Unfortunately, the most normal thing in our immoral and abnormal times is for a person to acquire contraception from a local drug store all over the modern world. Contraception is one of those settled issues that no one is supposed to oppose. However, the opposition continues. . . especially in America. Two cases recently erupted … Read more
In a June 2019 letter to German Catholics, the Vatican expressed its concern about the “synodal path” of that nation’s bishops. The spirit, although not all the conclusions of the German “Weg” or path proposes a new “model” that Cardinal Mario Grech, general secretary of the German Synod of Bishops, calls a … Read more
Born in the Wrong Century Roark Mitzell was a man who did not fit in well with modern society. This was one of his most endearing qualities. An enthusiast of history, he rejected many of the negative aspects of industrial society, preferring more traditional ways of being. This was not a mere … Read more
The defeat of the state ballot referendum about abortion in Kansas has the liberal establishment ablaze with talk about the need to take the middle route in a post-Dobbs world. If solid-red Kansas rejects the strong anti-abortion option, they argue, the position clearly has no future. Leftist commentators claim the right must … Read more
When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade, woke companies nationwide rushed to announce they would finance their employees’ out-of-state abortion expenses. A Texas insurance company had a better idea. It welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling by announcing it would offer financial support to parents who birth … Read more
The search for the most beautiful representation of Our Lady of Fatima began during the time of the apparitions. The three young visionaries were the only ones who saw Our Lady in 1917. Thus, many pilgrims to the site asked the children how she looked. The children invariably replied that she was … Read more
The following article is adapted from the book Liberation Theology: How Marxism Infiltrated the Catholic Church written by Julio Loredo de Izcue. ✧ † ✧ A feature of the modernist movement, as indeed all modern heretical movements, was secrecy. In the novel The Saint, published in 1905 in the form of literary narrative, Antonio Fogazzaro … Read more
“They take us away from our parents for things that they’re not doing, but then y’all not doing the things you’re supposed to do. Who’s going to take us from you?” An Overburdened System These words came from one of the over 437,000 children in the Foster Care system in the United … Read more
Cuba was recently mentioned during a July 12 interview Pope Francis gave to Televisa Univision’s ViX streaming service. His remarks cannot help but cause consternation to those suffering in this communist island prison. “I love the Cuban people very much,” Francis said. “I also confess that I maintain a human relationship with … Read more
For decades, progressive Catholics have tried to change the notion of Catholic missions, especially among the more primitive peoples. Thus, Pope Francis’s trip to Canada highlights the dominance of this current that frames American Indian missionary work as an instrument of European oppression and the suppression of tribal cultures. Armed with notions … Read more