A tactic used by some foes of the Pope is discrediting his defenders by calling them Ultramontanist or Ultramontane. The term has had differ...

Have you ever encountered someone who speaks confidently on a subject and offers his opinion as fact—but makes many errors about that subje...

The critics of Pope Francis unrelentingly tell us that he is promoting confusion and error in the Church through either malice or incompeten...

St. Gregory Nazianzen tells us (Oratio XLIII, #50) where an official of Emperor Valens ordered St. Basil the Great to comply with an unjust ...

can. 753 † Although the bishops who are in communion with the head and members of the college, whether individually or joined together in c...

Like the vampire in a mirror, there is a serious lack of reflection today on what one says… During the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen an e...

Introduction In my morning Bible reading, I’m at the point of 2 Chronicles where Asa and Ahab, in two separate incidents, consider the prop...

The Internet in a nutshell… Introduction One of the more disruptive things between Catholics on the internet is the argument over meaning....

When it comes to hostility or suspicion towards the Church, regardless of what side it comes from, it is rooted in assumptions, not fact. Pe...

One of the comments I often see in social media is the claim that confusion in the Church is unprecedented, and the fault of the Pope. I don...

Accordingly I went to one who had the reputation of wisdom, and observed him—his name I need not mention; he was a politician whom I select...