Catholic Perspective

The Second Vatican Council Turns 60: Is There Any Reason to Celebrate?

Catholic Perspective, News Commentary / 1962, Aggionamento, Crisis in the Church, Pope Francis, Second Vatical Council, Vatican II

The media—and particularly Catholic media—highlighted 11th October’s commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Illustrative photos show the massive procession of bishops entering Saint Peter’s Basilica for the Catholic Church’s twenty-first ecumenical council in 1962. However, one might ask whether there is a real cause for celebration. Our Lord […]

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Yes, the Rosary is a Mighty Weapon Against Evil. It’s the Solution, Not the Problem

Catholic Perspective, The Blessed Virgin Mary / Blessed Mother, Holy Rosary, Rosary

‘Wherever there is a fight against Church enemies, the Rosary is at the heart of the struggle. The Church has never hidden the Rosary and the militant imagery associated with being Christian in a hostile world.’ Daniel Panneton, a sensationalist writer for The Atlantic, thinks he has just uncovered a vast “rad trad” Christian nationalist conspiracy

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True Charity Toward Wayward Brethren

Catholic Perspective / Catholic doctrine, Christian Charity, tolerance

The same applies to the notion of Fraternity which they found on the love of common interest or, beyond all philosophies and religions, on the mere notion of humanity, thus embracing with an equal love and tolerance all human beings and their miseries, whether these are intellectual, moral, or physical and temporal. But Catholic doctrine

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Four Reasons Why So Many Young Women Are Embracing Witchcraft

Catholic Perspective, Fighting the Culture War / Feminism, Rosary, satan, witchcraft, witchws

All across the world and South Africa, the practice of witchcraft is growing among young women. It is a bad omen that bodes ill for the nation. The new witches are different from the past. The trend involves more than just spells and dark secret rituals. It brings together a macabre brew of sexuality, politics

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Does the Ship ‘Endurance’ Have a Message for Our Times?

Catholic Perspective / Antarctica, Endurance, mediocrity, Sir Ernest Shackleton

One of the greatest adventure stories in exploration history was a dismal failure. The ill-fated voyage of the ship Endurance never reached its destination. However, the story of its heroic captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton, survives as a stirring inspiration for all time. The 1914 expedition sought to be the first to cross Antarctica. It failed

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Natural Law and Catholic Morals Do Not Justify Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Catholic Perspective / Catholic Morals, Putin, Reasons for Just War, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, War

As of this writing, Putin’s troops are in the suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, after invading that country by land, sea, and air. Here we will consider just one aspect of the conflict: Is this a just war or not? In other words, did ex-KGB colonel Vladimir Putin have the right to invade Ukraine? To

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Pope Francis: “The Church Is the Community of Saved Sinners”

Catholic Perspective, np-Defending the Faith and Natural Law / Communion of Saints, Dogma, Heresy, Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, Morals, Pope Francis

In his Wednesday “catechesis,” Pope Francis does not show concern about teaching the traditional Church doctrine confirmed by the Magisterium of Popes, councils, bishops, teachings of the Doctors of the Church and the sense of the faithful. In a free-wheeling fashion, amid jests, he makes most grave affirmations in a confusing language that people can

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Are the Russians on Board with the Fatima Message?

Catholic Perspective, News Commentary, News Portal / Blessed Mother, Fatima, John Horvat II, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has catapulted the Fatima Message into the centre of discussions. The Mother of God’s mysterious 1917 references to Russia and its errors are the backdrop to the death toll and destruction in Ukraine: “If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace. If not, she will

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Acts, Gestures, Attitudes and Omissions Can Characterise a Heretic

Catholic Perspective / Heresy, Heretic, Heretic by Actions, Heretic by Omission, Pope Pius X

A book is titled Can Documents of the Magisterium of the Church Contain Errors? was published in 2016 and contains a collection of studies by a great expert on the Church’s Magisterium, Mr. Arnaldo Vidigal Xavier da Silveira. One section of the book examines the important question: can gestures, attitudes and omissions characterise a heretic?

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Can Someone in Mortal Sin Receive Communion?

Catholic Perspective, Christian Moral order / Cardinal Kasper, Divorce, Holy Communion, Morality, Mortal Sin, Remarriage

The question seems absurd as any child preparing for First Communion knows the answer: “No! To receive Holy Communion one must be in the state of grace.”1 The Sin of Adulterous Concubinage The same 7-year old knows that a serious fault against any of the Ten Commandments (for example, adultery or concubinage) will cause a

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