Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Can Catholics Oppose Traditionalism?

Naturally the piece I recently wrote for Crisis, “Modern Catholic Recovery Conference,” provoked wildly different responses. Some who fully endorsed my expressions of distress at so many lamentable elements in the modern church were almost giddy with delight at my humorous proposals. Others misconstrued my purpose and thought I was mocking the TradRecovery conference in […]

Francis’ Diabolical Human Dignity Declaration Sells The Church Out To Politicians

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Daily Devotional: April 9, 2024

Today is Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, a Ferial Day, and a Fourth Class Feast, with the liturgical color of white. In this episode: Today’s collect, a Meditation on Our Lady after the resurrection, News from FSSPX.News about the Next Pope after Pope Francis, and a Quote from Archbishop Lefebvre The email version of this Devotional […]

Freed Nigerian priest discusses abduction ordeal (Aid to the Church in Need)

Father Idahosa Amadasu, a Nigerian priest who was kidnapped and freed in 2020, recalled his ordeal in an account shared with Aid to the Church in Need. “Whenever I became afraid, or they threatened me with their guns, I reminded myself that the God I serve is greater than their guns,” he said. “I also […]

Study from Netherlands: Most children outgrow transgender inclinations (CNA)

A 15-year study of 2,772 individuals, conducted by researchers at the University of Groningen, found that 11% of 11-year-olds had transgender inclinations—but that only 4% did at the age of 26. “Gender non-contentedness, while being relatively common during early adolescence, in general, decreases with age and appears to be associated with a poorer self-concept and […]

Strike down law criminalizing homelessness, USCCB urges in Supreme Court brief (USCCB)

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, in which the Supreme Court will decide whether a law criminalizing homelessness constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, which is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment to the […]

Leading prelate discusses challenges facing Church in Japan (Fides)

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, SVD, of Tokyo—president of Caritas Internationalis, secretary general of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences, and president of the Japanese Bishops Conference—discussed the situation of the Church in Japan on the eve of the Japanese bishops’ ad limina visit to Rome. “Throughout the life of the human being, at every stage, […]