Did Hans Urs von Balthasar teach that everyone will certainly be saved? by Mark Brumley
Whatever Balthasar’s position is, and whether or not it is correct, it isn’t universalism.

Music for Great Lent

Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon on Atonement

CWR: Pope Francis believes in hell—and he needs to stop talking to Eugenio Scalfari by Christopher R. Altieri

Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple...

That He Said This... Believe It or Not?

Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell' by Michael W. Chapman

Rorate Caeli

Reaction from Pat Buchanan

Why the Cross?

Thomistic Institute: Liberalism and Christianity Conference

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Priest Stephen Freeman: Running on Empty in the Abundant Life (English)

Acquired Mental Handicaps

If overuse of the internet and other electronic media leads to some sort of mental impairment with respect to attention and focus and other acts of the mind, then might it be the case there will be consequences on a person's ability to participate in liturgical prayer? How many of our young people can sit through the praying of a Psalm, or the Anaphora/Roman Canon, without being distracted? Has modern technology exacerbated our natural weaknesses or deficits?

With a Psalm least one can prayer/sing the Psalm and that will help one regain focus. But with an anaphora? One should be listening attentively, and not praying. Though perhaps repeating the words silently might be permissible.

GREAT DOC: American Orthodox Christians and Their Connection with Russia Through Music - PATRAM

Articulation entre théologie et anthropologie dansl’œuvre liturgique de Louis Bouyer: Une introduction à la question by Laurent Penot

More on the Viganò Affair

Settimo Cielo: Far From Continuity, Here There Is a Chasm. The True Story of the Eleven Booklets

Priest Stephen Freeman: Becoming Human in a Secular World

I Have Believed: Christ and the Psalms