The Catholic Church’s traditional Congregation of the Sacred Paenitentiary deals with matters regarding the punishment for sin demanded by Divine Justice—punishment both eternal and temporal—and the deliverance and rescue of souls from the punishment due to their sins. Thus, the Congregation applies the Mercy of God in a…

     “A truly thankful heart can never be overwhelmed by adversity nor crushed by sadness; a thankless heart can never be content, never truly happy.”

Give thanks to God and make every day one of thanksgiving. Follow the example of Our Lord Jesus Christ Who always gave thanks to…

     As we begin this Advent Season, we must recall the Church’s purpose in having us relive 4,000 years in the space of four weeks. From the original sin of our first parents—and God’s promise of a Redeemer born of “the Woman”—there was a long period of waiting, watching…

     Saint Martin I, whose feast day is on November 12, was the victim of a pope before hum, Honorius I (625-638). Under Honorius, there arose a controversy in Constantinople involving a heresy concerning the human will of Jesus Christ. Rather than settling the question—as popes are required to…

Each year the month of January brings to the forefront of our minds the fact that our nation is in the grip of on-going abortion genocide. On January 22nd, 1973, the United State Supreme Court ruled, by a 7-2 margin, that there is a constitutional right to abortion in America,…

     Pope Saint Pius X foresaw the days in which we now live. With the wisdom of one who understood the consequences of sin, he foresaw the present condition of the world which defies God by its infidelity, its sacrileges and its blasphemies. He, like Saint John Bosco before…

     Toward the end of the Vatican Museum tour that takes one through the Sistine Chapel, visitors to Rome can pass through a couple of rooms dedicated to the “art” collected by Paul VI (1963-1978). When one looks at the horrible, twisted and distorted figures of Our Lord and…

     Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is, in a sense, a counterpart and consequence of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Between the moment of Our Lord's conception at the Annunciation and the moment when His Own newly-formed Heart began to beat in Mary's…

     Catholic parents want their children to receive Holy Communion at Mass. It troubles parents when they see that their children stay away from the Communion rail for any length of time. They wonder what could be keeping their son or daughter from receiving Our Lord in Holy…

     Just 115 years ago, Pope Saint Pius X warned that “Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies.” (Pascendi, 1907) If a Catholic believes the word of St. Pius X, why would he be willing to compromise the practice of his Faith by approving or…