Friday, October 27, 2017

Constantine's Vision of the Cross ~ Early Accounts and Backstory

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Click the above video to hear Eusebius's account of Constantine's vision. Constantine's great victory at the Battle of the Mi...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

The Catholic Origins of Halloween

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Click to share on Facebook. Contrary to popular misconceptions, All Saints Day and its vigil, Halloween, are not the same as the pagan f...
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Monday, October 23, 2017

"You shall die in your bed under the sharpest torments" ~ The martyrdom of St. Theodoret and the horrible death of Julianus

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The passion of St. Theodoret, from Shea: Pictorial Lives of the Saints , 1894. If you've read Lactantius's work known as Of the ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The Battle of Soissons (AD 486) ~ The final fall of Roman power in Gaul

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Approximate extent of the domain of Syagrius, AD 486. What if I told you that the Western Roman Empire didn't actually fall until ...
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

“Wretch! Is this the way you have governed the empire?” ~ The fall of Phocas the Tyrant, AD 610

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The captured tyrant, Phocas, is delivered to Heraclius, AD 610. On this date in late Roman history, the general Heraclius landed with hi...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Saint Peter Claver: Someone for Whom Black Lives Really Mattered ~ A homily by Fr. John Perricone

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Posting with permission, here is the text of a brilliant homily by Fr. John Perricone, given on September 10, 2017, the day after the f...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.' ~ On national unity and national discord

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Click to share on Facebook. I do not pledge allegiance to a sports team. I do not pledge allegiance to a political ideology. I do not pl...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

“You Have Cut Off Your Right Hand with Your Left” ~ The Assassination of Flavius Aetius

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Detail from a 5th century Roman consular diptych possibly showing Flavius Aetius, now housed in the Musee du Berry, Bourges, France.  To...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

"The Primary Duty of Charity Does Not Lie in the Toleration of False Ideas" ~Pope Saint Pius X and Notre Charge Apostolique

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Click here to share on Facebook. “The primary duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas.” ~Pope Saint Pius X  The...
Friday, September 15, 2017

"That the seat of Peter might not be dishonored by the occupancy of two bishops"

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Click here to share on Facebook. "This event [the death of (anti) Pope Felix] was, no doubt, ordained by God, that the seat of Pe...