It was Veterans’ Day in Washington, D.C., and evolution was the farthest thing from my mind. I had accompanied my friend, Fr. Jack Murphy, an Army veteran, to provide prayer support for him and for other veterans who were standing …
Book Review: Phil Lawler on the Pope as The Lost Shepherd
Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis is Misleading His Flock Philip Lawler Gateway Editions 256 pages $25.79 Hardcover; $14.99 Kindle A book that is already drawing the attention of international media despite a publication date nearly two months out (at the …
Evelyn Waugh’s Epiphany Prayer of a Mother for the Conversion of Her Son
Image: Evelyn Waugh (Wikimedia Commons) As a token of our gratitude for all the prayers and Masses said for our recent situation of ill health and need, my husband, Dr. Robert Hickson and I wish to present to our most …
“The Dictator Pope”: Mysterious New Book Looks “Behind the Mask” of Francis
A remarkable new book about the Francis papacy is set to be released in English this coming Monday, December 4th, after an Italian debut earlier this month that is rumored to have made quite a splash in Rome. Entitled, The Dictator Pope, …
A Hidden Renaissance: The First Annual Catholic Art Guild Conference in Chicago
All photos courtesy of Ruth Durkin. On the Feast of the Christ the King, the center of the faithful Catholic world was briefly focused on the Drake Hotel in Chicago, IL, as over 200 members of the Catholic Art Guild, …
Why Are We Making Our Children the Victims of Bad Religious Art?
Walking out of church this week, I noticed a pile of free children’s pamphlets/Mass supplements at the door. I was so annoyed by this smushy and blobby cover that I picked it up to see if the inside was just …
Review: Praise for The Political Pope: A Book Worth Supporting
A Guest Book Review By Matt P. Gaspers* The Political Pope: How Pope Francis Is Delighting the Liberal Left and Abandoning Conservatives George Neumayr Hachette Book Group 220 pages $18.36 Hardcover; $9.95 Paperback In early May of this year, I …
Book Review: By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment
By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Edward Feser & Joseph Bessette Ignatius Press, 2017 500 pages $21.20 Paperback Sometime in the mid-1990s in Colombia, Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos lured a 6-year-old boy into …
Book Review: Walking the Road to God by Fr. Lawrence Carney
Walking the Road to God: Why I Left Everything Behind and Took to the Streets to Save Souls Fr. Lawrence Carney Caritas Press, 2016 210 pages $5.99 Kindle; $14.95 Paperback Walking the Road to God is a moving account of the mission …
A New Cocktail for the Old Rite
A New Cocktail for the Old Rite Next week marks the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, which on July 7, 2007 granted all priests the right to use the 1962 Roman Missal without the permission of their …
