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Clodovis Boff, the brother of the famous liberation theologian Leonardo Boff, recently wrote an open letter to the Latin American Bishops’ Conference (known as CELAM) in which he criticized what he called the same old music: “social, social, social.” He said the bishops neglected the basic religious message of Jesus. His words were very pointed:…
OnePeterFive Podcast Leo XIV Approves Latin Mass in Texas Diocese 00:00 / 00:09:10 From the feast of the Apparition of St. Michael (pre-55), when Pope Leo XIV… Source Read More
On June 22, a suicide bomber attacked the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Damascus suburb of Dweila, killing 25 members of the congregation. The Syrian government blamed the attack on the Islamic State, which has been murdering Christians for well over a decade. Though many prominent corporate media outlets such as…
Richard Dawkins once quipped, “It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid—or insane or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that.” The seed of that sentiment was planted 100 years ago in July 1925, when John T. Scopes was tried…
The 6th Sunday after Pentecost offers riches from the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel of Saint Mark. The 1962 Missale Romanum presents these readings not in isolation, but as a liturgical unity, revealing the depth of Christian life in its paschal dimension: dying and rising in Christ, and being fed in the desert…
The growth of the “Restore the ‘54” Movement amongst traditionally-minded Catholic laity has led to a rediscovery of the above “Prayers for the Emperor” during the Traditional rites of Holy Week. Now, as with so much else, Dom Guéranger in his Liturgical Year gives us some important information on these prayers: On his coverage of…
It was consoling to see the image of the Roman Pontiff saying Mass for the Carabinieri in their chapel at the Castel Gandolfo Station last Tuesday. I am aware that the lone ad orientem image that has been circulated and talked about is part of a greater collection of photographs that includes a lot of…
Above: Cardinal Pizzaballa prays with Catholic children in Gaza. In the aftermath of the grievous strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, entered Gaza this morning as part of an ecclesiastical delegation… Source…
In a culture where every contour of the public life assists in communicating the message of Jesus Christ, the first citizen of the realm will be the Church, she who is both Bride and Body of Christ, the beloved one whom God Himself has chosen and designated to be Mother of all who have been…
On July 19, 2024, the world lost Wolfgang Smith, one of the most important yet underrecognized thinkers of our time. A rare polymath, Smith devoted his life to uniting the rigors of science with the depths of metaphysical and theological wisdom. In an age dominated by materialist reductionism and technological utopianism, Smith stood apart by…
