Francis, “Deaconettes,” and the St. Gallen Mafia
"I think we should come to it little by little." -Carinal Martini
"I think we should come to it little by little." -Carinal Martini
A religious sister once encouraged me, “It’s not difficult to form a sub-culture."
It almost feels like God already knew this filth would happen, and already charged June with the liturgical power necessary to soften hardened hearts, and save souls and societies.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church 234 says that the doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity is the “central mystery of Christ faith and life. It is the mystery of God in Himself.” We might want to get this one right. The other mysteries of our faith revolve around what God does and has done. …
When Pope Euginius IV called for a crusade, only four men responded to the call.
Catholics of a certain age know things about their religion that many — if not most — Catholics today have never been taught.
In our neo-Modernist milieu, it becomes even more urgent for the Church to downgrade the supernatural.
For this mighty Feast of Pentecost we first scrabble after some context to enrich our participation. The sacred liturgical celebration of the mysteries of our salvation make us present to them and them to us. Sacramental reality is not inferior to sensible reality. Indeed, it embraces and elevates it and us, it transforms us. In…