One year ago today, countless Catholics lost their spiritual father. The present pontificate has been, in the words of the late Cardinal George Pell, “a disaster in many or most respects; a catastroph… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
I was on a beach in Brazil two Christmases ago when I heard that Anne Rice had died suddenly of a stroke. The news had been posted on her son, the novelist Christopher Rice’s, Facebook page. I was sho… No…
This year on the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, I am reminded of another Jesuit who also journeyed to Japan: Pope Francis, whose words on the Japanese martyrs during his Apostolic visit in 2019 contin… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….
Left-wing Jesuit priest Thomas Reese has just accused former President Donald Trump of being a form of the “antichrist.” Ordinarily, Reese spouts opinions and ideas more inane than those held by the o… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
WASHINGTON — There is still more gibberish emitting from the Pope as he travels to and from the Far East. Now he is safely home in the Vatican, so only his close advisers will hear the claptrap that c… No…
Keep your eyes on Pope Francis the next few days. You may have noticed two dominant stories on the pope this week. One concerns his visit to Mongolia, arriving on Aug. 31 and staying through the w… No hoodwinking or…
This week, hosts Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie have been separated from their Spectacle podcast, which has undergone a piratical takeover by The American Spectator’s Luther Abel and Aubrey Gulick…. No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get…
One of the most distinct and basic — though sometimes contentious — tenets of Catholic doctrine is that of papal supremacy. Catholics are morally and theologically bound to accept the authority and su… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
An American bishop is reminding the faithful to hold true to the doctrines of the Catholic faith, as the universal Synod on Synodality is posed to introduce heterodox ideology as some form of pastoral… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
In 1985, Pope St. John Paul II initiated World Youth Day, an every-couple-of-years event meant to draw young Catholics together to celebrate, learn, and deepen their faith. Over the succeeding years, … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…