Author Patrick Archbold

In his most explicit statement yet, the Pope endorses the use of force to stop the monsters of ISIS, well, as close as he is likely to come. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday endorsed the… Continue Reading →

From Father Hewes. You and I are used to assuming all people are basically good, and all religions are essentially good. How often do we think ‘we all believe in the same God”? Do we? What is emerging and is… Continue Reading →

We need to love our heretical brothers and sisters, we are one big happy family after all! Who are the people who don’t get our filial appreciation? Here is a story from the SSPX website about a new Church the… Continue Reading →

Ban on women’s trousers in church sparks protest at Abbasiya Cathedral. Tens of Egyptian Orthodox Coptic Christians entered the main cathedral in Cairo on Wednesday while Pope Tawadros II was speaking to protest against a decision from a bishop for… Continue Reading →

I don’t usually do this, but I wish to quote David French from NRO in its entirety because it is short and to the point. Let’s make this simple, shall we? 1. Al-Qaeda carried out the deadliest attack on American… Continue Reading →

Over at the National Catholic Register I discuss 7 things your pastor could do tomorrow to restore a sense of the sacred to the liturgy and all of them are exactly in line with Vatican II. Would you be so… Continue Reading →

Can we please now dispense with the foolish notion that the “International Community” exists? Look. If ever there was a clear moment when the entire world could look at a situation, agree, and act. This is it. But nothing. Satan’s… Continue Reading →

It is time for President Obama, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, and all the rest to listen to the Pope and save the Christians and other minorities before the genocide of ISIS is complete. But my plea is especially to President… Continue Reading →

George Weigel, observing the occasion of his 1,000th column makes this statement. Yet one more conviction links the 1000 columns, and in fact dates back to the earlier series of Catholic press columns I wrote from 1979 until 1986: the… Continue Reading →

Graphic via Fr. Ray Blake. *subhead*In graphic form.*subhead*