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, …
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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 …
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 …
I Think It’s Time for the Weekend to Start
I don’t live anywhere near the beach, but if I did, I think I’d be headed there right now. I’ve spent most of the day looking at the news, trying to pick out the most important stories so I can …
The Internet Makes the World Small: Vatican Edition
Growing up as an American Catholic in the 1980s made Rome feel infinitely far away. John Paul II was not just a pope, but a media celebrity, more akin to a rock star or a president than some approachable religious figure. …
Cardinal Maradiaga: The Vatican’s Silliest Villain
If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. – Sun Tzu, Art of War I keep trying to think of a movie scene to illustrate my point, but I’m grasping at straws. It’s such a common theme – the …
Bug Hunt
It’s driving me crazy. We have this technical glitch that has been happening over the past couple of weeks, and no matter what we try, we can’t seem to find what’s causing it. You’ve probably seen it. It’s a database …
Chief Exorcist Father Amorth: Padre Pio Knew The Third Secret
In a recent article on the Secret of Fatima, Steve Skojec, the founder and editor of OnePeterFive, published, to my knowledge, for the first time in the English language words from Rome’s chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth (d. 2016), about …
Are Traditional Masses Being Offered in EU Parliament?
Last week, I received a note from a reader about something totally unexpected. In a blog post here, it is reported: Thanks to the initiative of a Polish MEP, former Sejm Marshal Marek Jurek, there is now a Catholic Mass in …
Nihilism: The Essence of the New Left — An Interview with Roberto de Mattei
Editor’s note: The following interview with Professor Roberto de Mattei was originally conducted by Hungarian journalists Norbert Filemon and Péter Heltai. Though it has already appeared in the Hungarian press, it has been made available to us through the graciousness of …
