Sunday, August 17, 2025

When is Someone A Heretic? A Look at “Heresy” and “Suspicion of Heresy”

Heresy and Suspicion of Heresy: An Analysis Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................... 2 Definition of “Heresy”.............................................................................. 3 The Principles and Early Use of the Canonical Term “Suspicion...

In Light of Day: A Comparative Glance at Saul Alinsky and Dorothy Day

Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern...

Pope Benedict and Pope Pius X

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Saint Pius the Tenth Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to reflect on my...

Twentieth Sunday: Prayer and Tradition

For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7). In any given region or country, a common language...

The Rocky Road from Doubt to Faith                                            

Thanks to my Irish Catholic mother and 12 years with the good sisters of six parochial schools and four more years at the University...

19th Sunday and Finding the Wisdom of the Cross

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...

The Strength of the Transfiguration

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a...

Seventeenth Sunday: Choosing the Highest Good

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and...

Parents Take Note: Recent FDA Ruling Means Minors Will be Able to Pick up...

(Even in Canada, ahead of the curve into the descent into amorality in so many other ways, you at least still need a prescription...

Sixteenth Sunday: Weeding Out the Mystery of Iniquity

The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children...