We all know the old saying: “If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.” We take comfort in the sentiment, since far too often in this life we are compelled, either by circumstances beyond our control, or by our …
On the Bride of Christ as Bride: Why the Church Has No Room for “Christian Feminism”
Like oil and water, Christianity and feminism are quite simply immiscible. When left to their own devices, the two antagonists repel one another, and when forced to coexist within a system, they stubbornly float in perpetual heterogeneous opposition. Christendom is …
I Didn’t Like My First Latin Mass
I was riding in my boss’s car, absentmindedly staring out the window. He was taking my coworker and me to lunch, and he turned down a side street to take a shortcut to our destination. On a sketchy street, in …
The Hemlock Self-Prescribed
Recently, I was presented with a sincere argument asserting that the morality of the real-life Mark Hamill is unassailable due to the fact that he once portrayed the righteous Luke Skywalker. I mention this only to illustrate the point that …
As Ink Dries on Figueiredo Report, Papal Ally Questions Author’s Character & Motives
After the publication of his report on Theodore McCarrick, I wrote to Msgr. Figueiredo to thank him for his important contribution to cleaning up the corruption in the Church. I also asked if he was planning to address concerns that …
What Demons Know About the Eucharist that Many Catholics Don’t
Did you know that only 63% of American Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and a full 17% of those have no idea that this is what the Church actually teaches? Roughly half of Catholics …
Fulfilling Our Lady’s Request: The Importance of First Saturdays
CC Image courtesy of Marcus Cyron on Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month, and since we have been asked by our readers to help them remember the observance of the day, we are reprinting this article with …
Report: Cardinal Maradiaga Evacuated From Honduran Plane Due to Protesters & Threat of “Lynching”
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, the head of the pope’s council of cardinal advisers, has, according to a tweet from National Catholic Register Rome correspondent Edward Pentin, been evacuated from a plane bound for Panama today due to political protests at Honduras airport. …
Reality Check: No, the Latin Mass Is Not Taking Over
It has become something of orthodoxy within traditional Catholic circles that we’re destined to win the liturgy and doctrine wars in the end, but this isn’t going to happen without evangelization. Traditional communities are fortresses for us to shelter in, …
Viganò Accuses the Pope of Lying As Vatican is Caught Redacting Papal Interview
In an interview published yesterday, Pope Francis finally addressed the allegations made by former US Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that he knew about the illicit sexual activities of former-Cardinal (and Bergoglio-promoter) Theodore McCarrick. Viganò has always claimed since his first …
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