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There is supernatural power in suffering beyond our understanding. But the fear of suffering has become a weapon in the devil’s toolbox to increasingly drive state-abetted suicide as an improvement on God’s plan. On December 12, Illinois became the 12th state to enact legislation to provide terminally ill patients with an exit ramp from life…
With all the church closings, clustering, and twinning, alongside the seemingly endless amount of money in terms of payouts to victims of clerical and religious abuse, it is almost easy to become disillusioned with the leadership of some—many—of the dioceses in the United States at present. However, occasionally a Local Ordinary will do something so…
Merry Christmas! With your indulgence, I need to set the record straight. I don’t want to defeat progressive Catholics or purge them from the Church. I want to help convert them so they see how beautiful tradition is and how it leads people to Christ. What most certainly does NOT lead people to Christ is…
Many are the claims against the Filioque and they can be confusing. Let’s list some accusations: For my part, I plan to show: We first look at facts and then draw conclusions based upon them. Today’s publications and archeological records allow us to say more than at any other time in history about the Nicene…
Around 2015, at the age of 18 and having been Catholic for almost a full year, I was sitting in the pew of my large, suburban parish, reflecting on the readings and waiting for the homily. The presiding priest was one I always enjoyed hearing preach. Instead, the pastor (who was not the celebrant) walked…
Keeping in mind Oscar Wilde’s dictum that “fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months,” I am not about to suggest following its trends. Neither will I advocate either for or against dressing in ways calculated to make oneself the center of attention, turn heads, and…
Above: winter view in Bucharest, Romania. For those who are familiar with the history of Eastern Europe and Russia, a highly interesting phenomena is that of conversions to Catholicism among members of royal and aristocratic families. For example, one of the witnesses to the official conversion of the philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) was Princess Olga…
We live in an age that regards the identification of sin as the worst of all sins. As Regis Nicoll points out, “Today instead of 10 commandments, there is just one: thou shalt not judge.” Even within Christian circles, it is common to hear the phrases “Don’t judge” or “I’m not judging.” So afraid are…
“Fast away the old year passes,” as the Christmas carol Deck the Halls warns us—and so it is to be. The year 2025 is fast approaching its end. Semiquincentennial of the start of the American Revolution, bicentennial of the last coronation thus far of a king of France, centennial of the coming of the Charleston…
Almighty and eternal God, who in the fullness of time sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, has placed us within the joyful mystery of the Octave of Christmas. In these sacred days time is suspended, as if Mother Church reached out and gently stopped the pendulum. A single day…
