Catholic Perspective

Communion on the Tongue: Corona-hysteria’s Tragic Victim

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Communion on the Tongue: Corona-hysteria’s Tragic Victim

The panic surrounding the Chinese virus is claiming an impressive list of victims. These include social relations, the ability to receive standard medical treatment and the world economy. All these have suffered greatly due to ill-conceived restrictions put into place because of hysteria over the spread of CoVid-19. However, none is as … Read more

A Terrorist-Friendly Archbishop

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A Terrorist-Friendly Archbishop

The Archbishop of Cali, Colombia, Most Rev. Darío de Jesús Monsalve, has had many setbacks when exercising his controversial pastoral mission. Zeal for defending the sheep of his flock should not be a problem since the Gospel says that a true shepherd must defend his faithful from the many enemies of the … Read more

Refuting Leftist Myths About Saint Junipero Serra

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Elizabeth Bruenig’s New York Times op-ed “A Saint’s Sins” was a lengthy indictment of the character and actions of Saint Junipero Serra. It is tempting to refer to it as a masterpiece of character assassination, except that it is not masterful. It recycles modernist and old anti-Catholic attacks that ignore the historical … Read more

Civilization and Tribalism Clash in Ventura California

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Civilization and Tribalism Clash in Ventura California

In the early morning hours of July 23rd of this year, city officials in San Buenaventura (commonly referred to as Ventura), California hired an anti-Catholic crane company to remove a statue of Saint Junipero Serra that had stood in the city for just shy of a century. This move came after a … Read more

Faithful Catholics Take Saint Serra Statue Fight to the Courts

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Faithful Catholics Take Saint Serra Statue Fight to the Courts

In 1782, Saint Junípero Serra founded his final mission—San Buenaventura—in what is now the city of Ventura, California. In 1833, the Mexican government confiscated the land and sold it to ranchers. By 1936, over 100 years after the Mexican secularization act and almost a century after becoming part of the United States, … Read more

We Must Not Be Silent as Our Churches Are Vandalized

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We Must Not Be Silent as Our Churches Are Vandalized

An ominous silence surrounds the attacks on Catholic churches nationwide. The violence takes the form of arson, vandalism and statue smashing. Catholics see satanic symbols, obscenities and graffiti sprayed upon statues and church buildings. The silence takes the form of complicity with the attackers on one hand or a failure to react … Read more

The COVID Crisis Has Turned Society Into a Tower of Babel

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The COVID Crisis Has Turned Society Into a Tower of Babel

There is something almost biblical about the present chaos and confusion. It defies a secular explanation or narrative by its immense scope. Not so long ago, we were one people, and yet now we are fragmented into a thousand pieces. It is hard to grasp. This shattering has been a long time … Read more