Have you ever heard of “churching“? Churching, officially Benedictio mulieris post partum (the blessing of women after giving birth), is an old Catholic tradition to purify a mother after childbirth. Countless generations of women participated in it as ritual to be accepted back into the pew for Sunday mass. But...
Who saw this one coming?! Cosmo magazine – the women’s magazine known for promoting just about everything bad about the sexual revolution – published a long feature story on a consecrated virgin. Really. The title is “I Am Happily Married to God — as a Consecrated Virgin” and the subtitle reads, “Yes,...
Should the Catholic Church have female deacons? That’s what Dr. Dawn Eden was asked to debate on FOX News recently – and she gave a great response! You should watch her explain it in the video is below, but she gives two main arguments: First, there were no true female...
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The strangest thing happened a few months ago: my wife covered her head during Mass. I’ll never forget the moment when I first glanced up to see her noble cranium veiled in a strange and beautiful cut of lace. Whoa. Years earlier, my good friend Sam had the same...
