The inerrancy of Scripture is common ground for Protestants and Roman Catholics.[1]However, its interpretation is not. In fact, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis asserts: “the written Word cannot cry out to you, ‘Wait! You have misinterpreted me!’ But the Church can.”[2]Thus, Roman Ca...
The only feasible explanation for Pacelli's silence was his perception of Croatia as a Catholic bridgehead into the East. The Vatican and the local bishops approved of mass conversion in Croatia (even though it was the result of fear rather than conviction), because they believed that this ...
Before you get out the pitchforks and plan a lynching mob (if you’re Catholic), let me make one thing crystal clear: I am a baptized, practicing Roman Catholic who attends Mass everyday. I plan to stay that way until the day I die. ...
Is today's Newroman Curia equivalent to the Jewish Pharisees of the time of Christ, with their power threatened by the Traditional Latin Mass and conspiring to silence it, just as Caiphas and the other Pharisees schemed to silence Christ's teaching in the temple? Recently, we saw the ...
My brothers and sisters in Christ, welcome to today's celebration of the Holy Mass that commemorates the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. John the Baptist was a righteous and holy man[pause]and it cost him his life. Truly humble in character, he felt unworthy to stoop down and untie...
AnnMarie Creedon The Roman(tic) Catholic Tweet Before I submitted the manuscript for Angela’s Song, I had my pastor pray over it. I stopped him in the vestibule one day after daily Mass. “Do you have time to bless something?” ...
Vatican City is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the smallest independent country in the world. No matter your religious affiliation, it welcomes all who want to visit—around 19,000 people per day! It is home to some of the greatest works of art in the world. ...
INTRODUCTION It is a genuine pleasure and privilege to deliver a lecture which honors the memory of a dear friend, an outstanding Catholic scholar who devoted a long life in the service of the law. This is the second occasion on which I have been so singularly honored to give a lecture ...
the Latinization of the Western Mediterranean, the de-Latinization of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman legion and before the mass arrival of Saxons, and arrival of Buddhism in East Asia. All these are massive historical and cultural events, but they would not be visible in the genetic ...
The Roman Catholic Mass (as well as other worship services) normally involves one or several priests and lay congregation.Footnote2There can be one or several altar servers assisting at the Mass, who are typically also lay members. There are often one or several extraordinary lay ministers who ...