The steady rise in adult Catholic converts across the West over the past five years has made headlines and given hope to the faithful. Nowhere has this caused a bigger stir than in France, the first-born daughter of the Church. Naturally, most of the attention has been on the numbers. According to … Read more
This article is the sixth part of a series about Purgatory, a topic that is rarely discussed today. A knowledge of Purgatory is essential if souls are to avoid the pains of this place of expiation. The first article can be found here. * * * Most modern Catholics hear … Read more
This article is the fifth part of a series about Purgatory, a topic that is rarely discussed today. A knowledge of Purgatory is essential if souls are to avoid the pains of this place of expiation. The first article can be found here. * * * Many who foolishly regard … Read more
A court recently sentenced a homeschooling couple with two daughters, ages 15 and 11, to 50 days in prison. The charge – intellectual neglect – is so absurd that it could almost have been invented just to convict this couple. This accusation appears particularly absurd since the couple’s daughters are fluent in … Read more
A billboard that proclaimed “June is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus” and “Christ is King” has been vandalized in Burbank, Calif., near Universal Studios Hollywood. The graffiti damage primarily covered the words “of Jesus” and “Christ is King.” Some of Jesus’s garments, outstretched hand, and Sacred Heart were splattered with … Read more
On May 9, 2023, Gov. Jay Inslee signed Washington State Senate Bill 5599 into law. It went into effect on July 23. An Associated Press article’s headline read “Trans Minors Protected From Parents Under Washington Law.” Parents opposed this law that would allow the State to carry out sex “transitions” on their … Read more
The Canadian Parliament just passed a bill that makes quoting certain passages of the Bible a crime. Bill C-9 criminalizes citing Scripture—particularly passages about homosexuality. All this is done under the guise of “stopping hate,” whatever that means. In Canada, citing texts that criticize lewd behavior is legally perilous. Texts such as … Read more
Amid today’s moral decay, the Holy, Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church presents Saint Maria Goretti (1890-1902) as a model in the fight against immorality. She is diametrically opposed to every tendency in our contemporary world. Saint Maria Goretti invites us to be faithful to the Church’s traditional doctrine. She is a role … Read more
On December 10, 1925, Our Lady made a formal request to observe the Five First Saturdays as a path to conversion and world peace. Yet, most Catholics are still not doing the devotion properly, if at all. For more than a century, human solutions have kept failing while we ignore the very … Read more
For the past five years, the Western world has been overwhelmed with tragedy. The COVID lockdown, the war in Ukraine, political polarization and a general social disintegration have produced a deep malaise and fear about the future. And yet, amid this disorder, an extraordinary trend has emerged: a sharp increase in adult … Read more