Tag: Randall Smith

Dante and the Office – The Catholic Thing

Some people have trouble reading Dante’s Commedia.  For a “comedy,” it doesn’t seem all that funny. Teachers will tell you it is a “comedy” in the sense that it has a happy ending in Heaven.  Some people might chuckle at some of the punishments…

Who Gets to Say? – The Catholic Thing

I read recently that Cardinal Reinhard Marx says he will allow the blessing of same-sex unions, contrary to Vatican directives. Fr. Davide Pagliarani, the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, says he intends to ordain new bishops…

Crossing Yourself When You Enter the Church

Many readers here likely witnessed Baptisms recently, especially if they went to the Easter Vigil Mass. By the grace of the Holy Spirit, we seem to have been blessed with a good number of Baptisms this year. Let’s pray that this undeserved gift…