Since November of 2018, St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville, Virginia has been without its pastor, Fr. Ronald Escalante. According to a press release from the diocese issued 7 December 2018, Fr. Escalante was placed on administrative leave “pending the outcome of an investigation of alleged boundary violations involving a minor and adults which transgress the Code of Conduct for Clergy in the Diocese of Arlington.” An update to the press release a week later states that even … [Read more...]
Light for a dark age
The wisdom for which all philosophers are in search is the knowledge of first principles and the causes of things.” Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book I, chapter 1. Why is the Church called “Catholic”? The usual response to that question is “Catholic means universal, the Church is neither a national church, nor some association limited in time or geographical scope.” In my view, many important parts are left out in the usual definitions. As far as time goes, the Church was founded in Calvary but was … [Read more...]
Ask Abp. Carlson NOT to Celebrate Mass With the AUSCP!
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is holding its 2019 assembly in St. Louis, and according to the assembly schedule, Archbishop Robert Carlson will celebrate Mass for the AUSCP on June 26. Over the last two years, the Lepanto Institute discovered that this organization of priests, which claims to be “the largest association of priests in the United States,” is: promoting women’s ordination to the diaconate (with eyes on the priestly ordination of women), homosexuality, … [Read more...]
We Will Pray For You In Rome!
The Lepanto Institute will be in Rome this month (May 11-21) to attend the annual Rome Life Forum, the Rome March for Life, and the second annual conference of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family, which is on the topic of "Brain Death." While we are there, we will be making our annual pilgrimages to various holy sites, praying before a multitude of relics, and we would like to take your prayer intentions with us. So, if you have a particular intention, a private intention, o … [Read more...]
Beware of false prophets
Ever since I can remember, political leftists everywhere have been outraged. Way back in the 19th century, Marx presented the Communist Manifesto which was the model for all the leftist outrage to come. We are now in the 21st century and the leftist outrage is wearing thin. Many of us are quite tired of it. While the forces to the left of the political spectrum were creating all kinds of chaos and mayhem, the dreaded Capitalists (though no angels themselves) somehow managed to pull millions … [Read more...]