A History of the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima: Composition
To be opened is not the same as being published.
In Illo Tempore: 7th Sunday after Pentecost
The liturgy of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost places a mirror before the soul and asks a question which cannot be evaded by ecclesiastical position, good intentions, or outward appearance: what fruit is being borne? The Epistle, Gospel, chants, Collect, and Postcommunion converge upon the same point. There are two servitudes, two harvests, two ends.…
Michael Davies: A “First Responder” of Catholic Tradition
His meetings with Ratzinger convinced him that he fully understood what was at stake over “the question of the liturgy.”
On the Vocation of Being a Writer, part 1: Dispensable Writers
I consider being a writer less a profession than a vocation.
The Unsung Praises of Antonio Maria Bononcini
Above: Modena. On July 8, 1726—three centuries ago—the composer Antonio Maria Bononcini died in Modena, northern Italy. Born in the same city 49 years earlier, he was the younger brother of the more famous Giovanni Bononcini (†1747), remembered above all as a rival of George Frideric Handel (†1759) in England. After studying in Bologna, Antonio…
“A Rare Find” – High School Student
"This class will push you to grow in your spiritual life and take on new challenges while helping you to understand the state of the Church."
On the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima: Introduction to Recent Scholarship
This vow is a little-known fact in her biography.
In Illo Tempore: 6th Sunday after Pentecost
As I write, it is the very day – 2 July 2026 – upon which, after yesterday’s episcopal consecrations by the SSPX, the Holy See has declared the same SSPX to be schismatic, its bishops excommunicated, their marriages and confessions invalid, and warns clerics and the lay faithful that formal adherence to the SSPX incurs…
Celebrating America 250: Happy Semiquincentennial!
"General Washington is the greatest man of the age.”
On the Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The consecration took place on the same date on which Leo XIII consecrated the world.