Children: Culture, and Demography
These two books give important insights into the relationship between economics, demography, and values.
The Magnanimous Housewife
In the A.D. era, humility is the route to magnanimity.
Colligite Fragmenta: 3rd Sunday of Lent
Welcome to the second part of Lent. As Pius Parsch puts it in The Church’s Year of Grace, in the first two weeks we put ourselves on guard against attacks by the Prince of this world, the Devil and fallen angels, with the weapon of mortifications. On this Sunday we move from defense against the…
Attendance at Mass and How to Fix It
In October of every year, my diocese, the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, conducts a “head count” in order to determine average Mass attendance. The results of the 2024 count were published in the diocesan newspaper, The Arlington Catholic Herald, in the Jan. 30 – Feb. 12, 2025 edition. Out of an estimated 433,000 registered Catholics…
Sacred Initiation and Baptismal Symbolism in Tolkien’s Stories
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.
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…
