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Born to Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist’s birth was miraculous due to his parents’ advanced age. Leading an ascetic lifestyle in the wilderness, St. John wore camel’s hair, ate locusts and wild honey, and preached repentance and the imminent Kingdom of God. His recognition of Jesus as the Messiah and his act…
The 20th century liturgical commentator Pius Parsch thought that the 2nd and 3rd Sundays after Pentecost showed God’s love inviting us (the Parable of the Supper) and His seeking us (Parable of the Lost Sheep). On the 4th Sunday, God revealed in the calling of Peter and the Apostles the instruments of administering His love…
Fifty years ago, on June 22, 1974, Darius Milhaud passed away in Geneva. He often referred to himself as “a Frenchman from Provence and, by religion, a Jew.”[1] Born in 1892 in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, Milhaud received his musical education at the Paris Conservatory and the Schola Cantorum. In 1916, he embarked on a journey…
While Aristotle was hardly the first to stumble upon the fact that all human beings desire to know, he was certainly the first to give it formal expression, which he did in Metaphysics, his important treatise on First Philosophy, written some four centuries before the coming of Christ. He was a very bright fellow. Why…
Fred Simon was born before Vatican II. He still remembers the ornate gothic paintings in the German parish where he attended Mass with his father and grandfather. Then, one day, the entire interior was whitewashed and a new altar was placed in the middle of the sanctuary. It was the beginning of Simon’s exile from…
Captain Alfred Dreyfus served as an artillery officer in the French army at a time when France and Germany were at daggers drawn. A French officer delivered war plans to the Germans. Dreyfus was charged with treason. He was an outsider. He was a Jew. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison…
As my eyes endure another Pride Month, I’m struck by the scope of a movement that barely two election cycles ago was opposed by the majority of Americans. At least once a year, our entire society is covered in more glitter and rainbows than a 7-year-old girl’s birthday party. Recent pushback notwithstanding, Pride is everywhere—in…
Above: Archbishop Viganò delivering an address to the CIC Conference in 2020. Remember when Viganò first made Catholic headlines worldwide? It was way back in August in the year of the reign of Jesus Christ, 2018. At that time, the McCarrick scandal had just broke and Viganò accused the Holy Father of knowing all about…
We’ve all been told that “preaching to the choir”—that is, speaking the truth to those who are already on our side—is a waste of time. But is it? I believe that preaching to the choir is not only fruitful and good but that it should be a priority. Here are my reasons: 1. The “choir”…
Lately in Rome, the city where rumors are often reliable news, murmurs have been circulating that the Vatican may soon impose a more rigorous edict of suppression for the Traditional Latin Mass, and perhaps for other rites as well (e.g., the sacraments and divine office). Should such an edict appear, it will once again raise…
