Monthly Archives: February 2019

From Fr Z’s blog: This is not on the calendar after 1962.  On Thursday after Sexagesima Sunday there is traditionally a Solemn Feast of Reparation of Insults Offered to the Most Holy Sacrament This seems like a very good thing … Continue reading →

 One of the consequences of the Vatican summit on sexual abuse has been an increase in the accusatory calls that clerical celibacy is the main cause of these crimes. But those who have made impartial investigations of clerical sexual abuse … Continue reading →

Should anyone doubt the importance of the Liturgy in the life of the Church, you need only take a look at the statistics. The difference in Mass attendance, obedience to the Divine Law of the Church and in holiness of life … Continue reading →

By Julia Meloni at Crisis Magazine: On March 3, 2013, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor—an alumnus of the St. Gallen mafia—met with then-Cardinal Bergoglio over risotto and wine. It was the evening before the pre-conclave general congregations—as Murphy-O’Connor recalls in his memoirs—and … Continue reading →

By Fr Mark White We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when  We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass or rats’ feet … Continue reading →

As the Conference on Child Sex Abuse ends, nothing is being done to address the abuse of Nuns,  and the adult abuse continues without comment. Of your charity please pray for Mother Olech and for the many Religious and indeed … Continue reading →

From Fr George W. Rutler’s ‘Weekly Column’ In art, the Bible scholar Saint Jerome is often depicted as a cardinal, along with a lion that looks like a Cheshire cat because the artist had not seen a real lion. This … Continue reading →

Once again, it is good to get Father Z’s insightful views on the next stage of the ominous Vatican Sexual Abuse summit in Rome. This time he weighs in on the excellent report by Catholic journalist, Robert Royal. From Father … Continue reading →

[Once called ‘The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch” – See HERE.] The Church has celebrated this Feast of the Chair of Peter, in Rome, since the 4th century, as a sign of the unity of the Church founded upon Saint … Continue reading →