Happy Monday, readers! I wanted to let you know that an opportunity has presented itself to allow us to fill a need with our content. We’ve come to an agreement with Adelante La Fe that allows them publish our articles …
Gaudete et Exsultate, a New Apostolic Exhortation on Holiness, Has Just Been Released
The vast majority of the Catholic commentariat will be discussing the pope’s new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, which was officially released today. The topic of the exhortation is “The Call to Holiness in Today’s World.” Imagine trying to learn about holiness …
And The Secret Identity of the Dictator Pope Author Is…
We told you early on about the incredibly important book offering a deeply-researched critical evaluation of the Francis pontificate, The Dictator Pope. It has proven to be a blockbuster, rocketing to the top of the Amazon charts in its category and finally …
Cardinal Cupich Removes Pastor of St. John Cantius After Allegations of “Improper Conduct”
Editor’s note: yesterday, we received a flurry of messages and emails about a very unexpected situation at St. John Cantius in Chicago, an epicenter of the restoration of Catholic tradition not just for America, but the world. The pastor, Fr. …
The Anatomy of a Rejection Letter: Some Personal Thoughts on the Benedict Correspondence
Yesterday, I wrote about what happened with the visually altered letter from Pope Benedict — the one the Vatican attempted manipulated to use as a marketing prop to promote an 11-volume series on the “theology” of Pope Francis. If you …
Back in the Saddle
The first time I ever got on a motorcycle, I only rode it for a few minutes before I wiped out. I had borrowed it from a friend. We were seniors in high school. He and his younger brother had …
Prominent Spanish Priest Addresses Church Crisis, Speaks about Schism
Just after the recent renewed polite criticism of Pope Francis by Father Thomas G. Weinandy, the well-respected U.S. theologian, there comes to us another priestly voice of resistance, this time coming out of Spain. For some weeks now, Father Santiago …
On the Road Again
Many of you have probably noticed that I’ve been more quiet than usual lately. That’s because my family and I are moving again. Some of you might recall that I moved West in 2016. There were family matters that needed …
Cardinal Cordes: Cardinal Marx’s Idea of Blessing Homosexual Couples is “Sacrilegious”
A German cardinal is today responding to the recent interview of Cardinal Reinhard Marx in which he opens up to the idea of blessing homosexual couples (and implicitly thus the practice of sodomy). Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes – the former …
Time to Let Go of Vatican II
Several months back Father Hugh Somerville-Knapman, OSB wrote a must read article over at his blog, Dominus mihi adjutor. For those not familiar with Fr. Hugh, a Benedictine monk and priest of Douai Abbey in Berkshire, U.K., he is no liturgical bomb …
