Category: Church History

“No, God wants us to make that judgment for ourselves, so He surely gives us the grace to do so.”

Robert Morrison has written a great article at The Remnant. I urge you to click over and read the whole thing. It is an essay that really shows how … “No, God wants us to make that judgment for ourselves, so He surely gives us the grace to do so.” Reposting from Saint Louis Catholic. … Continue reading “No, God wants us to make that judgment for ourselves, so He surely gives us the grace to do so.” →

The Lost Tradition of Rogation Days

Unless you have the blessing of being a regular or sometime parishioner someplace where the pre-Vatican II liturgy has not yet been suppressed by our Uber-Modernist overlords, and if you're not old enough to remember what it was to be a faithful Catholic in those pre-conciliar days, then you may not be familiar with the … Continue reading The Lost Tradition of Rogation Days →

The Gospels, “Q”, and “The Synoptic Problem”

Since the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States, there has been a spike in social media traffic concerning something called "Qanon", with political leftists in an unusually elevated (even for them) state of agitation, and those on the right responding more or less in kind.  If you're really bored, run … Continue reading The Gospels, “Q”, and “The Synoptic Problem” →

The Passion of St. Thomas More

Note:  This piece was written for, and originally published by, Br. Alexis Bugnolo's blog, FromRome.info, in two parts.   Your humble blogger is the author. THE PASSION OF ST. THOMAS MORE The story of St. Thomas More and his ultimately fatal disagreement with King Henry VIII of England leapt from the history books into the popular … Continue reading The Passion of St. Thomas More →