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December of 2024 finds us gearing up to celebrate the Semiquincentennial of American Independence in 2026. Of course, the American Revolution – our first civil war – extended from 1775 to 1783. The Bicentennial – which I survived as a teenager – actually extended from 1975 to 1983. Although, as Americans have spent the last…
As I scuttled down the rocky bank amid the chilly, biting air of a cloudy November morning, my ears perked to the sound of the rushing water coming from the stream below. The musical dance of the crystal-clear water weaving in, out, and over the rocks and boulders served as a siren song. This song,…
Two new forensic science papers raise concerns about Eucharistic miracle investigations. The main author, Dr. Kelly Kearse, is a faithful Catholic, Eucharistic minister for over 20 years, and science teacher at Knoxville Catholic High School in Tennessee. Kearse is also an immunologist who trained at Johns Hopkins, worked as a principal investigator at the NIH’s…
There is a rushed rhythm of the 4th Sunday of Advent’s Mass formulary, a feeling of quick recapitulation. Historically, this Sunday the ancient Church in Rome didn’t have it’s own set of texts. This was because the day before was the Saturday of Ember week and those ceremonies went all the way into Sunday morning….
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…
“I must now carry my thoughts back to the abominable things I did in those days,” writes Augustine at the very beginning of Book II, “the sins of the flesh which defiled my soul.” He has left his boyhood behind, the period during which he first went off to school, where pupils were regularly beaten…
As the dust settles after President Trump’s decisive election victory on November 5th and the heightened emotional state of the general public – purposefully whipped up by the Regime media on both sides – subsides to a more regular level, it behoves American Catholics to reflect on what the 2024 elections mean for the cause…
Conservatives can’t seem to get enough of media impresario Bari Weiss. Bari is the “It Lesbian” of the American right. Recently, a Tweet of hers has been making the rounds and been retweeted by conservatives. She says, She goes on to say, This is all good stuff, no question about it. Bari is right about…
It happened again a while ago. The Mass was honoring a former member of the parish who had just professed final vows. Visiting clergy were present. After the procession, when all were assembled on the altar, the pastor made the sign of the cross, looked at the packed house, gave a big smile, and said,…
Editor’s note: we appeal with love and respect to our separated brother, Mr. Rod Dreher, and all Catholics who have questioned or lost their faith in the ancient doctrine of the Apostolic See and taken refuge in one of the Greek schisms. This piece is authored by a Russian Orthodox Christian who reconciled with Rome…
