This month the Vatican and China have entered into some sort of agreement that is meant to allow China's Catholics to recognize the p...

So, in the midst of all the garbage coming out, I thought I'd share some good news. In May I posted an appeal to help a friend of mi...

In the midst of this crisis, I am seeing many well-intentioned Catholics reaching a point of total loss of faith in the hierarchy and callin...

Greetings in Christ our Lord, my friends. I want to ask your forgiveness ahead of time for the length of this post, but as you know, thes...

I walked into the parish around twenty minutes early for Confession. This was not my parish, but I often came here for Saturday Confessi...

As the new wave of clergy sex abuse scandals unfolded, many of us heard stories of deviant priests abusing the seal of confession to bind...

On this blog's Facebook page , I recently linked to an article on The Josias by Dr. John Joy, STD, addressing the magisterial weig...

This past week Pope Francis announced that he was officially changing the Catechism of the Catholic Church to reflect his assertion tha...

This week I have a question from a reader on a passage from the Gospels: I have always been puzzled by the passage in the Gospel where ...

Many Catholics have noticed the grimly providential appropriateness of the Old Testament readings in last week's Novus Ordo relevan...

Good day. I want to apologize to my readers who have left comments for the past few months and not seen them published. I realized recently...

A major problem with widespread liturgical wimpiness is that it cripples the evangelical efforts of individual Catholics who are attempt...