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Why Francis Proclaimed a Fast
This Saturday Pope Francis called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace, especially for the rapidly escalating (or…
Author Kevin M. Tierney
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The Greatness of St. Pius X
The only way to describe something is “great.” Babe Ruth was great at baseball and anything less than great simply wouldn’t do it justice. Likewise, if you describe the pontificate of Guiseppe Sarto as anything below “great”, you should probably have your head examined. By any possible metric, his pontificate was a success, and there is a reason he was the first Pope to be canonized a saint since the 16th century.
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For Traditionalists, A Time To Listen
We may be mediocre, but with our gifts and the sacraments, we traditionalists look to rise above mediocrity. We only ask a chance a chance to let us do so.
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Why We Should Stop Saying “Radical Traditionalist” and “Rad Trad”
If they really want to help with these misunderstandings, the first thing they must do is the thing they will be least inclined to do: drop the moniker “radical traditionalist” and “radtrad” entirely. At best the phrase is a relic of a time that is no longer relevant. At worst, the term is creating animosity and perpetuating a growing sense of tribalism within Catholicism, especially in America.
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A New Pentecost
What Catholics typically call “the First Pentecost” was actually a New Pentecost itself.
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Why Confirmation?
In this column I have frequently referenced findings about the dismal way in which many Catholics look at the sacraments. …
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Real Talk for Engaged Couples
By the time this column is published, this author will have participated in the sacrament of marriage. While I do…
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Applying Jeremiah to Our Modern Jeremiads
Have you heard about how America is an evil nation, opposed to God, and destined to be judged? Or how about how rotten the majority of the Catholic Church is for its lack of fidelity to the Gospel, and how God will judge them for that?
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What Should We Confess?
Wrapping up our series on the sacrament of confession, I’d like to deal with what I feel to be are…
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Why Go To Confession?
If we want to solve the crisis of the confessional, we need to begin actually teaching these principles, and begin applying them in our own confessions. In many cases, this will require a fundamentally new outlook in the way we approach this sacrament. Yet it is only fitting, as the sacrament provides us a new way to live our life.