The maxim is “Qui tacet consentire videtur”: the maxim of the law is “Silence gives consent”. If therefore you wish to construe what my silence betokened, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied. -St. Thomas More, A …
Pope: “It is the Communists Who Think Like Christians”
During this week where Americans have been distracted by the unexpected upset of a presidential election that could very well change the course of our collective future, Pope Francis has been busy making political statements of his own. In yet another …
Pope Francis Visits With Married Ex-Priests
The German branch of Vatican Radio just reported that Pope Francis has made an unusual visit today. According to today’s Radio Vatikan article, Pope Francis went privately this Friday afternoon to Ponte di Nona on the outskirts of Rome in order …
At a Historic Crossroads, What Should Americans Pray For?
Last night, I posted this message on my various social media accounts. I wanted to share it with you, too: Tonight as I sat to pray the rosary with my boys, I prayed for our country and for this election. …
On Election Day in America, Pope Meets With Italy’s Most Famous Abortionist
As day at last dawns on the Westernmost regions of the United States of America, her people face a stark choice: while neither candidate has a positive track record on abortion, one promises to be the most pro-abortion, anti-life president …
Spirit Cooking The Election: Or, The Satanic In High Places
People thought I was exaggerating about the return of paganism, the creation of neo-paganistic rites, and the mainstreaming of Satanic practices (here and here). Lo, I was not. The horrific video described below will be proof enough. But first things …
The Domestic Church: Catholicism’s Secret Weapon
The days are darkening, and I am angry. Yes, angry, along with so many others who observe with growing pain and confusion what is happening to our Church from within, far more grievously than from outside. But this anger isn’t …
The Wedding of the Lamb
Whereas the Son’s own surrender to the love of the Father, on the level of fallen creation, is consummated in his sharing of our death, our reunion in him, in this very death, consummates our ecstasy, our ravishment with the …
Purgatory: The Purifying Fire of God’s Love
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence. – Proverbs 9:10 Today is All Souls’ Day. The Catholic Encyclopedia defines the feast as follows: The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated …
Celebrating Christ the King in Charlotte
“Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ…” Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas, 11 December 1925. Nearly …