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Above: Pope John Paul II during a general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in 1980. (CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo) Author’s note: the following article is based on a real epistolary exchange. Dear Dr. Kwasniewski, I am aware of traditionalist objections to the apparent disturbance of the order and hierarchy of the goods…
A pollster once made the statement that he had found in his work that voters were “very stupid.” A colleague tried to defuse the remark by saying the issue was that people answered opinion poll questions, “in the context of their ignorance.” The phrase came to mind when I learned that President Carter had requested…
Last week on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Mel Gibson defended the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, bringing the Shroud into the public eye once again. He’s not the only one defending Christ’s burial cloth. Dr. John Campbell, a prominent YouTube commentator on medical topics—especially on malpractice inherent in the Covid vaccination regime—recently changed course to…
Editor’s note: we continue our weekly serialisation of Dr. Edward Schaefer’s new book A Simple Man’s Case for Tradition. This book is an excellent introduction to Traditionalism and provides an easy way for Trads to introduce the movement to fellow Catholics who are seeking deeper answers to today’s questions. Proceeds from the book sale also…
Catholics don’t have much cause to go to the movies—and Robert Eggers’ remake of the classic silent film Nosferatu is at once an argument for and against this. Eggers presents a hauntingly beautiful film about horrifically ugly things and, in so doing, makes a compelling case to retain a spiritual center in a world where…
Britain is back in the news for its mishandled child gang rape scandals. This is a continuation of a crisis that has been ongoing in the U.K. since at least the year 2000. While many believe these to be decade-old crimes that now only need to be investigated and closed, it is much more likely…
We are in Epiphanytide. As you know, Epiphany is from a Greek term for “manifestation”. The Feast was especially important in the ancient Eastern Churches. Traditionally it celebrated especially three manifestations of the divinity of Christ, namely, the Adoration of the Magi (frankincense being a symbol of divinity), the Lord’s Baptism by John (the bridge…
Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe. 5th on Twelfth-Day. The same God Who in the Old Testament had commanded the first-fruits to be offered to Himself, being born as a man, Himself…
Whenever the Roman Canon of the Mass is celebrated, there is also a celebration of the saints, dozens of whom are invoked by the priest at the altar. Among these saints are seven women: Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Cecilia, Agnes, and Anastasia. These holy women were martyred during the third and fourth centuries and are…
The newly appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C., Robert McElroy, says that the Church has learned more about human sexuality since the days of St. Paul and that, armed with this knowledge, we can now interpret Paul’s strictures against homosexual behavior as applying only to its abusive forms in ritual prostitution and pederasty but not to…
