Join us for this Pentecost Novena, beginning TODAY, the Friday after the Ascension, May 15: catholicism.org/novena-ghost… via @SBC_Catholic

I highly recommend reading the entirety of this beautiful Declaration, not because we are SSPX loyalists, but because it is a wonderful profession of faith, one that includes articles of faith most attacked in our day. Eight paragraphs of the Declaration are so good and so “up our alley” because they touch upon Saint Benedict Center’s raison d’être (extra ecclesiam nulla salus), that we reproduce them below. These paragraphs touch upon the most pressing matters in the life of the Church today. catholicism.org/the-magnific… via @SBC_Catholic

Today’s saint was an Evangelist, the disciple of Saint Peter and the first Bishop of Alexandria, in Egypt, and the writer of the second Gospel. His full name was John Mark. He was a cousin of Saint Barnabas. [Read more …] catholicism.org/saint-mark-6… via @SBC_Catholic

DOJ Indicts Anti-Catholic Southern Poverty Law Center — Says SPLC Was a Scam — Paid Extremist Groups to Foment Hate — Then Fundraised off Incidents! catholicism.org/doj-indicts-… via @SBC_Catholic

My community was profiled by the SPLC in 2007. I’m familiar with the lying tactics of their lucrative racket. Now, the DOJ says the SPLC was paying white supremacists and Nazis — then fundraising off the hatred it manufactured. The most lucrative scam in American political history is hopefully on the verge of collapse. catholicism.org/doj-indicts-… via @SBC_Catholic

Two Apostles, two basilicas, one city. One was crucified upside down, the other decapitated. Discover the dramatic history behind Rome’s greatest churches. catholicism.org/the-basilica… via @SBC_Catholic

“From the Fiat to the Stabat, there was a perfect partnership between Jesus and Mary that effected our Redemption. It was Jesus who effected it, but Mary assisted actively, entering into the causality of our rise just as Eve assisted actively and entered into the causality of our fall.” catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-49… via @SBC_Catholic

Is our “cute monster” culture harmless fun — or cuddly spiritual poison? Sister Mary Joseph rips off the mask, revealing real monsters and how to fight them by loving what is truly beautiful. catholicism.org/confronting-… via @SBC_Catholic

RT @realjackie24: Where Have the Real Men Gone? catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-64… via @SBC_Catholic Great article from 2008, and still relevant in 2…

America’s “best city to move to” hides a sacred secret: Nashua, New Hampshire, is a booming center of the Traditional Latin Mass with a vibrant Catholic life. catholicism.org/the-uss-best… via @SBC_Catholic

He preached unity, defended the Pope, and paid with his life. Discover the fiery courage of Saint Josaphat — the Ukrainian martyr who died for truth and the unbroken bond of Church communion. catholicism.org/saint-josaph… via @SBC_Catholic

Two martyrs, one mission — the unity of Christ’s Church. In this feature article by Brother Francis, M.I.C.M., discover the true meaning of ecumenism and the blood it demanded from Saints Josaphat and Andrew Bobola. catholicism.org/two-patrons-… via @SBC_Catholic

This Irish Augustinian was made Abbot of Glendalough when he was twenty-five, then, Archbishop of Dublin eight years later. catholicism.org/saint-lauren… via @SBC_Catholic

The Society of Saint Pius X has issued a strong response to the Vatican’s Mater Populi Fidelis, criticizing its treatment of Marian doctrine and announcing public prayers of reparation. catholicism.org/sspx-reacts-… via @SBC_Catholic

Very happy to see this continued blow-back against MPF’s Marian minimalism — with many thanks to @psmlanzetta and @dianemontagna! catholicism.org/fr-serafino-… via @SBC_Catholic

Rome issued a new document on Mary’s titles. Here are two expert discussions defending her role as Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix against this flawed doctrinal note. catholicism.org/two-discussi… via @SBC_Catholic

After WWI, Europe’s Catholic Right, led by Charles Maurras, sought a royal revival in France, which spread to other nations. How did Maurras’ movementrelate to Mussolini’s Fascism? @RCCoulombe explains. catholicism.org/?p=82941via @SBC_Catholic

Today — Nov. 5 — is the commemoration of all the holy relics. The veneration of relics: talk about a practice that can “create confusion and an imbalance in the harmony of the truths of the Christian faith”! This is why we explain it: catholicism.org/left-behind.… via @SBC_Catholic

Fr. Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, the respected Scotist theologian, defending Our Lady’s titles of Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate ... catholicism.org/fr-peter-dam… via @SBC_Catholic

“You are so deeply engraved on my heart that the more I realize how truly you love me from the depths of your soul, the more incapable I am of forgetting you, and the more constantly you are in my thoughts; for your love moves me deeply, and makes my love for you burn more strongly.” catholicism.org/human-love-h… via @SBC_Catholic