In the past few weeks, three interviews with as many Eminent Cardinals have appeared. The first was granted on October 28, 2017 by Cardinal Walter Brandmüller to Christian Geyer and Hannes Hintermeier of the Frankfurter...
Archive - November 2017
The Amoris-Dubia Drama: Where Is It Leading?
It is just over one year since four Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – two now deceased (requiscant in pace) – publicly announced their dubia (“doubts”) concerning Amoris Laetitia (AL), Pope Francis’ post-synodal...
“Fatima: Our Lady’s Answer to Three Revolutions”
Angelus Press Conference Report It was a great honor and privilege to attend the 2017 Angelus Press Conference for Catholic Tradition held in Kansas City, Missouri (Oct. 13-15). Although it was my first time attending...
December Issue of Catholic Family News
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As the Church Drowns in a Sea of Words, the Faith of Our Fathers Is Forgotten
One of the symptoms indicating the unprecedented severity of the current ecclesial crisis is the astounding level of prolixity in Church documents as compared with the declarative simplicity of pre-Vatican II Church...
A Stunning Prophecy by Saint Francis To Whom Does It Apply? You Decide…
In a famous book which sets forth certain prophecies by Saint Francis — while carefully distinguishing them from doubtful sayings attributed to him (which are found in an appendix to the book) — we read the following...
Has Cardinal Müller Joined the Casuist Brigade? – Part II Follow the Bouncing Commentary
In the firestorm that followed publication of the Müller preface, the Cardinal has since walked back his statements — but not convincingly, in my opinion. In a telephone interview, translated into English by...
Has Cardinal Müller Joined the Casuist Brigade? – Part I Follow the Bouncing Commentary
The word casuistry has two meanings: “(1) a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine, (2) specious argument.” It is very easy for the...
As Long as This Thing Stands, Russia Will not Convert
You are looking at the mausoleum in which the mummified, waxen corpse of the genocidist Vladimir Lenin is meticulously maintained at government expense in a grotesque parody of the incorrupt bodies of Catholic saints...
Joy, Peace, and Patience: Important Fruits of the Holy Ghost
This article first appeared in the August 2017 print edition of Catholic Family News (subscribe HERE; current subscribers can access the E-Edition HERE). During His sublime discourse to the Apostles on the eve of His...