La Macchina di Santa Rosa 2022!
Some years ago I went to Viterbo for the Feast of Santa Rosa and the incredible spectacle of the Macchina di Santa Rosa. Here is some video from this year. Yes, this is being carried by a bunch of men. … Read More →
4 Sept: St. Moses, Old Testament lawgiver and prophet
Today is the feast of St. Moses, lawgiver and prophet in the Old Testament. Many people do not realize that may Old Testament figures are considered by Holy Mother Church to be saints. Many of them are listed in editions … Read More →
Daily Rome Shot 553, etc.
What do sports like chess and tennis have to do with the new world order? Quite a bit, as it turns out. pic.twitter.com/mHZ3Mgt59o — Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 3, 2022
Pregnant woman with terminal cancer survives, chooses life
Jessica Hanna and her son, Thomas Solanus. / Jessica Hanna Denver Newsroom, Sep 4, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA). Jessica Hanna, a mother of four, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer when she was 14 weeks pregnant. Several doctors advised her to … […]
A Saint for Modern Men: The Last Knight of Christendom, Emperor Bl. Karl of Austria
Have you ever heard of Blessed Karl of Austria? On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, podcast hosts Sam Guzman and John The post A Saint for Modern Men: The Last Knight of Christendom, Emperor Bl. Karl of Austria appeared first on .
Beatification homily for John Paul I: just another occasion to bash people who love Tradition
Today there was a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square for the beatification of the short-lived Pope everyone forgets to remember, John Paul I, Luciani (+1978). In his sermon for the event, Francis seems to have doubled down on the … Read More →
WDTPRS – 23rd Ordinary Sunday: Submission, manumission, filiation
The Collect for the 23rd Ordinary Sunday – this Sunday – was not in any pre-Conciliar edition of the Roman Missal, but it was in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary in a section for evening prayers during Paschaltide. You have … Read More →
How an atheist philosopher’s courageous pursuit of the truth led him back to the Catholic faith…
For the past few years, I’ve been co-hosting the FORMED Book Club with Father Fessio and Vivian Dudro of Ignatius Press. Each week, we record a half-hour discussion on whatever book we happen to have selected to read. This past week we commenced the discussion of a new book, which is entitled Faith and Reason: […]
Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy is inevitably bound to that of Pope St. John Paul II…
This week’s death of former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev at the age of 91 has triggered an avalanche of commentary and tribute around the world, mostly focusing on Gorbachev’s role in the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet system for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. A sidebar to the story that probably […]
Finding a middle ground with mandated pregnancy comments…
The United States government now mandates pregnancy. That’s what California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier said on Women’s Equality Day (Aug. 26) at the University of California San Francisco Mission Bay. Her exact words were, “The fact that we have a government now on a federal level that is mandating pregnancy — government-mandated pregnancy — flies […]