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AUSCP Responds to Michael Hichborn
The following letter was sent to Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute, in response to his letter published on March 3, 2022. You can read Mr. Hichborn’s letter HERE. The letter below was originally sent on March 16, 2022, and is now also published here, digitally. For immediate release |…
Introduction to “Religious Liberty”
The Second Vatican Council endorsed the human right of “freedom of religion” or “religious liberty”. The document was the personal project of the U. S. Jesuit, John Courtney Murray. Throughout the 1950s Murray’s views on “church and state”had been censured by bishops and conservative theologians. The Council’s adoption of his…
Man in white leads mystical pandemic Lenten prayer service
By Tony Magliano On a rainy Rome evening, two Lents ago, a solitary elderly man in white, climbed the numerous steps leading to the front of St. Peter’s Basilica. Upon reaching the top, he turned to face an empty St. Peter’s Square to preside over a prayer service asking for…
Wisdom Wednesday | March 16
Welcome to Wisdom Wednesday. It’s Odin’s Day, etymologically speaking. We’re a day past the Ides of March and just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. This week we look again at Ukraine, responses from political and religious leaders, and other news from around the world.