A Timely and Courageous Statement by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

A Timely and Courageous Statement by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

Catholics throughout the world should welcome Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s timely op-ed “On the Question of a Heretical Pope,” released March 21. The position adopted by the Auxiliary Bishop of Astana on the canonical consequences of a public acknowledgment of a pope’s crime of heresy—denying he may lose the Papacy in any event—enriches … Read more

How Drag Queen Events Prepare Children for Satanism

How Drag Queen Events Prepare Children for Satanism

“Drag Queen Story Hour” is the latest immoral plague to infect America. These events have spread all across our country as they are now found in large metropolitan areas and even in smaller more conservative towns and cities. Unless people protest, they will be held everywhere. What is a “Drag Queen Story … Read more

Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Spreading Confusion Where Clarity is Needed

Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Spreading Confusion Where Clarity is Needed

Every year since the early seventies, Catholics have gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center for the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Religious Education Congress (REC).  Throughout the years, the congress has grown into what organizers dub “the nation’s largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics,” with an annual attendance of around 35,000. Whether or not … Read more

Saint Joseph’s Altars: Giving of the King’s Bounty

Saint Joseph’s Altars: Giving of the King’s Bounty

Every year New Orleans plays host to a longstanding Catholic tradition which has its origins in the Middle Ages. On Saint Joseph’s Day, March 19th, Catholics all over the city are eager to show their devotion to the head of the Holy Family. The celebration serves as a striking contrast in a … Read more

How Would Saint Patrick See Today’s Saint Patrick’s Day?

How Would Saint Patrick See Today’s Saint Patrick’s Day

It seems that every year has a new controversy over Saint Patrick’s Day. First, the feast was reduced to a mere cultural festival. Later, drunkenness marred the feast, then participation of homosexual groups in parades. Now the feast is politicized by politicians who are using the occasion to assert their pro-abortion and … Read more

Can the State Tax the Church?

Can the State Tax the Church?

The Holy Roman Catholic Church is the natural enemy of the secular left. Battles between these two forces have gone on for centuries—long before the term “secular left” came into common usage. In those struggles, the left has employed every weapon it could find to use against the Church. All too often, … Read more