Culture

A Russian Catholic Hero Who Resisted the Czar and the Communists

the czarist government had sent him to jail in siberia because he was a catholic priest, not orthodox. after the russian revolution, when he...

Lessons from the Archives

Why is a French Catholic archdiocese expelling the FSSP?

after 23 years in the archdiocese of dijon, in eastern france, the priests of the fraternity of st. peter (fssp) will be dismissed at the en...

Catholic News Agency

Chesterton the Prophet: Ronald Knox Remembers His Friend

to all men of good-will in my generation, the death of chesterton appears (in various degrees) like an overshadowing of the sun. his philoso...

FromtheArchives

Church in Colombia to renew consecration of country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

cover image: primatial cathedral of bogotá, colombia, by bernard gagnon - own work, cc by-sa 4.0   the bishops of colombia will renew t...

The New York Times Admits It Was Wrong About Pius XII

when sister margherita marchione died recently, at the age of 99, the new york times , to its credit, published a lengthy and sympathetic ob...

William Doino Jr

Fr James Martin’s Subtle Method for Undermining Sound Doctrine

i think i’ve finally wrapped my mind around fr james martin sj’s method for undermining sound doctrine and leading souls astray without ever...

Profiting from Penance

the new british museum show, thomas becket: murder and the making of a saint , reveals the religious propaganda machine that existed to myth...

The Art of Selling Roses

somewhere there is a picture of me in the rose garden at home with my stepmother, aged five or six. i was clearly transfixed by the roses an...

Brothers in alms

the entrance to the hospital of st cross, next to the st cross symondians cricket club on the outskirts of winchester, is tucked away down a...

Biden’s Faith in Solidarity

as i write this, i glance at a funeral mass card on a shelf above my desk. the card is from 1963 – for john f kennedy – recently retrieved f...