REPOST: “…die XXVIII Februarii anno MMXIII, hora XX…”
[VMNT note: this article was first published on 28 February 2014, on the first anniversary of Pope Benedict’s resignation] One year ago today [28 Feb […]
February 2015
Playing Devil’s Advocate: a case against Paul VI
In the run-up to the canonizations of John Paul II and John XXIII (at which, Deo gratias, I was present), the illustrious ecclesiastical historian Roberto […]
Ash Wednesday: “be not like the hypocrites”
In a rare manifestation of true continuity between the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo, both readings for Mass on Ash Wednesday are taken, […]
Signum Jonae aetate nostra
The Gospel for today’s Mass in the Ordinary Form (Monday 16 February 2015) is a short episode from Mark in which Jesus and the Pharisees […]
Bishop Schneider on Communion in the hand
On 14 February 2015, Feast of Saint Valentine (and of Sts. Cyril & Methodius), I had the privilege of attending a conference in Washington DC […]
REPOST: The Psalm of Saint Valentine
In time for Valentine’s Day, I repost this poem, in the form of a crown of sonnets, which I first wrote in 2009. For more […]
Paulos Faraj Rahho: a modern martyr
The death of Oscar Romero, officially declared a true martyrdom, compels us to consider the stories of other modern day martyrs who, even in our […]
Romero and martyrdom
Upon the recommendation of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis formally recognized the death of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, as a […]