Speaking on the topic “Praying in communion with Mary,” at the March 24 General Audience, Pope Francis dealt with devotion to Our Lady. Contrary to what anyone would expect from a pope, his words recall St. Louis de Montfort’s definition of Our Lady’s “critical devotees” in his famous book, True Devotion to Mary: Critical … Read more
This month all of the Department of Defense’s uniformed service members and civilian employees will be forced to participate in a so-called Anti-Extremist Briefing. What they will see is a slide show of anti-white and anti-conservative indoctrination that encourages those attending to “turn in” those who don’t parrot the gospel of the … Read more
Kindness is a most enchanting virtue and highly needed if we are to live together peacefully in society. It tempers our abrupt rudeness and leads us to treat others as we would like to be treated. Kindness encompasses many similar virtues that proceed from charity. “Thus, kindness leads to treating and judging … Read more
President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan is encountering major obstacles as many legislators find questionable items in the bill that have no link with improving public works. This spending spree goes beyond the media-friendly projects like replacing bridges and lead pipes. It includes disguised pork in the form of senior care aid, … Read more
In Virgil’s Roman epic poem, The Aeneid, there is a famous scene when a terrible storm washes up the protagonist Aeneas and his men on the shores of Carthage. The crew is bruised, battered and discouraged by its misfortunes. The men are tempted to give up. Aeneas encourages them, concluding with one … Read more
Many Catholics and also non-Catholics who, while they do not embrace the Catholic faith, respect the Catholic Church for her teaching regarding faith and morals, have asked me how it is possible for Catholics to receive Holy Communion, while at the same time they publicly and obstinately promote programs, policies and legislation … Read more
With Pope Francis’s approval, on February 22, the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Responsum to a dubium regarding the blessing of a same-sex union. The dubium received at the Dicastery read: “Does the Church have the power to give the blessing … Read more
In her Autobiographical Manuscripts, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus recounts the joys of her pilgrimage to the Holy House of Loreto in Italy. She traveled there with her family when still very young. She comments: “I was indeed happy when on the way to Loreto. Our Lady had chosen an ideal … Read more
The end seemed to have come. The Prophet of Nazareth had died on a cross, like a vile slave. The apostles, terrified, had disappeared; some women, after following Him to His burial place, were returning home weeping. The chief priests and pharisees were unquestionably triumphant, and nevertheless, astonishing to say, they seemed … Read more
The Holy House of Loreto is Our Lady’s house from Nazareth. Jesus spent His adolescence there when they returned from Egypt. The Angels later transported the House to Loreto, Italy. The ecclesiastical historian Father Réné François Rohrbacher (1789-1856) narrates this impressive episode about how the Popes protected the House. “The local authorities … Read more