Bishop Schneider on the Family in the Modern World
The traditional Latin Mass shows unambiguously the beauty of the complementary roles of both sexes in public Divine worship.
The traditional Latin Mass shows unambiguously the beauty of the complementary roles of both sexes in public Divine worship.
Even small children can unite themselves to the action of the Mass, in ways they could not articulate, when they glimpse the dignity of an activity clearly not directed to anything merely human.
The response of care, informed through Catholic Tradition, offers a way to understand our relationship to God’s creation that is an alternative to the political frameworks of environmentalism and climate change activism.
Context is important. We’ve been over the ground we tread before, regarding the liturgical season and the Letter Paul wrote to the Romans. However, here is something from Dom Prosper Guéranger about the flow this time of year: It is to the Romans that are addressed today’s inspired instructions of the great apostle. For the…
Pope St. John XXIII exhorted the faithful to fervently cultivate this devotion, but after the Council it was viewed as another "medieval accretion."
Seeing old ladies with tears in their eyes as they watched us pass was rather overwhelming.
Thus, pilgrimages were bittersweet events, where the thrill of adventure was mixed with the challenges that naturally entailed long journeys.
The Catholic Church has a long and honourable tradition of recognising freedom of religion and conscience for minorities provided they do not threaten the safety and security of the State.
Far from considering himself equal to animals, St. Francis exercised a special authority over them.
As the weeks stretch into the Easter Season, we continue to look into the Epistle reading for Sunday’s Mass in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite. This week we’ve come to the 3rd Sunday after Easter. It is the 4th Sunday of Easter in the calendar of the Novus Ordo. By the way, did…