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John Cardinal Foley: Funeral Mass Text

Archbishop Timothy Dolan delivered the homily at the funeral Mass for John Cardinal Foley. Please say a quick prayer for His Eminence:Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the soul of Thy servant John...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2005

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2006

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2007

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2008

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2009

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2010

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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Urbi et Orbi- 2011

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at the Urbi et Orbi Christmas messages over the past 6 years (the reign of Pope Benedict XVI). We'll look at one a day, leading up to the...

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New U.S. Ordinariate

The new Anglican Ordinariate for the U.S. has been established (January 1), given an ordinary, and named! Fr. Jeffrey Steenson will serve as the first ordinary of the U.S. Anglican ordinariate which is...

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure ceasing funding of Planned Parenthood

Yeah, you heard that right! Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer organization that has long been a difficult case for Catholics (whether to donate or not), has pulled its funding to Planned...

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Getting the New Translation Right

If you read the National Catholic Reporter long enough, your I.Q. will drop a point or two. Read it too often and you'll soon become legally stupid.I came across one comment that just sent me in a fit....

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Our Catholic Yearbook

Well, it's that time of year again! The Annuario Pontificio has been released. Like last year, I thought I would go over some of the more interesting data, and I've highlighted some of the very...

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New CDF Website!

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Doctrina Fidei) has a new website, which seems easily accessible. The address is http://www.doctrinafidei.va/This makes the job of people like me (those...

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"Archbishop" Rowan Williams Stepping Down. And the Resignation of Pope...

"Archbishop" of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, will be stepping down from this position at the end of the year.Dr. Williams has presided over a very turbulent time for the Anglican Communion, with his...

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New Vatican Widget... from the Vatican!

UPDATE: ShipofSaintPeter now has the widget! Look over to your right, and click away for up-to-date information, straight from the Vatican!The Vatican has created a new widget in celebration of the...

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Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb

Finally, there exists a rite for the blessing of a child in the womb!The blessing originated when then-Bishop Joseph Kurtz of Knoxville, Tennessee (currently archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky) asked...

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I'm Baaack... Well, Sort Of.

It's been a while seen I've last posted (April 27). I've since gotten married, finished my undergrad, found/bought a house, and I am now preparing to enter law school. As you can see, I've been a wee...

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Is the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 1 of 5

It's one of the most common ideas among Fundamentalists, that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon (Revelation 17-18) and the Pope is the Antichrist. The "arguments" and "evidence" used in...

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Is the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 2 of 5

In the last post, I (hopefully) cleared up the definition of what/who the antichrist is. I also (hopefully) showed how it doesn't make much sense that the Pope could be the antichrist, at least...

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Is the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon? Part 3 of 5

In the last post, we looked at the first four commonly cited verses that are used as "evidence" that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the Pope is the antichrist (and why that "evidence"...

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Pope Benedict XVI Abdicating

Read the full text of Pope Benedict's letter here. Only the Holy Father could wake me up early this morning, and only the Holy Father could get this busy law student to actually post something since...

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What Does this Abdication Theologically Teach Us?

There is something very important hidden in the big news today. While a lot of people will be talking about the fact of Pope Benedict XVI abdicating, and while a lot of people will be talking about why...

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Habemus Papam!

Cardinal Protodeacon Jean-Louis Tauran announced today:Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Jorge Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem...

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5 Reasons Protestants Should Care Who the Pope Is

A very close friend of mine was in a conversation recently with a Protestant friend. Her friend insisted that she has no reason to care who was elected Pope, as "[she's] Protestant and it doesn't...

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The Assumption of Mary

The word "assumption" is vitally important, and it must be contrasted with the word "ascension." The former is an act done to someone, whereas the latter is an act done by one's own power. Mary was...

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