The Heart of Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz is a masterful fictional retelling of the events surrounding Nero’s fire in Rome.
Pope Benedict Warned Pope Francis Twelve Years Ago
On January 14, 2025 Random House released Hope, an autobiography of Pope Francis. The fact that he decided to go with one of the most well known publishers in the world and not a Catholic one indicates that this biography was for the whole world and not just for us Catholics. At this point Pope…
Is Francis Infallibly the True Pope and Not a Notorious Heretic?
But Christ has not abandoned the Catholic Church.
Can Ireland Revive?
"In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity..."
Colligite Fragmenta: 2nd Sunday of Lent
If we try to put ourselves into the shoes of the ancient Roman catechumens, being prepared from the pre-Lent “Gesima” Sundays onward, we can perhaps grasp the psychological and pedagogical importance of having the Gospel reading about the Transfiguration on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. Much of the content of the Mass formularies and the…
Erick Ybarra and the Unfair Orthodox Debate
The Orthodox make claims about their ecclesiology which cannot be proven.
Domestic Church Customs: Lent
We want every Lent to change our family's souls permanently, instead of just for 46 days.
Colligite Fragmenta: 1st Sunday of Lent
With the “Gesima”, pre-Lent Sundays we added a layer of context to our contexts: Roman Station churches. Each day of Lent has, by millennial tradition, an assigned church in Rome. On weekdays, people gathered at a nearby “collect” church and then processed singing penitential litanies and hymns to the “stopping” church, or “statio” where the…
Nicaragua’s Imprisoned Bp Alvarez Echoes Cdl Pell: ‘What Sustained Me Was Prayer’
Alvarez described is as “a supernatural action of God."
The Universal Authority of St. Thomas Aquinas
Bishop Barron, while calling himself a Thomist, decries the “closed Thomism” of the past.
