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I am pleased to post here an essay of one of our friars, Fra José Maria Barbin on the subject of the imagination and Marian Chivalry.  I am thoroughly in accord with his…

The first point to be made is that the sources for recent the “reports,” are not responsible news outlets but bloggers, all of them, except one, are pseudonymous or anonymous. They have provided…

  Via Fra Didacus, Maine New York Filed under: Catholicism, News, Religion, Video Tagged: Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, Fra Didacus, Franciscans of the Immaculate, Snowboard From MaryVictrix.com

Over the last year or so I have been receiving regular emails from adjuncts of thewarningsecondcoming.com, the front for the self-styled seer, Maria Divine Mercy. I assume the messages I am receiving are…

John Allen on the SSPX I think he overlooks a few of the complexities, but agree with him on the three points as to why reunion was not going to happen.  It seems…

A blessed Easter to all.  I remembered all my readers this evening at the Easter Vigil at St. Mary Majors. This is a repost from several years ago. Crucem Sanctam subiit A military…

Report: outbreak of debilitated judgment, commonly diagnosed as Missing Conclusion Syndrome, frequently occurring in Catholic journalists, but more often in clerics and academics. Also known as the “Do Not Judge” fallacy.  Reduced to its…

On June 8th and 9th of this year, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI, will have his lifetime of theological work honored by a large number of scholars in a symposium, entitled:  Sursum Actio: Symposium in…

My latest essay for Spiritualdirection.com can be found here. It is fourth in the series: “Mysticism and Magisterium.”Filed under: Catholicism, Church, Holy Father, Religion, Spirituality Tagged: Good Shepherd, Mysticism and Magisterium, Spiritual Direction…

Congratulations, Dawn! A tremendous honor. See page 4.Filed under: Catholicism, Church, News, Religion Tagged: Dawn Eden, My Peace I Give You From MaryVictrix.com

I already have reassumed the full excercize of the functions of government and am about to resume normal work. —Fr. Fidenzio   Volpi, May 15, 2015 Fr. Volpi thanks everyone for their prayers…

In my last post, I quoted Fr. Volpi response to the claim that he is no longer able to carry out the function given to him by the Holy See to govern our…

Over the past week the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate having been in mourning the loss of Fr. Gabriel Maria Polo, who passed away following a heart attack in Cebu, Philippines.  He was…