Wednesday, July 2, 2025

God love you, Fulton J. Sheen

Da per matrem me venire Grant that I may come to Thee through Mary. (Motto of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen) The good people of Peoria Illinois are...

Murder in the 33rd Degree: The Gagnon Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry

“We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” Pope Paul VI,...

The Holy Mass Part I: A Reflection on the Traditional Mass

Fifteenth Sunday Per Annum (B)                                                 ...

What is Caesar’s, When All is God’s?

A clever writer once observed that Jesus never made the mistake of qualifying any of his statements: “Sell you possessions, and give the money...

Rejoice!

A very joyous Laetare Sunday to all our readers, a day on which we can partake in some way in the joy of Easter...

The Fragility of Bridges and Covenants

As I was leaving Rome, watching out the window of the da Vinci airport, after five days of hot, sunny weather, the rain began...

Must We Believe that Islam is Peaceful?

In another well-reasoned article by William Kilpatrick (we may disagree with some of his tone, but his points are good), he alludes to a...

Pope Benedict and Saint James the Greater

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 21 June 2006 James, the Greater Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are continuing the series of portraits of the Apostles chosen directly by Jesus...

Forgive our Sins as We Forgive

I’ve been hearing confessions, now, for over fifty years, and I have noticed that there is one sin that comes up more than any...

Saint Bonaventure: Contemplatio in Actione

Who is this saint, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, whose feast collect aptly describes him as a man of great learning and having the ardor of … charity? Undoubtedly,...