After Pope Leo’s election to the Chair of Peter, countless amateur genealogists, and some professional ones too, went straight to work to learn more about our new pope’s roots, and I thought that my readers might appreciate a summary.
Pope Leo’s Roots
Sinners, saints and God's grace I had been praying for a good pope and hoping for an African pope, to be honest, but God surprised us with an American pope with some African ancestry. That he has Creole roots intrigues me. After Pope Leo’s election to the Chair of Peter,…
Pope Leo and the Neocatechumenal Way
Soon after attending the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Cardinal Secretary of State of Vatican City, said this about Pope Leo: I’ve always felt this serenity in Cardinal Prevost. I met him at the beginning of my service as Secretary of State for a thorny…
A March Through the Scriptures
A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church or here to listen to an 8 minute podcast on the same topic. Science and the Old Testament – from the Fathers and the Magisterium On Violence in the Old Testament…
A March Through the Scriptures
A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
On Servile Work
The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor" Catechism of…
The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
Here’s an English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Dominican friar, saint and doctor of the Church: Aquinas,…
What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
There are several good sources to learn what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Catechisms, especially the Roman Catechism and the Catechism of the Catholic Church,…
Why Don’t Catholics Worship on the Sabbath?
The Seventh Day Adventists insist that Christians should set aside the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) for rest and worship instead of Sunday. Moreover, the Seventh Day…
Pope Leo’s Roots
Sinners, saints and God's grace I had been praying for a good pope and hoping for an African pope, to…
Is Aslan on the move?
“They say Aslan is on the move- perhaps has already landed." And now a very curious thing happened. None of…
Hopes for a new pontificate
If they practiced at Nicaea what I perceive they now mean by "synodality" - especially as the Germans perceive now…
The Holy Rosary
Our Monday night Catholic Study Group recently considered the topic of the Rosary as it is presented in our text,…
Is Aslan on the move?
This week the Holy See announced Monday the appointment of Cardinal Baldo Reina as grand chancellor of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences, replacing Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.