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As I begin this article, I am feeling extremely surreal. After an absence of over a month, I am back in my Austrian apartment, with everything about me as normal as it can be for an expatriate. But just a few short days ago I was in Southern California, where I have lived most of…
In my last piece, I commented on how the more one looks under the hood of modern life, the more it seems nearly everything is not just poor quality—it’s anti-functional and even deeply fake. Without using the phrase, I was essentially pointing out how ripe the world is for “deep fakes” and how much of…
During the past 60 years progressive Catholics have been engaged in an intense effort to remove from the Deposit of Faith beliefs and practices they find distasteful. Whether it be a rejection of the Real Presence or attempts to drop the teaching against artificial contraception, these Catholics have been hell-bent (literally) on transforming our faith…
Above: Uppsala Cathedral, dating to the 13th century, is the current seat of the Lutheran Primate of Sweden. Today is Day 4 of the Octave of Christian Unity. Traditional Prayer for the Octave: A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who “participate in some of the services during the Week of Christian Unity and…
Above: King Henry VIII who broke from the Church to create the Anglican schism. Today is Day 3 of the Octave of Christian Unity. Traditional Prayer for the Octave: A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who “participate in some of the services during the Week of Christian Unity and assist at the closing…
Recently, the Italian bishops’ Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Consecrated Life released “Orientations and Norms for Seminaries” a document that, among many other matters, addresses the seminary formation of men who experience same-sex attraction. The pertinent paragraph, 199, cites “The Gift of a Priestly Vocation” (hereafter “The Gift”), a 2016 Vatican document (which, in…
Last Sunday, all of the usual suspects gathered after Mass in the courtyard adjacent to our church. Beneath the warm glow of an outdoor heater, I stumbled into a conversation about the recent Joe Rogan podcast featuring Mel Gibson. The two-and-a-half-hour interview is a wild ride filled with discussions about dinosaurs, stem cells, the collapse…
Holy Church, knowing that we need more than one day to reflect manifestations of Christ’s divine nature, teased three miraculous events out into a chain of related holy days. This was not wholly obliterated in the post-Conciliar calendar, but it is greatly obscured by the juggling of Epiphany onto this or that Sunday, the ending…
See our series on the Greek schisms here. Today is Day 2 of the Octave of Christian Unity. Traditional Prayer for the Octave: A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who “participate in some of the services during the Week of Christian Unity and assist at the closing of this same week.” A partial…
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…
