make Saints. He liked it and promptly had it …
Hope From the Depths of Our Distance From God
“There seems to be a new normal where sin has become almost inevitable for most of us … For some reason — which in part due to us, in part due to the wisdom of God — the new normal …
Junipero Serra: The Real Story of a Suddenly Controversial Saint
It’s hard to be a Catholic today. Every time you turn on the news it seems that there’s another statue being defaced or a crucifix being vandalized or a church being set ablaze. Just the other day, a statue of …
Archbishop Viganò: Is Vatican II “Untouchable”?
By Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Peter Kwasniewski’s recent commentary, titled “Why Viganò’s critique of the Council must be taken seriously”, impressed me greatly. It appeared (here) on OnePeterFive, on June 29, and is one of the articles on which I …
Mass: An Obligation Until It Isn’t (But Then It Is Again)
Over at Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler has a pretty devastating take on the rather convenient wielding of the threat of mortal sin by Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee, who has just reinstated the Sunday obligation in his diocese: Starting this …
Together. For the Better. Come What May.
I’ve got to be honest, I absolutely agonized over writing my piece, No More Platitudes: It’s Time to Take a Hard Look at the Crisis of Catholicism. I started writing it weeks ago. Well, I should say, I wrote the first draft …
Cardinal Becciu, Top Vatican Hatchet Man, Has Unexpectedly Resigned
Allow me to briefly bury the lede. I’ve often said that I’m not a journalist, I’m a commentator, and as such, I don’t make an attempt to hide my bias in the interest of the expected, but in most cases …
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