A fine apologist makes a welcome return
I actually meant to write this post a week or so ago, but with so many things going on, I’m only posting this now. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m attempting to ease myself out of the apologetics sphere a bit...
Author: Mike Lewis
The case of the Texas nuns: Abuse of legitimate authority?
I have spent much of the past week following the latest developments in the ongoing drama between the embattled Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth. I also took some time to look back at...
New document from the Vatican on Apparitions and Miracles?
[Update May 7, 2024] The document will be released on May 17, 2024. The Vatican Press Office has issued the following notice: Press Conference of 17 May On Friday 17 May 2024, at 12.00, a press conference will be held in the Holy...
Texas Nuns respond: Vatican decree “a hostile takeover”
Regarding the ongoing standoff between Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth and the Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, which I reported on yesterday, it did not take long for the cloistered Carmelite community to respond to the documents from the...
Vatican publishes decree on Texas nuns
UPDATE APRIL 20: The Arlington nuns respond. Yesterday, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL) published a decree regarding the Most Holy Trinity monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Arlington, Texas, entrusting them...
Antisemitism and Catholic traditionalism: A match made in hell
Recently I became peripherally aware of a controversy in politically conservative media involving commentators Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens. My understanding (and please forgive me, I try to keep my knowledge of political punditry to a bare minimum) is that...
Francis is not a “Dictator Pope”
America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell published an article Thursday reporting that Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict’s longtime private secretary and former prefect of the papal household under Pope Francis, has been appointed by the pope to serve in the Vatican...
The story of a former sedevacantist nun
Just a quick post tonight — Back in January, I published an interview I did with Laura Vander Voss, MissHappyCatholic on YouTube and founder of Trad Recovery, a group that provides resources and a support group network to help Catholics...
Response to DDF Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” – Part 1
This morning, a new Declaration entitled “Dignitas Infinita” On Human Dignity was promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) after a comprehensive drafting process. The primary author of the document is DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor...
Francis and Benedict’s thoughts on a smaller, purer Church
I’d like to provide a brief history lesson on the “smaller, purer Church” predicted by Pope Benedict XVI and also reaffirmed by Pope Francis on multiple occasions. Background Catholics in the West have witnessed what seems to be an unstoppable...
Pope Francis and the Prophets of Doom
Are you a hopeful Catholic or a “prophet of doom”? The furious response by the pope’s critics after he said in January that he hopes hell is empty might offer some clues. Regardless of denomination or sect, insisting on Massa...
Pope Francis meditates on Jesus’ cry of abandonment
Today, Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross in Rome, reading from prayers and meditations he wrote himself. Traditionally, for the annual Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) held each year at the Colosseum, the pope will designate...
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