Even before they learn to speak, they proclaim Christ The Holy Innocents: that's the name traditional Catholic piety uses to refer to the children, 2 years and under, that Herod killed in Bethlehem, hoping by this to also kill the Christ Child. Eastern iconography portrays the event as "Rachel Weepi...

The Christmas Kalend or Proclamation In the year 5199 from the creation of the world, from the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth; 2,957 years from the flood; 2,015 years from the birth of Abraham; 1,510 years from Moses and the Exodus of Israel from Egypt; 1,031 years from the an...

A personal reflection. Folks, this might come to you as a shock, but I'm seriously considering some sort of pacificism – albeit not one which will include an absolute refusal to bear arms or defend the country. I am a military man, after all, and always will be, even after I retire. How can this b...

Folks, a Summary of "Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization" which is "devoted principally to an exposition of the Catholic Church's understanding of the Christian mission of evangelization" was published today by the Holy See. So far I've only seen the summary points, not the note itself....

Father Nicolás Schwizer Translated by Carlos Cantú Mary, for the Father, is not simply a devotion. She is a banner. He wants to propose to us the task of erecting a Marian culture. He wants to see the face of Mary imprinted in the new world. In Mary, He shows us His project of the future in the fo...

Folks, the U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee announced today that it has issued clarifications concerning several aspects of Father Peter C. Phan’s book Being Religious Interreligiously:Asian Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue. That Committee judged that Father Phan’s book uses “certain term...

Folks, continuing our conversation on Thomas Merton's affair, which I took over to the Thomas Merton Yahoo Group, I've received some interesting feedback. I want to share this one with all of you. I was told: ...I fear that those in charge of the Roman Catholic Church have too much body-negative and...