From Those Catholic Men This submission was a homily given by Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B. of the Monastery of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy on February 22, 2015. Since the time of Adam and Eve, there exists a spiritual battle between the faithful and the powers of darkness; it’s a battle that will continue until […]
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Sin, Forgiveness and Truth
This beautiful reflection from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI discusses the relationship between sin, forgiveness and truth. It is a production of St. Luke’s Productions which offers a daily meditation from Pope Benedict. The date of this reflection is February 28th.
Is There Hope Of Salvation Outside the Roman Catholic Church?
We live in a time where the reality of hell is often either ignored or flatly denied. Our society – and our pulpits (both Catholic and Protestant) have become places where Universalism (the teaching that everyone goes to heaven) reigns. It is seen as “pastoral” to comfort the grieving by telling them that their deceased loved […]
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Against Pharisees
In an interview with the Polish magazine Polonia Christiana, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, offers strong criticism of the proceedings of the recent Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and Family, which he predicts “will remain for the future generations and for the historians a black mark which has stained […]
Cardinal Burke on the Catholic “Man-Crisis” And What To Do About It
From The New Emagelization Recently, I had the great honor to have an audience with His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke to discuss the state of Catholic men in the United States. Here is the full transcript: Matthew James Christoff of the New Emangelization Project: Your Eminence, we are delighted and blessed to be here with […]
The Catholic Man’s Guide to Christmas
From Those Catholic Men And so, it begins… economists are predicting an estimated 140 million people will go Christmas shopping over the Thanksgiving Holiday. The race to Christmas is underway. It reminds me of a favorite cartoon: two fellas are walking along a sidewalk surrounded by an abundance of Christmas lights and trees, elves and […]
10 Ways that Science Is Proving the Church Is Right and the Culture’s Wrong
From Aleteia Catholic beliefs have long been challenged by that elite triumvirate of academia, media and government. Today, many of us are also finding our beliefs challenged in our daily lives – in our professional careers, our parenting and how we live. Adult Catholics need to understand and intentionally embrace Catholic teaching with our intellects and […]
The World’s Most Persecuted Minority
The 4 Sins that Cry to Heaven for Vengeance
From St. Peter’s List Listers, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there are sins that cry out to heaven. “The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are ‘sins that cry to heaven’: the blood of Abel, the sin of the Sodomites, the cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, the cry of the foreigner, […]
Why Did Christ Humble Himself in the Face of Evil?
From Archdiocese of Washington Earlier this week we read the magnificent hymn from Philippians, which sings of the Humility of Jesus: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he […]