Monsignor Antall is the pastor of Holy Name Parish in the Diocese of Cleveland. He is the author of The X-Mass Files (Atmosphere Press, 2021), and The Wedding (Lambing Press, 2019). The pope is infallible when declaring the truth of dogma under conditions that have been applied very strictly. The definition given at the First Vatican Council clearly implies those conditions: When the Roman Pontiff speaks ex cathedra, that is, when in exercising his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians he defines with his supreme apostolic authority that a doctrine on faith and morals is to be held by the whole Church, through the …
You Need to Fast More
Suzan Sammons homeschools her children and is studying for a masters degree in nutrition. She is a writer and editor in southwest Ohio. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving: the three calls of Lent. If I exhort you to spend more time in prayer during Lent, you probably won’t argue with me. If I encourage you to increase your charitable giving, most readers will admit they could be more generous. But if I ask you to fast more? I’ll hear that fasting makes you tired and grouchy, gives you a headache, and renders it impossible to complete your day’s work. St. …
Imagine No Religion
Casey Chalk is the author of The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands (Sophia Institute Press) and a senior contributor at The Federalist. He holds a Masters in Theology from Christendom College. The biggest threat facing America today isn’t China or Russia. It’s not radical sexual or racial ideologies, nor globalism and widening economic disparities. No, all of these threats, however real and legitimate, all dim in comparison to a much graver menace to our shared future: the dramatic decline in citizens’ religious affiliation and belief. A recent anti-religious op-ed by the Washington Post’s Kate Cohen hints at what awaits an …
Clericalism Is Dead. Long Live Clericalism!
Fr. Nicholas Ashmore is a priest of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, ordained in 2019, and now the pastor of two parishes, one rural and one Spanish speaking. He received a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Conception Seminary College, and an S.T.B, M. Div, and Ma.Th from Kenrick School of Theology. “Oh, we don’t wear that around here.” The whole room fell silent as the ancient priest stared at me. It was my first year of ordination and I and several other priests were waiting in the sacristy for school confessions to begin. The priest again pointed at my cassock …
Trans Movement Comes After Down Syndrome
Austin Ruse is a contributing editor to Crisis Magazine. His latest book, Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic, is now available from Crisis Publications. How to think and write about a man’s work that is in some cases wonderful and in others quite awful? Meet the work of Daniel Vais, an Israeli choreographer working in the United Kingdom who has given those with intellectual disabilities a chance to dance and perform. He brings those with Down syndrome out of themselves and out of societal shadows. He gives them skills and the stage. His work with them is a beautiful …
The Genesis of the Novus Ordo and “Theological and Spiritual Flaws” of The Latin Mass
Janet E. Smith, Ph.D., is a retired professor of moral theology. The second essay in this series demonstrated that Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy (CHW) misrepresented several key documents in respect to the liturgy as well as the views of Cardinal Ratzinger. This third essay shows that CHW provide no analysis of duplicitous methods used by Fr. Bugnini in the composition of the Novus Ordo Mass (NO), nor do they report how ambivalent Pope Paul VI was about the changes. Most seriously CHW speak of the traditional Latin Mass (TLM) as being theologically flawed and claim that it is clear that …
All You Need Is Love?
Fr. John A. Perricone, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. His articles have appeared in St. John’s Law Review, The Latin Mass, New Oxford Review, and The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies. He can be reached at frjohn1765@icloud.com. This past half-century or so has seen the word love dragged through the mud. Once a queen; now a harlot. No surprise that beneath this strain the word has lost its luster. Repeated blows have so flattened its majesty that it can mean anything; and thus, it means nothing. In the past few years, this emasculation has reached new …
Pope Francis’s Schism
Kennedy Hall is the author of two books, Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity and Lockdown with the Devil. He is a full-time journalist for LifeSiteNews and has a growing YouTube channel where he hosts The Kennedy Report. He is married with five children and lives in Ontario, Canada. At this point, it seems more than likely that as early as April 3, Pope Francis will be laying the hammer down on the Traditional Mass in a way that will restrict the liturgy of all our Latin-Rite ancestors that is almost as severe as what happened under Paul VI. In addition, it …
‘Dead Name’ — the Transgender Issue Affects Parents and the Whole Family
Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. is founder and president of the Ruth Institute, which helps the victims of the Sexual Revolution recover from their experiences and become advocates for positive change. Jennifer Roback Morse NationFebruary 1, 2023 Many people are becoming aware of the serious threat the transgender ideology poses to the health and well-being of children and families. Many are aware of the risks associated with medical interventions for minors in an attempt to change their gender presentation. Fewer people are aware of the impact of the ideology that has become a sort of cult on the shattering of families. The …
The Cat’s Out of the Bag Now, With the Synod on Synodality
Father Raymond J. de Souza is the founding editor of Convivium magazine. COMMENTARY: Cardinal Robert McElroy’s comments last week, arguing the synod is the correct place to overturn core Catholic teachings, have spotlighted how the Synod on Synodality’s leaders are themselves manipulating the process in pursuit of this same objective. The recent letter to the world’s bishops from Cardinal Mario Grech, head of the Vatican synod secretariat, and Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the Synod on Synodality, shows that managing a synod is not as easy as it used to be. The previous synods under Pope Francis were relatively easy to handle compared …