Allegory of Faith, Johannes Vermeer, 1670-72 EDITORS NOTE: To date, the published interview of January 7, 2019, titled Living Chastity amid Uncharity: An Interview with a Priest with SSA, has garnered a great deal of attention by readership. Due to…
Tolerance at its best and worst A friend tells a funny anecdote about a Permanent Deacon who used to give very popular marriage prep classes. He sat down specifically with the Grooms, to whom he directed the question: “Guys, do…
Archbishop McCarrick, as expected, has been laicized. Unfortunately, most reporters have adopted the infelicitous and somewhat inaccurate verb “to defrock” to describe what happens when the Church, as a penalty, reduces a cleric to the lay state juridically. We may…
Today marks the one year anniversary of the founding of this blog, Scutum et Lorica, from the beloved Psalm 91, which states that God’s faithfulness is “breastplate and shield”, hence the name. I began this blog after an inspiration at…
A society that denies the reality of sin will inevitably deny the reality (and necessity) of repentance. A society that denies the reality of repentance will have no room for redemption. This week’s alignment of issues provides a rare confluence…