The historic witness by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, which will surely go down as one of the turning points of ecclesiastical history, contains details on the Cardinal McCarrick affair that are devastating to a...
Archive - August 2018
Dies Irae – Day of Reckoning for False Shepherds
(Image: Christ in Majesty mosaic in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.) “For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if first at us, what shall be...
The Church’s Ultimate Trial
Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a sermon given by the author at a Traditional Latin Mass on August 19, 2018. Catholic Family News thanks Fr. Cizik for his continued public witness, spiritual support, and...
The Pennsylvania Truth: John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II were No Saints
Editor’s Note: The following commentary piece was published yesterday (Aug. 15, 2018) by Rorate Caeli and is reprinted here with permission. Its contents and conclusions harmonize very well with those published by...
The Assumption of Mary
Today, on the feast of the Assumption, we continue our periodic look at the lives of the Blessed Virgin and her Divine Son through her revelations to Venerable Maria of Agreda, the remarkable 17th-century Spanish nun...
Appeal to the Cardinals by International Clergy and Academics
Appeal to the Cardinals In response to the confusion created by Pope Francis’ attempt to alter the Catechism of the Catholic Church to include doctrine contrary to Scripture and Tradition, an international group of...
The Last Days of Mary
Today, on the feast of the Vigil of the Assumption, we continue our periodic look at the lives of the Blessed Virgin and her Divine Son through her revelations to Venerable Maria of Agreda, the remarkable 17th-century...
Shady Cardinal, Honest Lawyer: Wuerl vs. Peters on Clergy Sexual Abuse
While lawyers are often caricatured as hopelessly dishonest (I don’t agree, based on the upstanding lawyers I know), and clergy are supposed to lead the way in modeling integrity (cf. 1 Pet. 5:1-4), these roles have...
The Importance of the Roman Mass – Part 2
The Historical Legacy of the Roman Mass In the first part of this series, I demonstrated how the Catholic Faith has been especially maintained, promoted and defended through the traditional Roman Mass, and thereby how...
Sharia or Sahara: What’s Behind the Genocide in Nigeria?
Despite its patent absurdity, the meme that terror has nothing to do with Islam never seems to die. A reminder of its tenacity comes from Northern Nigeria where assaults on Christians by Muslims are routinely...