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“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned…” These opening words of confession to a priest constitute a sublime act of humility that marks the lives of so many Catholics. However, that act of trust and healing is threatened by a third party, the State, which may soon have the right to listen. … Read more
On December 18, nearly 250 local supporters and friends of the American TFP gathered at the group’s national headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, for this year’s Christmas open house. The reality that Christ’s birth should be at the center of the holiday, was a consideration that greatly influenced this year’s celebration. During … Read more
Amid our hectic busy world, the adoration chapel is like an oasis of peace where faithful Catholics can have recourse to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. To help those who want to share in Christ’s Passion, the America Needs Fatima Campaign recently launched a major effort to distribute 90,000 copies of … Read more
In 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 … Read more
After the brutal September 11 attacks, the United States must once again wage a war in a foreign land. As always, the problem of the legitimacy of using military action for revenge as a means of re-establishing justice comes to the fore. Thus, it is in the interest of our readers to … Read more
September 15 is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. About this day, Dom Prosper Guéranger comments how Our Lady, whom God predestined to be the Mother of His Son, was united in her person to the life, mysteries and suffering of Jesus, so that she might be a faithful cooperator in … Read more
I. The Papacy: a factor of division or unity? For 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 … Read more
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Our Lady of Good Success appeared in Quito, Ecuador to a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. The Pope’s “infallibility will be declared a dogma of Faith by the same Pope chosen to proclaim the dogma of the … Read more
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Distinguished Apostle, Ardent and Intrepid Polemist The unexpected news of the death of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira has moved us to ponder some chapters of his life and to reflect that the more intense the evils of an epoch, the more exceptional are the figures Divine Providence … Read more
1988 – Slightly more than two years after releasing Hail Mary, Universal Studios launched The Last Temptation of Christ. This film portrayed the Sacred Person of Our Lord as a man unsure of his mission, a man full of fears and inhibitions, a common sinner who was tempted by Mary Magdalen and … Read more