Written articles from a range of online sources on a variety of topics.
Source: catholic.comReprinted with permission Author: Jimmy Akin “A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’s permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does […]
Source: Zubair Simonson on catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission It happened in a Manhattan church in 2012. My eyes were intently fixed upon the altar. I was planted on a pew in the lower church. On both sides I was flanked by statues of holy men and women. The little flames of […]
Video Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty on YouTubeArticle Source: David Clayton on thewayofbeauty.org Via David Clayton:Is graffiti legitimate if it is beautiful? These Russians are spray painting icons onto the otherwise drab concrete walls and fascias of Moscow. I don’t know what the government or the people of Moscow make of them, but it […]
by Raymond IbrahimDecember 25, 2019 at 5:00 amOriginally published by the Gatestone InstitutionReprinted with permission. “You have this absurd situation where the scheme is set up to help Syrian refugees and the people most in need, Christians who have been ‘genocided,’ they can’t even get into the U.N. camps to get […]
Source: thewayofbeauty.org Reprinted with permission. Via David Clayton:Pontifex University Press is publishing my book on the place of the nude in Christian art. With a foreword written by Dr Christopher Blum (of the Augustine Institute), Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body and Representation of Man in Christian Art will be of […]
Excerpt from the book Introduction to the Holy Bible for Traditional Catholics. Become a Patron of this apostolate for any amount and receive this book for FREE. But People Couldn’t Read the Bible for Centuries We need to discuss what life was like before literacy and even before Christianity. Literacy only became […]
Source: Catholic Answers at catholic.com Reprinted with permission. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a “purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,” which is experienced by those “who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified” (CCC 1030). It notes that “this […]