For readers in the Washington DC Metro area (or a within driving distance) I wanted to alert you to a fast-approaching event. On Saturday, June 4th at 5:30PM, there will be a Solemn High Mass in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (located at 400 Michigan Ave,…
Alexander Kissler is a German author and journalist who is responsible for the Culture Section of the German intellectual journal Cicero. He is also one of the few open critics of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Open Door Politics with regard to the immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa. He had, for example, an outcry of…
Antonio Socci, who has at various times asserted his own theories on the status and legitimacy of the Francis pontificate (none of which I endorse) has, understandably, a particular interest in stories relating to this topic. Which is, perhaps, why he took notice of a statement from Archbishop Gänswein — Prefect of the Papal Household and private secretary to…
Today, May 21, 2016, the Holy See Press Office has released, in its daily bulletin, a statement attributed to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The statement categorically denies the affirmation, reported here, from Fr. Ingo Dollinger, which speaks of a private conversation in which then-Cardinal Ratzinger spoke to Dollinger, a personal friend, about there being more to…
Some days, you don’t even make it out of bed before the crazy starts. You check your phone and there it is, another thing you never thought you’d hear coming from the mouth of a pope. What’s a Catholic to do? There’s only one thing we can… [powerpress] RELATED LINKS: Pope Implies Jesus Tolerated Divorce…
Dear readers, As I do every so often, I want to remind you that as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the Catholic Faith, we count on your tax-deductible contributions to continue our mission. We’re more than half way through the month, but we have not yet hit 50% of our fundraising goal. Frankly, we…
Editor’s Note: Marco Tosatti, Italian journalist and Vatican expert, wrote in Italy’s La Stampa concerning Dr. Maike Hickson’s recent article on Fr. Ingo Dollinger, Cardinal Ratzinger, and the Third Secret of Fatima. Dr. Hickson then reached out to Tosatti — himself an author of a book about Fatima — who agreed to the following interview. Maike Hickson…
On Sunday afternoon, we published a report about Cardinal Ratzinger’s alleged admission that there is more to the Third Secret of Fatima than was revealed by the Church in 2000. Since that time, the post has been viewed nearly 70,000 times by visitors from around the globe — a testament to the relevance of this topic, almost…
Editor’s note: the following is a guest essay submitted by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. We have agreed to publish it here in the hopes of generating a fruitful discussion. In my efforts to draw friends into my local Latin Mass community, I’ve noticed a curious pattern in the way they evaluate their first…
In every age, the Church deals with issues and pastoral situations so murky that a solution to a member’s situation may seem impossible. In the modern age, very few Catholics understand the importance of the Church’s precepts. These precepts bind each member of the Church to certain obligations in order to direct the lives of…
While I now try to keep a policy of avoiding every controversy from Rome, the hubbub on “deaconesses” is too great a temptation to resist and provides an opportunity for a solid catechizing moment, speaking as someone who has felt called to the order of deacon for eight years. What is a deaconess? Is a…
