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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,…
Tucho locutus est (again) No. Yes. Maybe? The first time Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández made the Roman Pontiff contradict himself, he added his own “Roma locuta est”: Thus, beyond the guidance provided above, no further responses should be expected about possible ways to regulate details or practicalities regarding blessings of this type….
The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and LatinMass.com (Mass of the Ages). This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the COVID crisis. Now he has…
“All who truly love the bridal Church have the capacity, in their time, place, situation, to awaken the sleeping beauty with a kiss,” Aidan Nichols writes on the last page of his just-published autobiography. The poignant plea of a faithful son of the Church, it comes at the end of his explanation of how he…
We had a grandpa-like priest at seminary that would hang around and encourage us young bucks in our priestly formation. Once, when I was working on my thesis about the Goods of Marriage, I asked Msgr. Leone, “When you were growing up and someone mentioned the sexual act, what came to your mind?” With no…
One of the most iconic Hollywood movie scenes takes place on a farm in Iowa, namely, the Field of Dreams. In that scene, the final scene of the movie, the main character, Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, asks his father, John, to play catch. His father had been dead for years and now appears…
