Do to Your Wife As You Would Have Your Bishop Do to You
A false dichotomy is created in the Church by setting fidelity to theology and liturgy against fidelity to an obedience that is not in harmony with them.
Living in a Messy Church
The “mess” in the Church today is reflected in the total lack of order found in ecclesial appointments and suspensions. The unfaithful are rewarded while the faithful are disciplined.
A Muslim Sheikh’s Unfortunate First Communion
An Archbishop defended giving a Muslim sheikh Holy Communion, contrary to the longstanding teaching and praxis of the Church.
Solum Magisterium?
Archbishop Victor Fernández’s claim about a “doctrine of the Holy Father” runs the risk of collapsing all distinction between the magisterium and its normative sources, such as Scripture and Tradition.
Resisting Papal Overreach: The Story of Bishop Isidore Borecky
Would there be historical precedent if Bishop Joseph Strickland were to refuse to acknowledge his deposition if Rome should proceed with that step?
A Papal Silence Would Be Welcome at Times
A religious leader should be very careful about spreading his thinking too thin; a pope is not an omniscient source of opinions about everything.
The Pseudo-Primitive, Pseudo-Childlike Art of Fr. Rupnik
Everywhere you turn in the Catholic Church of the last fifty years, you find the spirit of Rupnik. All of the pseudo-primitive pseudo-childlike church art since my boyhood has been of a piece.
Sister Wilhelmina: A Modern Traditional Saint (Guest: Sr. Mary Josefa)
In April of this year, the body of Sr. Wilhelmina Lancaster, founder of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, was found to be incorrupt four years after her death. Who was Sr. Wilhelmina and what is God trying to tell us through this miracle? We’ll talk to a member of the order she helped found to discover what made this woman so remarkable.
Pope Francis Calls American Catholics Backward Ideologues
Pope Francis was recently asked his opinion of American Catholics, and he didn’t hold back in his criticisms. But are his criticisms legitimate?
The Revolution Comes for Scott Hahn
For Leftist Catholics, all of the good Scott Hahn has done in the past is considered worthless due to his lack of vocal and complete support for today’s Revolution.
Eucharistic Thanksgiving
The word “Eucharist” itself literally means “thanksgiving.” So why does thanksgiving seem ever more removed from our celebration of the Eucharist?
They Made My Daughter Cry at World Youth Day
My daughter walked the Camino then attended World Youth Day. One experience was transformative, and the other was distressing.
In This Wintertime, Only The Catholic Way Will Save Us
Christ’s pilgrim Church has suddenly found itself in the late innings of, perhaps, transformation and schism, and few are around anymore to help save the day. But there is a Catholic Way forward.
What Is a Bishop?
Too often our bishops today are legal, financial, sacramental, and practical administrators, but that is not their fundamental divine calling.
Catholics: Stop Imitating Protestants!
For the past sixty years, Catholics have been imitating Protestants in our liturgy, youth outreach, and other aspects of Catholic life. How has this impacted the Church, and is there a better way forward?
God’s Preemptive Strikes
Usually, the Church proclaims a dogma in reaction to a spreading heresy. But the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption were preemptively declared to prepare for future heresies.
What Does the Pope Have Against Opus Dei?
Is there some problem with Opus Dei that led Pope Francis to take so many steps to contradict what its founder thought a key to its continued usefulness to the Church?
World Profanation Day
Whoever was involved in the planning of WYD decided to imitate not the Magi who gave the Lord gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but the Corinthians who heedlessly carried on with their “agape,” not discerning the Body and Blood of the Lord.
The Loss of the Sacred
The grasping attempt to be “exciting” or “cool” seen at World Youth Day is but a symptom of disease of the “unsacred” nature of modern life.
