Vt Vnvm Sint

With all these posts about traditionalism and modernism, concepts of beauty and ugliness, rites and wrongs, and truth, I suppose it is important to know the base of my staunch Roman Catholicism.

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“Quid est veritas?” The question posed by Pontius Pilate to Jesus Christ during His Passion, all the while Truth was standing before him (”est vir qui adest”).

Pilate was a politician. He knew of Jesus’ innocence, but was afraid to upset the angry mob before him. So he abandoned what he knew to be true in order to “keep the peace.” In this he erred.

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San Francisco City Government Calls Catholics ‘Hateful, Discriminatory, Insulting, Ignorant’

The Board of Supervisors of the City of San Francisco is criticizing former SF Archbishop Levada and the Catholic Church for a document the bishop issued that forbids Catholic Charities to allow same-sex couples to adopt. Wow, San Francisco. It’s sad that a city with the namesake of such a great saint has become so demoralized.

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On-campus condom dispensers will help curb future generations

SGA’s approval of condom machines in the residence halls demonstrates our ignorance of human sexuality. These machines won’t “promote sexual health;” on the contrary, they will promote sex solely as recreation while suppressing its procreative nature. Once we have this mentality, then “disease” and “pregnancy” become equated, as we have witnessed in the articles in the O’Commy over the past few days. When this equation is formed, preventing or getting rid of human life is not only acceptable, but promoted.

If the University really wants to show it cares about its students, the administration won’t let this ridiculous recommendation go any further.

~Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis~

Tuesday. The day before the Lenten liturgical season begins. For some, this is known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday”–a time for partying and overindulgence.

As we know, Roman Catholicism is the foundation of Western civilization. Therefore, here in the west we have many traditions that are deeply rooted in Catholicism. Take “holidays,” for example. The special days are derived from Catholic Holy Days of Obligation [special note: these people complaining about how American businesses are taking religion out of Christmas by saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” are ignorant of history].

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