Author Patrick Archbold
In the diocese of Arlington there exists the reasonable requirement, in my considerably cultivated judgment, that the headmasters of any Catholic school should be Catholic. The Trustees of Notre Dame Catholic High School find it simply too difficult to comply… Continue Reading →
Santa’s a Jerk—He’s no saint. He’s practically Archie Bunker with a beard! Cease The Peace—My suggestions on where to stick the Sign of Peace. Save the Tofurkey!—We are shocked, horrified, and hungry. The Last Gasp of the Hippies—Priest faces excommunication… Continue Reading →
As was reported last year, Pope Benedict has asked that the placement of the Sign of Peace be reviewed perhaps placing it earlier where it will be less disruptive to the preparation of the faithful for communion. Cardinal Arinze, Prefect… Continue Reading →
Even the most frivolous among us would likely agree that we live in dark, dramatic, and disturbed times. Renouncing any call to seriousness or significance, ostensibly demanded by events of the day, the official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano turned its… Continue Reading →
Familiar with the saying that goes “If you live long enough, you will see just about everything.” Case in point. Roseanne Barr, the formerly corpulent, currently crude, and laughingly dim comedienne and bona fide anti-Catholic, has an idea for saving… Continue Reading →
I am not sure of the process, but I want to propose a new law. Honestly, I am not sure if it would be a Canon Law, State or Federal Law, or even some rule in some bloated bureaucracy somewhere,… Continue Reading →
Fr. Barron on the “YouTube Heresies”—One of Father Barron’s best. Can I Pray For A Smiting?—Kathleen Parker needs a good smiting and I have some ideas. Update: New Chapel at OL of Gudalupe Seminary—One of the earliest full-fledged buildings of… Continue Reading →
Question for all you budding moral theologians. Is it morally licit to pray for a smiting? Not a macro-smiting like when the Babylonians burn down your village and steal your women and children. No, more like a micro-smiting. Like if… Continue Reading →
Fr Jeffrey Steel is a priest in the Church of England and serving a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic parish in the Durham Diocese of England. Fr. Steel has an interesting rumor about the Traditional Anglican Communion. The Traditional Anglican Communion, you’ll remember,… Continue Reading →
Anecdotal, sure. But you and I both know….Whatever. Oh, and some Christians prayed in San Fracisco’s Castro district and got this warm reception. Rod Dreher asks This is terrifying. This ought to be on the national news. If this were… Continue Reading →