30 Sep
2022
30 Sep
2022
28 Sep
2022
Pope Benedict’s enemies have never relented. He remains for them the mortal enemy – in the past but also now. Does not his continued presence act in some way as a restraint – if not a very effective one – on Bergoglio? One apparent response of the clerical establishment was Frederic Martel’s In the Closet of […]
28 Sep
2022
Sermon for the Feast of Saint Wenceslaus Sacred Heart, Georgetown, CT, 2022 Today is a national holiday in the Czech Republic in honor of their patron saint, StWenceslaus, whose feast we celebrate at this Mass here in Georgetown CT. StWenceslaus was born in Bohemia in 903 and died on September 28, 929. Most ofus know […]
26 Sep
2022
(Above and below) Cardinal Zen during his visit to New York (February 15, 2020) Please pray for Cardinal Zen, on trial now in Hong Kong. He was our guest in New York just 2 1/2 years ago.
26 Sep
2022
Our annual pilgrimage to Auriesville, New York – this year, unavoidably, in advance of the official “Pilgrimage for the Restoration.” The weather was glorious, but very few visitors or pilgrims were about. Often, however, the grounds of the shrine are most impressive, the experience most spritual, when visited in silence. The shrine in the best […]
26 Sep
2022
Formerly the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, The Harlem Parish is now an entertaiment venue. Currently it’s the location for a flamenco show: This passionate, traditional Spanish flamenco performance is heading to NYC this month starting Friday, September 9th, and it was just released that the show will take place at The Harlem Parish, located at 258 […]
26 Sep
2022
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has just published a piece in the Wall Street Journal announcing the new Institute for Human Ecology (IHE) at Catholic University. She is a lawyer and the new institute’s director of strategy. The institute’s initial foray into major media was aggressive and confrontational: “Counterfeit Catholicism, Left and Right,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/23/2022. […]
23 Sep
2022
In 2020, we reviewed the initial issue of The Lamp. At the time we applauded the editors’ intentions but felt that the result fell far short of their ambitions. There was too much verbiage about topics like gabbing with Jesuits over wine spritzers in Vienna and too little attention paid to the actual crises racking […]
21 Sep
2022
I first encountered Daniel J. Mahoney when I reviewed his 2018 book The Idol of Our Age. There he expressed guarded criticism of Pope Francis but still felt the need to “balance” his negative comments. In an article written for National Review two years later Mahoney was far more direct in his characterization of Francis. Today […]