What Really Killed the Catholic Church in America
Appearing on a heavily trafficked blog today is an article by Fr. Dwight Longenecker titled What’s Killing American Catholicism. In it, Father Longenecker says two things worthy of note: Ethnic...
View ArticleSuffering the Ignorant Orthopraxis of Our Day
One of the things I really like about how God ordered this world is precisely how unassuming some of the greatest things He has worked really are to the passer by. If you didn’t look, you wouldn’t...
View ArticleThe Four Armed, Three Eyed Monster of the Year of Mercy Logo isn’t Catholic
Even children cannot recognize Jesus in the logo for the Year of Mercy... it's like a graphic "speaking in tongues" that utters a bunch of gibberish. But what does the logo really show?
View ArticleFather Hardon: Stop Communion in the Hand Now!
I often forget that the things that were common knowledge in the 90s are forgotten or ignored today. It becomes apparent when discussing communion in the hand, as I did the other day in the...
View ArticleWe’ve Been Saying This for Years! WSJ on Ugly Churches
Déjà vu. The February 24, 2017 issue of the Wall Street Journal ran the story, “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid” by Professor Anthony Esolen of Providence College. In this wonderful piece,...
View ArticlePope Francis Endorses Felt Banners, Guitars, Carol King “Hymns”, Church in...
If you read the headlines today, it sounds like Pope Francis made an infallible pronouncement! (whoa, step back!). America Magazine proclaimed: Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the...
View ArticleChuck Norris (Fr. George Rutler) on Communion in the Hand
If you’ve ever been a fan of kung fu movies or action films, you can always tell who the prize fighters are. Maybe Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris. But then they reveal the bad guy. The best of these films...
View ArticleOn Being Catholic – Your Way
The problem with the Catholic Bishops endorsing President Biden while Biden supports and endorses abortion is caused by the cafeteria Catholicism now generations old. A refusal to teach the faith to...
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