Crusade: Our Response to Traditionis Custodes
In the history of the crusading movement we can observe certain factors which contributed to success or failure, whether in the early crusades of the so-called “Byzantine Empire,” or in the Reconquista, the Eastern Crusades and the Northern Crusades of Western Christendom.[1] One of these factors is rootedness about which I spoke last week. The […]
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“Do what God has given you to do today. That is enough. That is your path to holiness; it is all you need.” -Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V., Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement: The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri
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“Be a soul of love in order to become an apostle, and you will discover a very beautiful thing: that at the bank of love, the more you give, the richer you become.” -Fr. Jean C.J. d’Elbée, I Believe in Love
Mary is at The Heart of the Matter
“I am the Lady of the Rosary.” These are the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary when she revealed her identity to three children of Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. She taught them, “Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and […]
Five Ways to Seek Grace in Your Life
On one occasion the great mystic, Saint Catherine of Siena, was granted a vision into the state of one soul imbued with sanctifying grace. Upon contemplating the beauty of this one soul in God’s grace, she fell to her knees. Enthralled and totally captivated by its beauty, she thought it was God Himself! Of all […]
Suffering & the Modern Secular Person
All people suffer in life and most of them cannot understand why. This is particularly problematic for the secular person, who we will loosely define as the kind of person who does not believe in anything beyond his senses, including God and an afterlife. Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, was such a person. For Epicurus, […]
India’s vice president urges practice of religion without hate speech
India’s Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu paid homage to the country’s Catholic Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara for his contribution to harmony, tolerance and social uplift through spiritual, educational, social and cultural reforms. Read all
Insurance company blows whistle on unprecedented spike in deaths…and they’re not due to COVID
Could it be the experimental gene therapy, oops, I mean, the vaccines?
Pope Francis: Visiting the sick is a Christian imperative
Pope Francis visits the Bambino Gesù di Palidoro hospital in Rome, Italy, on Jan. 5, 2018. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 4, 2022 / 05:05 am (CNA). In a message ahead of the World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that caring for the ill and infirm is not the calling of […]
The Vatican’s growing concern over Germany’s synodal path
The unique synodal process taking place in Germany has surfaced demands for profound changes in the Catholic Church, causing great angst among some Vatican officials