American Tradition, Family, Property: Fighting the Counter-Revolution

Catholic Perspective

Sister Lucy’s Death: Moment of Mourning and Hope

The news of Sister Lucy’s death caused deep emotion in the devotees of Our Lady of Fatima across the globe.

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The Church Faces Litigation "Gold Rush"

They call it the next litigation gold rush on the horizon and it will be big business. A wave of child abuse litigation is but another facet of the great crisis confronting the Church in America.

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The Wiles and Guiles of a Campaign Against Priestly Celibacy

The Wiles and Guiles of a Campaign Against Priestly CelibacyIn a previous article on the apostolic origins of celibacy, I wrote:
Among the Apostles, only Saint Peter is known to have been married because his mother-in-law is mentioned in the Gospels. Some of the others might have been married but there is a clear indication that they left everything, including their families, to follow Christ.
A reader disagreed, saying that all I needed to do was to check a passage of Saint Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians (9:5) to find that all the Apostles were married, Saint Paul inclusive. For the sake of truth, I was requested to correct the article. It so happens that the truth demands that I reaffirm what I wrote.

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Who Will Watch the Watchdogs?

When the sexual abuse scandals broke upon the American scene early last year, many reacted with shock and dismay. The horrific discoveries of scandals and cover-ups were inconceivable. Even now, the crisis is clearly not over.

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Reality Check in Boston

It was Ash Wednesday and we knew that St. Anthony’s held Masses and distributed ashes all day long. With the droves of Catholics we expected to pass by, it was a perfect opportunity to distribute our flyer promoting the American TFP’s new hard-hitting book Defending a Higher Law.

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Just War According to Catholic Teaching

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The Church: The Scandals’ Unmentioned Victim

Taking advantage of the legitimate indignation provoked by the numerous cases of child sexual abuse, old dissident groups have emerged from the shadows and new ones have formed. Their ensuing agitation does not particularly help the quest for a balanced solution that would favor the psychological, spiritual and social recovery of the victims and prevent the crimes from being repeated. Instead, such groups toil feverishly to shake the very foundations of the Church as an institution.

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The Church, Holy and Immortal, Shall Prevail!

The violence of the storm currently assailing the Church would likely bring down many a human institution, but not the institution supported by God’s own promises.

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The Primacy of Peter

The Primacy of PeterFor a long time now certain theological currents and Church personalities, in the name of a heterodox interpretation of episcopal collegiality, have been proposing a change in the monarchical constitution of the Church so as to reduce the Pope’s authority to that of a mere constitutional monarch, a symbolic figurehead like the Queen of England.

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