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St. Valentine — Martyred for Marriage
Happy St. Valentine’s Day! By now, you will have already seen the day play out, there may have been candy hearts with messages on them, notes passed by children in school, and then the adult activities. What precisely was St. Valentine about, though? Let’s take a trip back to the third century. You and I are sitting in…
Lunatics or Henchmen?: Group Claims to have forced Pope’s Resignation… ???
I have never heard of this group, nor of such a court action pending. I hesitate to post this for fear that I may be giving attention to a group of lunatics with a blog. At the same time, this group claims to have achieved a court action in the EU that forced the resignation of the…
KABOOM! The Literary Finale of Pope Benedict XVI was not his abdication.
Pope Benedict arranged a masterpiece, complete with cannon fire. Find out what his literary finale was and why it’s more shocking than the lightening strike on St. Peter’s!
French March for Marriage, they may yet be Romantics
News today from France about Catholics and “others” marching to protest a French bill that would make marriage be defined to include unions between same sex persons spurs some hope in the French. Recently, I wrote about a Russian cultural center to be built in Paris being denied a permit to build. I see some…
Onion Domes on the Seine! (or, Our Lord will be Praised) – updated
The stones in France refuse to praise Our Lord, so it looks like the Russians will.
Melkite Nun Explains the Syrian Rebels are Destroying Them because they are Christian
Melkite Nun, Mother Agnes Miriam, explains that Christians are not fighting the government, and that the mass media is not reporting the truth — Christians in Syria are being beheaded, killed, and targeted — They are fighting for the own lives.
The Secret Power of Saturdays, Difficult to obtain Today
Saturday is dedicated to Our Blessed Mother Mary. Don’t take my word for it, Pope John XXII, (take care to note those numerals) in his Sabbatine Bull (Sacratissimo uti culmine), declared it to be so. The Holy Roman Inquisition said so in a decree ratified by Pope Paul V on Jan 20, 1618, and we…
All Souls Day – One key to a clean heart – The Beginning of Memento Mori
Praying for the dead was ordered by the apostles, according to St. John Chrysostom. But how can praying for dead help us? Why do it when they are out of sight, out of mind? Are there special persons for whom we should pray today?
All Saints Day: X-files, B-list, and now Dog Faced Saints
Is there a day to venerate the dog faced saints? You bet! and all the other ones nobody is sure about, too.
Halloween? Are some merely putting lipstick on a pig?
Are parents who insist their children dress as saints but yet send them out to trick or treat just putting lipstick on a pig? The Polish bishops might say so. See what they say about Halloween.
