[Nota: I edited the original post considerably as giving away too much information about Father's whereabouts and his activities could...

The epistle from Mass this past Friday was taken from the fourth chapter of 1 Corinthians. It reads: "This is how one should reg...

This morning, a Vatican newspaper printed an article declaring that Amoris Laetitia is part of the binding papal Magisterium and must be...

There is a lot of hubbub this week over the recent shakeup at the NCR; I am speaking of course of the recent firings of John Paul Shimek...

I am not a fast person when it comes to churning out material. I write when I feel like it and take my time, if possible. Hence back in 2015...

[Aug 5, 2016] Well, Pope Francis wants a commission to study the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate from a historical perspect...

So several times in the history of this blog I have harped on the problems related to missionary orders and missionary priests (see ...

This weekend I was traveling out of state and went to Mass in a beautiful historic church from the late 19th century. It has preserved al...

Because I was so busy I actually managed to let yesterday pass without noting that two days ago, June 29th, was the ninth anniversary of th...

For as long as I can remember following developments within the Catholic world, there is always a particular way the mainstream conserva...

Let's suppose - just hypothetically - that most of all Catholic marriages today are invalid. And let's suppose that the reason t...

Hey Lionel. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about. You go by "Catholic Mission." Do you want to know why in all the many years...

Rorate is featuring an article by their anonymous cleric Pio Pace. In this article , Pio Pace posits what is in my opinion a ridiculous ...

Back at the Second Vatican Council, the Declaration on Religious Liberty Dignitatis Humanae made a very interesting statement. The open...

No, I'm not giving up blogging. But I am giving up making any effort to comment or follow the developments of the current pontificat...