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Essay

The life of the Trinity in Saint Elizabeth Catez

November 9, 2025 Dawn Beutner 11

Each year on a Sunday in May or June, every Catholic priest is assigned the seemingly impossible task of preaching about the mystery of the Trinity. Considering the number of theological errors about God that […]

Essay

The travels, detours, and miracles of Saint Anthony Mary Claret

October 23, 2025 Dawn Beutner 3

Amazing supernatural events sometimes occur during the lives of the saints. But it is rare for miracles to be so frequent in an individual saint’s life that one could write a book simply about those […]

Features

From Satanist priest to canonized saint: The remarkable redemption of Bartolo Longo

October 4, 2025 Dawn Beutner 5

“Satanic priest becomes canonized saint” sounds like a headline from a trashy tabloid, but on October 19, 2025, it will be true. Since his beatification in 1980, the story of Bartolo Longo’s life has both […]

Essay

On the many statues and the great popularity of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

October 1, 2025 Dawn Beutner 5

Why are there so many statues of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in Catholic churches? Obviously, crucifixes and other representations of Jesus Christ are the focus of attention in any Catholic church. It also makes sense […]

Analysis

Western Civilization under Attack: Part Two

September 15, 2025 Paul Seaton 31

Western civilization, Islam, and secular elites formed the triangle that I began to develop in the first installment of this alarum. My thesis is that this precious thing, Western civilization, to which we all owe […]

Analysis

The Conservative Catholic Project: Past, Present, and Future

September 2, 2025 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 30

The day before his elevation to the Sacred College of Cardinals was announced, Archbishop Francis George of Chicago, delivering an unprepared homily at a Saturday evening Mass, threw down a challenge to “liberal Catholicism.” He called it […]

Books

French historian delves into the tumultuous history of traditionalism

August 20, 2025 Jesse Russell 60

“…the Church, in her teaching, life and worship, perpetuates and hands on to all generations all that she herself is, all that she believes.” — Dei Verbum, 8 In 1993, from August 10 to 15, World Youth […]

Analysis

Western Civilization under Attack: Part One

August 19, 2025 Paul Seaton 34

Militia est vita nostra declared Job (at least in the Vulgate version of the Bible): “Our life is a constant battle.” In a similar vein, St. Augustine declared that the need for the virtue of […]

Features

Legends and History of the True Cross

August 17, 2025 Sandra Miesel 18

“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the World.” Relics of Our Lord’s Passion have always been dear to his followers. The True Cross, the actual wood on which Jesus […]

Analysis

The Ghost of Synods Past: The Extraordinary Synod of 1969

August 11, 2025 J. J. Ziegler 12

The First Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1967), held two years after Pope St. Paul VI instituted the Synod of Bishops, was a synod of consequence that still influences the Church today through the canonical legislation, […]

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