Various sources are reporting that the Vatican is preparing to eliminate the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, perhaps as early as January 2019. See for example, this report from Rorate Caeli. The commission was named...
Archive - December 2018
Brian McCallThe Holy Family’s Trek to Bethlehem
(Image: Journey to Bethlehem by Daniel Rodgers) As the Church concludes the holy season of Advent, it is opportune for us to meditate upon the difficult circumstances of the Holy Family on the eve of the first Christmas...
Gary TaphornAdvent Meditations: Behold the Savior Comes
22. Behold the Savior Comes Fourth Sunday of Advent By Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. 1) “Call together the nations, tell it among the people and say: Behold our Savior cometh!” (Roman Breviary). The message...
Catholic Family NewsSaved by “Conscience”? The Gospel According to Barron
Bishop Robert Barron, the well-known founder of “Word on Fire Catholic Ministries” and an auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Los Angeles (appointed by Pope Francis in 2015), recently gave an interview to Ben...
Matt GaspersWhen Mercy and Justice Got Divorced: The Inauthentic Franciscan Magisterium of Off-the-Cuff Comments
Pope Francis is at it again. One of his favorite pastimes seems to be taking potshots at anyone who diverges from the “gospel according to Bergoglio,” be that young people who love the Traditional Mass, Cardinals...
Despite Papal Fiat, Death Penalty Remains Licit
Editor’s Note: The following article first appeared in the Sept. 2018 print edition of Catholic Family News (click HERE to subscribe; current subscribers can access the E-Edition HERE). In light of Pope Francis’ latest...
Catholic Family News 2019 Conference Room Reservations Open
Catholic Family News is happy to announce rooms can now be reserved at a reduced conference rate for the length of the 2019 Conference, May 3-5. This year’s theme is Fifty Years of Problems with the New Mass. For more...
Advent Meditations: Interior Silence
17. Interior Silence Third Week of Advent Editor’s Note: While today’s meditation from Divine Intimacy addresses “consecrated souls” (i.e. those in religious life) in particular, the general principles outlined...
Defending “True Devotion to the Chair of St. Peter”: A Response to Professor Douglas Farrow
(Photo: Professor Roberto de Mattei delivering his lecture, “Tu es Petrus: True Devotion to the Chair of Saint Peter,” at the 2018 Catholic Family News Conference.) This article appears in the current issue (Dec. 2018)...
Professor Roberto de MatteiPope Francis and the Devil: Misreading the Signs of the Times
Despite his penchant for theological innovation, Pope Francis seems to hold some fairly traditional beliefs about the devil. Here’s an example from Gaudete et Exsultate: It is precisely the conviction that...
Professor William Kilpatrick