The Fifth Column

When we say "voting is a moral act," we have to define our terms. The "moral act" means different things depending on wh...

On Sunday, 68-year old Hillary Clinton collapsed from what her handlers claim was a case of pneumonia that was diagnosed on Friday. Desp...

It is often said that Aquinas denied the Immaculate Conception, the fact that Mary was conceived without sin. This is incorrect. Thomas bu...

For reasons beyond my ken, the memes and quotes below have been popping up in my newsfeed. These quotes do not mean what many Catholics thi...

Traditionalist Catholics who don't know very much about Catholic faith (such as this man) tend to set great store by the Baltimore Cate...

Despite saying this as cardinal, once he was consecrated as Pope Benedict XVI, he NEVER offered the traditional Latin Mass. That is qu...

The Rosary is a great private devotion that has received praise from many Popes. It is a prayer currently enriched with an indulgence, and ...

Pope Pius X: "That the State must be separated from the Church is a thesis absolutely false, a most pernicious error... Hence the Roma...

Cruz supported Trump. He didn't formally endorse Trump, but then, he never promised to formally endorse Trump. But Cruz's support ...

Before Trump ran for President , he pulled a Loretta Lynch and asked Bill Clinton's permission to run against Hillary. His own staffers ...

There is a lot of evidence that  women engage in "slut-shaming"  much more than men. It isn't that women are concerned about ...

Fr. Michael Muller is quite, quite, quite wrong. People only believe in other religions because every religion, to be believed, must c...

This is where advocating for a citizen's right to own guns falls apart. We have the right to bear arms - that is clear, it is in th...

So, I'm still not clear on where the problem lies. What, exactly, is wrong with panhandling?  It's a sales job with constant exposu...

Everyone is on about how Comey saved Hillary from prosecution, but everyone is missing the larger picture: by acting in this purely politica...

I think this speaks for itself.

"It is outrageous! The Vatican Council was so imprecise that anyone could use the conciliar documents to promote heresy if they wanted!...

This is crazy . Why is the Pope teaching standard Catholic doctrine instead of teaching my personal, biased, twisted version of Catholicism?...