Author Patrick Archbold

Wanderer: Cardinal Schönborn, Cardinal Baldisseri, and Married Couple to Present Widely Anticipated ‘Amoris Laetitia’ on Love in the Family •March 31, 2016•ZENIT Staff Pope Francis’ widely-anticipated post-synodal document will be released next Friday. During an unexpected briefing in the Holy… Continue Reading →

Admission. I judge people based upon which picture they post of Mother Angelica. *subhead*nuff said.*subhead*

Well, we are just a week or two from the Exhortation of Desolation. I originally wrote these words over a year ago, but I think I have another article saying the same even earlier than that but I am too… Continue Reading →

According to La Stampa, the Apostolic exhortation following the synods, all two hundred friggin pages of it. will be signed this week and published in April. AND. IT. IS. GONNA. BE. HORRIBLE. I have been warning for 2 years that… Continue Reading →

Over at the Remnant, I discuss the good and the bad of Summorum Pontificum. I am very much interested in your thoughts. Please give it a read. *subhead*Good and bad.*subhead*

Just some random observations and thoughts about politics. * * * Some people say that Rubio supporters are like Trump supporters in their intransigence and denial of basic facts. I don’t think so. Trump supporters are their own thing. But… Continue Reading →

Honestly, the worst part of the whole Trump phenomenon for me is a profound sense on loneliness. As many of you might know, I quit the GOP four years ago as I realized that it had completely ceased to be… Continue Reading →

In my latest for the Remnant, I discuss the absurd notion that in order to reach the lukewarm and fallen-away Catholics, we must give them more of the same drivel that drove them away and what the right approach is…. Continue Reading →

In my latest piece for The Remnant, I explore the similarities between learning flip-turns while swimming and going to the Traditional Mass for the first time. It can be frustrating and disorienting, but it is worth it. Would you please… Continue Reading →

I must admit that I got a kick out of reading George Weigel today over at First Things. For me, it was like a blogging flashback, a flashback to a much simpler time. George Weigel has a perfectly fine post… Continue Reading →