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Left: Photo of Fr. James J. Bretzke from when he taught at University of San Francisco and San Jose's Institute of Leadership in Ministr...

What do you think? When a priest is facing ad orientem (towards the East) during Mass is he "standing with his back to the people"...

Pope John Paul II called Dietrich von Hildebrand "one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century." Pope Benedict XVI said th...

I finally located a copy of Dietrich Von Hildebrandt's The Devastated Vineyard. I started to try to find the book about three years ago...

I was flabbergasted and thrilled to see this article in the Valley Catholic, San Jose diocesan paper! It presents the San Jose Latin Mass...

A few comments in response to this http://tinyurl.com/differencesEF-NO">article from the Valley Catholic, quoted from Catholic News...

Anyone who opposes abortion should address the root causes: the deification of sexual license and the use of contraception. The god of sexua...

This is a reprint of an essay I wrote in May 2002 at the crux of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. In it, I refute the polit...

Mary Immaculate ... This one work has to do Let all God's glory through ... Photo: Madonnina* on a Roman wall 2000 The Blessed Virgin Co...

Me by me, signed by grand-niece Jadis on my behalf :-) Thoughts About Celebrating the "Holiday Season" It seems to me that the ...