The Vatican presented something important today, 8 June, at a press conference: the Preparatory Document for the upcoming 2019 Pan-Amazon Synod in which there is now talk about giving women some “type of official ministry” and of making “courageous” and …
The Consequences of Religious Liberty
I usually steer myself away from political topics here. Partially because it’s a bit outside our normal wheelhouse, partially because I’m just sick to death, after over a decade of living in the DC Metro area and being a political …
Cdl. Woelki in Emotional Speech: Intercommunion Debate is About Life, Death
Last Thursday, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Cardinal Rainer Woelki, one of the seven German bishops who opposed the new German intercommunion handout allowing for some Protestant spouses of Catholics to receive Holy Communion, gave a moving speech at the …
Memorial Day
It’s Memorial Day here in the United States today, and as is human nature, we use our holidays to get together with family, to cook and enjoy good food and drink, and to treat the day of rest we have …
Some Parting Thoughts For Your Friday – Memorial Day Weekend Edition
It’s been another long week, with lots to report, and many things left untouched. I’d like to offer a few parting thoughts before we head into what I hope will be a long weekend (Monday is a holiday here in …
Cardinal Sarah: Ordination of Viri Probati is a “Breach with Apostolic Tradition”
These days, we are seeing some of the conservative cardinals getting stronger in their resistance against the progressivist agenda as it is being promoted within the Catholic Church. Just a few days ago, Cardinal Gerhard Müller called the concept of …
Cardinal Marx: In Intercommunion Debate, Dioceses Might Have Different Rules
Image: Herforder Münster (Germany), formerly Marienkirche Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the head of the German bishops, is now opening up to the idea of different German dioceses having different rules concerning the possible admittance of Protestant spouses of Catholics to Holy …
Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae
Today, on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the Bishops and Ordinaries of Kazakhstan issued a Pastoral Letter about the continued relevance of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae concerning matters of human life. With this letter, the authors desire …
Founder of Catholic Schola in Need After Accident
A year ago this month, I wrote a short article highlighting the work of a schola in Jackson, Mississippi, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea. To remind you of the kind of music they’re producing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2SxW-j0up4?rel=0 The history of …
On the Rule of Law – and What Likely Happens when It Is Not Present
Many of our readers must be currently in a certain state of mind, namely: attentively watching a little child – who could be yours or mine – struggle for life in front of the eyes of much of the whole …
