In 1864 Pope Pius IX rejected the view that: the Church ought to be separated from the State. (Syllabus of Errors 55) In 1965 Vatican
In recent years there have been criticisms of the concept of the living magisterium (magisterium vivum). People have said: [The]… “living Magisterium” is… usurping the
Back in the late 1800s Pope Leo XIII had a few things to say about marriage, family, and society. His words are still relevant today.
One of the ancient beliefs of the Church is that the Bible is inerrant. That means, as St. Augustine (d. 430) put it, the Bible
In 1965 Vatican II stated that there is a Religious freedom… [which] leaves untouched the traditional Catholic doctrine on the moral duty of men and
The world is a sorrowful place. This Lent we’re beset with news of war and suffering in Ukraine. The news – so heartbreaking and overwhelming
The word socialism is freely tossed around in the public square, especially on social media. Too often, though, it’s either a misnomer for some government
the times in which we live…are scarcely less deplorable for the Christian religion than the worst days, which…were most full of misery to the Church.
The idiotic anti-Catholic celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, observed each November fifth, was effectively ended in America during the Revolution, in large part due to George
Nor, perchance did the fact which We now recall take place without some design of divine Providence. Precisely at the epoch when the American colonies,
In 1947 Father Domenico Pechenino related what he had witnessed over six decades before. \”I do not remember the exact year. One morning the great
Meditation is a beautiful, yet often neglected, form of prayer and worship that deserves a special place in the spiritual lives of Catholics. The Catechism
