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At Christmastime, my older brother and I were remembering Stanley Wells, our grandfather who died in 1985 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It was he who was responsible, perhaps more than anyone, for the three generations of seventy or so Catholic family members gathered on Christmas night at our sister’s home. Specifically, we talked about what…
Warning: explicit material below. I was reading the news this morning and my 7-year-old walked into the room. I had to close the page because it included the cover of this book by Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández. That’s right, folks. More erotic musings from the man entrusted with doctrinal purity by Pope…
Author’s Note: this series endeavors to correct the historical record and encourage Catholic parents and educators with a sure sign of hope for the future. Part I demonstrates the public rupture in the catechetical manuscript tradition over the past sixty years, while Part II offers a critical review of the new catechism Credo within this…
During a trip to the Middle East recently, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reiterated the idea of a “two-state solution” as “the only path toward peace” even as the war in Gaza continues. Yet an independent Palestinian state established alongside the existing one of Israel, west of the Jordan River—giving both peoples their own…
In 1866, the English novelist Anthony Trollope wrote a book entitled Clergymen of the Church of England. It was serialized in the Pall Mall Gazette, an important magazine of opinion, and reflected both Trollope’s religious background as a confirmed Anglican and the grandson of a clergyman and his analysis of the need for reform of…
It’s hard to know what to write about for this Sunday. In the Novus Ordo in most places the observance of Epiphany will take place. In the Vetus Ordo it is the Feast of the Holy Family. In the Novus Ordo last Sunday was Holy Family, while in the Vetus it was Sunday in the…
Today is Twelfth Night, the traditional date of Epiphany. It is, you know from that catchy carol, the “Twelfth Day of Christmas.” Colloquially, it’s often called “Three Kings Day.” Yes, the U.S. Bishops, in their (lack of) wisdom, have transferred Epiphany to the Sunday after January 1 in the Ordinary Form, turning this year’s Twelfth…
Above: Vatican City – September 7, 2015. Pope Francis meets with Bishops of Portugal during their ad limina visit to Rome on September 7, 2015. Credit: © L’Osservatore Romano The Future is not Franciscan Ever since the revelations of Archbishop Viganò starting with his first letter in August of 2018, Pope Francis seems to be…
In a recent debate about the success or failure of the Sexual Revolution, moderator Bari Weiss asked the four female debaters to name the feminist they admire the most. Feminist author Louise Perry said without hesitation, “Mary Whitehouse.” It is highly unlikely you have heard of this heroine of the British culture wars circa 1960-1980….
In many ways, the clarification published by Cardinal Fernández on January 4, 2024, is even worse than the original document it purports to clarify, the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans of December 18, 2023. Fernández doubles down on the idea of “non-liturgical blessings,” but this frankly makes no sense. A priest is a minister of God who,…
