The pope has no answers for us. Do we really need them at this point? The bishops he has promoted defend him and continually deflect public attention away from him and his camp. And what do we lay faithful do? …
Chicago Priest Who Burned Gay Flag Flees after Archdiocese Threatens Forcible Removal
Just hours ago, new Chicago auxiliary bishop Mark Bartosic arrived unannounced at Resurrection Parish on Chicago’s Northwest Side and told pastor Paul Kalchik that he had just minutes to get his belongings together and vacate the premises, or the police …
Revealing “The Great Accuser”: Pope Francis Fires Back at Crictics Despite Pledge of Silence
Although the pope pledged that he would “not say a single word” about the accusation that he was involved in the cover-up of Cardinal McCarrick’s sexual abuse, he seems unable to stop making oblique references to exactly that situation. There …
Gear Up for the Long Fight: It’s Time to Press the Attack
In January, when I shared my intuition that 2018 was going to be “a year of defying expectations,” “of things not going at all the way we think they will,” and, in fact, “the beginning of the end for Francis …
Bishop Schneider on Chastity vs. a Society ‘Becoming Ever More Cruel’
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted by Julian Kwasniewski at the Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon, at the end of this past June. The text was transcribed and is published here with His Excellency’s consent. Julian Kwasniewski: Your Excellency, …
Letters from Pope Benedict Reveal Frustration, Concern
In the five years since Pope Benedict XVI resigned, many of the Catholic faithful have expressed a longing for his return. Most were puzzled by his abdication, the reasons for which never seemed entirely clear. Some were hurt and even …
In Viganò, Veritas
And so he spoke. Knowing the personal risks of truth-telling in the Church of Bergoglio, Archbishop Viganò stepped off the ledge without a safety net, confident that the truth would provide a soft landing in eternity. No one should doubt …
New Apostolic Constitution Appears to Formalize the Hijacking of the Synod Process
While the eyes of most of the faithful who follow Church news remain fixated on the near-constant drumbeat of new information about Clerical Abuse Scandal 2.0, another papal document has dropped, and in it, another likely time bomb. This morning, …
Diving into the Catholic Treasury: A Revival of the Ember Days
Editor’s note: This sermon was preached by Canon Aaron Huberfeld, ICRSS, at St. Mary’s Oratory in Wausau, Wisconsin, on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 16, 2018. Remember not, O Lord, our transgressions, nor those of our fathers, and take not vengeance …
Pope Faces Scrutiny over Assistance for Convicted Clerical Abuser
Today, Pope Francis had an audience with a globally known figure. It was not Cardinal Burke, one of the four authors of the dubia, who submitted their concerns about the pope’s post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia exactly two years ago today. (Two …
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