"Lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand." Photo from WikiCommons. This is an expanded and updated version of an article originally published at LifeSiteNews in December 2022, which was more categorical in places than this updated version. We all know that Advent is a period of hope and preparation which begins four …
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Was Newman 'very friendly' with Baron von Hügel? Image: Wiki Commons (here) and Wikipedia (here) This is Part III. Click for Part I and Part II. This is an addendum to the previous pieces critiquing Bishop Sanborn’s indefensible comments about Cardinal Newman, made in a reaction video made in November 2022. In this video, the bishop …
"Anyone who rejects this means totally lacks faith." Photo by Alex Does Pictures This is Part II. Click here for Part I. Editors' Notes This is the second part of an extract of Fr. Francisco Marín-Sola's work The Homogenous Evolution of Catholic Dogma, which was first published in 1923 and very well received. Critics went …
'Is her authority an indispensable element for every act of our divine faith?' Photo by Efrem Efre, St Peter's Basilica This is Part I. Click here for Part I. Editors' Notes "You are judging, sir," answered Mr. Morley, "let me say it, of things you do not know. You do not know what the Catholic …
Is it true to say Newman saw conscience as an 'internet connection to heaven'? Image: Wiki Commons This is Part II. See Part I here and Part III here. In the previous piece, I began analysing the claims made by Bishop Donald Sanborn in a reaction video published by his seminary’s YouTube channel.[1] This video …
Is it true to say ‘that [Newman's] idea of conscience is precisely modernist’? Image: Wiki Commons This is Part I. See Part II here and Part III here. Recently, Bishop Donald Sanborn published, via his seminary’s YouTube channel, a reaction video to an interview between Bishop Robert Barron and Ben Shapiro. This reaction video featured …
"We may call this the authority of doctrinal providence." Photo by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash Editors’ Notes In the aftermath of and period since Vatican II, it has been common to try and explain the situation with reference to these ideas. When faced scandalous sermons or interviews given by popes and included in the Acta …
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"If in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day." Image: Wiki Commons. This is an expanded extract taken from the article Possible Miracles, Possible Deception. Miracles as proof of Christ’s revelation In the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent, Our Lord condemns …
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"The Church of Christ cannot be subject to any external power." Image: Vasnetsov's Last Judgment. The feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 to commemorate Our Lord’s Kingship, not just over the hearts of his Faithful, but rather over every man, family, state, nation, and society. In this article …
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"Organized warfare is more advantageous for the soldier than were he forced to fight this duel, alone." Image: Wiki Commons Editors' Notes As previously noted, it is not so easy to find pre-conciliar material on "The Angelic Warfare Confraternity" of the Cord of St Thomas Aquinas. We are glad to have the permission of Dominicana …