Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Pope Francis’ Troubling Terminology

There is a principle in theology – which applies to other sciences as well – that we interpret the less authoritative, the less precise...

Ad Orientem, et Pro Populo

The Bishop of Boise, Idaho, Peter F. Christensen, has specifically forbidden his priests, even in their ultra-private Masses now mandated, from celebrating ‘ad orientem’....

The Transcendent Meaning of the Ascension

A very blessed and joyous Solemnity of the Ascension to all our readers... At least in the Church universal, which follows the historical fact...

Calendars, Missions and Holy Wisdom

While we commemorate Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a few other anniversaries on this historically significant day, which are all sort of providentially linked...

Courts, Cardinals and Constantine

Where does one even begin, as events outpace our capacity to absorb and assimilate them? The U.S. Senate, by a rather slim majority (52 to...

From Conspiracy to Confirmation

At the beginning of the 'vaccine' mandates, many were criticized as conspiracy theorists - tin-foil-hatted crackpots - for simply questioning the safety and efficacy...

Aichinger’s Regina Coeli, Alleluia!

A blessed, joyous and grace-filled Easter to one and all! Christus resurrexit! Dominus surrexit vere! Alleluia! One of my favorite pieces of this season...

Saint Peter and Paul’s Eschatological Battle

A blessed solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul! They were comites, as they say in Latin, companions in life, and in death, both martyred under...

Wenceslaus and Lorenzo, Incidental Martyrs

This is not the stuff of which martyrs are made - So purportedly said Thomas More, who loved all the good things of life,...

The Pope, Pharma, and Moral Imperatives

What’s the difference between God and a doctor? God doesn’t think He’s a doctor. That used to be funny
 God, of course, knows medicine, having made...