PDF Button Join Brian and Murray for a discussion of this week’s news including: Bill Passes US House Redefining Anti-Semitism Traditional v. Progressive Catholics, who is out of touch? Governor Noem kills her dog; liberals want to kill babies The Birth Crisis Subscribe to our paper! https://catholicfamilynews.com/new-subscription/ Thanks to Angelico Press for sponsoring this program. Consider their title: Unwanted Priest, the autobiography of Father Bryan Houghton. Buy a copy and support CFN at the same time https://collabs.shop/m5rw1f. To help CFN generally browse their catalogue of books an ..read more

PDF Button This week I had the opportunity to host a conversation between Dr. Jordan B Cooper (Lutheran) and Erick Ybarra (Catholic) on the topic of justification. I found this conversation to be quite interesting and fruitful. Ultimately, Traditional Catholics need to be able to be involved in these sorts of conversations, and that starts with being informed. Not only should we want to know the positions of Protestants to better help converse with them when they are inquiring about our faith, but we should do so to grow in knowledge of our own faith. Indeed, the Summa of St. Thomas is built u ..read more

PDF Button May 2024 Edition Now Available — Preview HERE May 1, 2024 Month of Our Lady Dear Friends of Catholic Tradition, As the Church still glories in the joys of the Resurrection, she turns her gaze in a particular way this month to the Woman clothed with the Sun whose fiat made the Resurrection possible. May is the month of Our Lady. Traditionally, May crownings and processions were held throughout Christendom this month to honor our Mother. I still remember in the mid-1970s when in grammar school looking forward to the procession to a Lourdes grotto near my school. The entire school ..read more

PDF Button SAVANNAH, Georgia — Sister Loretta-Maria of the Blessed Trinity and the Rosary, a Carmelite nun for six years, is founding a new, autonomous lay association for women that will be under the rule of St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582). She was among a handful or religious sisters formerly living in the Carmelite monastery in Savannah, Georgia that was suppressed and closed by the Carmelites in late 2022 under the instruction Cor Orans issued in April 2018 by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The original story was published by LifeSiteNe ..read more

PDF Button Join Brian and Murray for Catholic News and Commentary talking about: Candace Owens and her conversion The Anti-Israel Protests The failure of Mike Johnson The Arlington Carmel Drama Pedophilia on the rise And more! Subscribe to our paper! https://catholicfamilynews.com/new-subscription/ Remember to support CFN by purchasing books from Angelico Press https://angelicopress.com/catholicfamilynews Sophia Institute Press https://sophiainstitute.com/product-category/books/ref/63/ and TAN Books at https://tanbooks.com/?rfsn=7859550.9cf541. Listen to the audio podcast here. The post We ..read more

PDF Button In Jack McDevitt’s intriguing short story, ‘Gus,’ we encounter a skeptical priest teetering on the brink of losing his faith, who visits a college to engage with an Artificial Intelligence. This AI, designed to emulate Saint Augustine, is imbued with all of the Saint’s thoughts, writings, and ideas. Initially, the priest harbors a strong aversion to the machine, largely due to significant disagreements with Augustine’s views. Yet, as time progresses, he becomes increasingly absorbed in lengthy discussions with the AI. Paradoxically, the AI, devoid of human experiences and the simple ..read more

PDF Button This week, I had the privilege of interviewing Fr. Chad Ripperger, superior of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (aka Doloran Fathers) and world-renowned exorcist, about mental health and how to approach healing from a Thomistic perspective. Some of the questions we covered include: How does modern psychology’s understanding of man differ from what Fr. Ripperger calls “the Thomistic/realist understanding of man”? What is the nature of depression and how does one properly address it? What is a wound (in the psychological, emotional, and spiritual sense) and what is necessary ..read more

PDF Button On the eve of Holy Week this year, a controversy involving conservative commentator Candace Owens and The Daily Wire, which had been simmering for a few months prior, finally boiled over. Jeremy Boreing, co-founder and “lowercase god-king”[1] of the media company, announced via X (Twitter) on March 22 (Friday of Passion Week): “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship.” Less than an hour later, Owens confirmed the news by posting, “The rumors are true — I am finally free.” As someone who rarely pays attention to Daily Wire content, including Owens’ show, the news t ..read more

PDF Button Christ is risen! This past Monday, I enjoyed engaging in a friendly debate with Dr. Edmund Mazza on the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. Many thanks to Mike from Restoring the Faith Media for hosting! As readers may know, Dr. Mazza has become known in recent years for championing the position the Benedict XVI did not validly resign the Petrine office due to what Canon Law calls “substantial error” (can. 188). Steven O’Reilly, author of Valid? The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (2022), accurately sums up the position in his book (p. 47): “Pope Benedict XVI held erroneo ..read more

PDF Button Today marks the seventh anniversary of John Vennari’s passing from this life (April 4, 2017), the man who led Catholic Family News as editor for over 20 years and impacted countless souls through his stalwart efforts. Anyone who knew John personally, even if only briefly, can testify to his deep love of Our Lord, Our Lady, and Holy Mother Church, as well as his dear family and friends. A faithful soldier of Jesus and Mary, John longed and worked tirelessly for the “complete restoration” promised by Our Lady at Quito (1600s) and Fatima (1917). In honor of John, who died on the same d ..read more