Sunday, December 14, 2025

Twenty-Ninth Sunday and Finding Faith on Earth

 ‘And yet, when the Son of man returns will he find faith on earth?’ (Lk. 18:8). â§Ÿ This past week, we marked the 105th anniversary...

Pope Benedict and the Holy Family

  BENEDICT XVI   ANGELUS St Peter's Square Sunday, 31 December 2006   Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this last Sunday of the year we are celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family...

Preaching Christ Crucified

Go into most Protestant churches and you may find a cross, but you will not find a crucifix located anywhere. Go into any Catholic...

Charles Rice on Natural Law Morality

Charles E. Rice (1931-2015), a Thomist philosopher and professor of law at Notre Dame University, was a consistent conservative on matters political and theological....

Lenten Second Sunday and the Salvific Spirit of Sacrifice

‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the...

Compassion is not cynical: a reply to David Bentley Hart on Annulment and Divorce

David Bentley Hart has recently suggested that the Eastern Orthodox practice of divorce is more coherent and compassionate than the Catholic practice of annulment. The...

The 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of St. Joseph as Patron Saint of the...

Besides celebrating the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God and Our beloved Mother, on December 8th we also...

Finding Our Way: Mass Ad Orientem, Towards Our Saviour

Have you ever been really lost? Lost to the point of having no clue which direction you needed to go? What would you do...

Investigation Yields Disturbing Findings on Catholic Relief Services

An exhaustive investigation by two Catholic organizations into Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in three African countries has revealed pervasive contraception promotion and abortion referrals. Joint research...

Saint François de Laval and the Conversion of Canada

'Tis difficult to believe that Quebec was once a a bastion of the Faith, incarnating in an almost unique way in the historical annals...