Still Learning From Pius X, 100 Years Later
Foe of Modernist Heresy Has Many Lessons for Today On Tuesday, the Church began commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Pope St. Pius X. […]
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US Mistaking Islamists for Victims, Egypt’s Christians Say
This article appeared in LIGNET, August 20, 2013 Security / Middle East and North Africa SITUATION REPORT Scores of churches and church-run institutions were attacked, […]
Benedict XVI Makes Brief Trip to Castel Gandolfo
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI briefly returned to the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday, where he spent time in prayer and attended a […]
40 Churches Burned, Looted or Destroyed in Egypt
The video here (warning: contains some violent images) is CCTV footage showing a mob attacking St. George’s Coptic Orthodox church in Sohag, Upper Egypt, a […]
Bringing the Liturgy Back to the Real Vatican II
The abuses of the sacred liturgy that followed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are “strictly correlated” with a great deal of moral corruption […]
Recollections of Walking the Camino
An article I wrote back in 2007 about the Camino de Santiago. A friend is currently walking the full Camino Frances to Santiago which reminded […]
Concerns Rising Over Slow Appointments of Bishops
A crisis of sorts is developing in the appointment of Catholic bishops worldwide as a backlog of 187 sees (not including China) remain vacant. According […]
Painting Benedict: an Experience of Faith
While respected British portrait artist Alexander Talbot Rice was working on a painting of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, he came close to death in Afghanistan, […]
It’s Official: John Paul II and John XXIII to Be Canonized
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has confirmed that both Blessed Pope John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII will be canonized and possibly at the […]
Cardinal Burke Takes on Modernism
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Raymond Burke has rallied all people of goodwill to take a firm stance in protecting and promoting human dignity, warning that […]