Along with millions of other concerned bystanders across the globe, I followed closely the heroic struggle of little Alfie Evans and his parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, against a hospital and judicial system bent on...
Archive - April 2018
Traditional Parish Mission held in Puerto Rico
From April 9 – April 12, 2018, Una Voce of Puerto Rico (led by Edgardo Cruz) had a traditional parochial mission in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, within the San Juan Diocese. Fr. Jeffery Jambon was invited to preach the...
Blessed Karl of Austria: A Good Shepherd
(A sermon from a Traditional Latin Mass on April 15, 2018 in honor of Blessed Karl of Austria) Welcome to today’s Traditional Latin Mass in which we honor Blessed Karl of Austria, who is a candidate for sainthood. ...
The Indispensable Role of the Father and Today’s Crisis of Authority
The root of many of our human ailments is failure in authority. Like it or not, we live in a hierarchical world, a world of governance and order, wherein people have certain roles. Harmony depends on the keeping of...
In the Shoes of One Who Tried Her Vocation and Left
There is something very beautiful about a young woman who, prompted by love, surrenders herself entirely to God and chooses the more perfect way: the life of a religious. You can easily imagine her standing there at the...
“The last error shall be worse than the first”: An Easter Sermon by a Traditional Dominican Priest
Dear Faithful, On Holy Saturday the chief priests and the Pharisees, the Gospel tells us, feeling somehow that their victory of the day before over Jesus was still precarious, came to Pilate together saying: “Sir, we...
Tu es Petrus: True Devotion to the Chair of Saint Peter
Editor’s Note: The following lecture was presented by Professor Roberto de Mattei on April 7, 2018 at the “Weapons of Our Warfare” Catholic Family News Conference, held in Deerfield, Illinois. ***** We...
CFN Exclusive Interview: Roberto de Mattei on Today’s Rome Conference: “Catholic Church, Where Are You Going?”
Renowned historian and scholar Professor Roberto de Mattei is currently in the United States, to address the “Weapons of Our Warfare” Catholic Family News conference (April 6-8) in Deerfield, Illinois. CFN speaks...
First Anniversary of John Vennari’s Death
In your charity, on the first anniversary of his death, pray for the repose of the soul of Joseph John Vennari February 24, 1958 – April 4, 2017 Let us pray O God, the Lord of forgiveness: grant to the soul of Thy...
A Spiritual Reflection on Titian’s Noli Me Tangere
In Titian’s time, nakedness in art was symbolic of truth. It is in nakedness that we come into this world, and it must be in nakedness that we present ourselves before the loving gaze of our Creator. That is to say, we...