This week we watched in horror as 50,000 Moroccan migrants (all of them Muslim) crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, overra...

Today, June 29 2026, is the nineteenth anniversary of this blog, which I launched on June 29, 2007 when I was only 27 years old and working ...

The following is a guest post by Mr. Rob Marco. Rob is a friend and some time contributor to this blog. You can find his articles on One Pet...

Not yet three months into his administration of the Archdiocese of Detroit and the new Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has already called for...

Bishop Michael Martin's recently leaked draft document " Go in Peace Glorifying the Lord by Your Life " is probably the pettie...

It is very disappointing that many Catholics are apparently disposing themselves to doubt the validity of the upcoming conclave before it ha...

When Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, I was alarmed that papal resignations would become normatve from there on out—that future popes wou...

The big news this week is the Vatican approval of what is being referred to as the "Mayan rite" of the Mass. Traditionalists react...

Greetings friends! My mind has been crowded lately with a lot of different subjects, many of which I will likely never get around to bloggin...

Long time readers of this blog will know that I have always been deeply interested in the questions of how the Church evaluates alleged priv...

In the wake of scores of bishops rejecting Fiducia Supplicans globally, popesplainers have resorted to comparing Fiducia Supplicans to Huma...

Pope Francis's new motu proprio Ad Theologiam Promovendam has called for a "paradigm shift" in Catholic theology, citing the ...

[Aug. 26, 2023] If you have never read it, I highly recommend my readers pick up a copy of the British historian R.I. Moore's 1977 book ...

[August 10, 2023] Imagine the spectacle of members of the laity proclaiming, based on their own convictions and by their own authority, that...

Normally on the New Year I post a list of what I consider the most important Unam Sanctam articles over the past twelve months. However, giv...

[Oct. 27. 2022] The recent drama unfolding in the Diocese of Steubenville is a foretaste of what many dioceses can expect as the demographic...

[Sept. 25, 2022] Not long ago, traditional Catholic outlets reported on the suspension of the cause of Fr. Vincent Capodanno, a United State...

(August 23, 2022) In his now viral commentary on the Prophet Elijah , Bishop Robert Barron opined that God "fired" Elijah after hi...

The Vatican's Department of Communications released a survey ahead of the Synod of Bishops. They are ostensibly interested in gathering ...

On June 15 Pope Francis issued rescript changing Canon Law. The rescript, which takes immediate effect, prohibits any diocesan bishop from e...