Happy Easter, Christ is Risen!  Christ is Truly Risen! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! The above picture is me praying in Croatia this spring of 2026 at the tomb of Blessed Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac. He was the Archbishop of Zagreb starting in 1937. The Cardinal was poisoned by the Communists in the 1950s. He died a slow death from that and died in 1960. He was declared a martyr for the faith. Switch topics for a minute. The old school Jesuits and Franciscans who were missionaries in the New World sent records back to the Old World of conversions and baptisms. This wasn’t so much to brag as to stay accountable [...]

I am currently reading Humility of Heart by Fr. Cajetan da Bergamo. It is an 18th century classic of the spiritual life. As you can tell from the title of my article, I wanted to ask myself something that pertains to my own website and mission: Is it humble to expose heretics? Although Fr. Cajetan lived in a time of relative stability in the Catholic Church, I think he gives an answer that is clear today. The first half of what I have taken from his writings (not exactly about heresy) implies a "No" and the second half implies a "Yes." Again, the question is: Is it humble to expose [...]

As you know, one of the most common complaints against my life is that "hermits shouldn't travel."  Besides the fact that my rule of life has 20 days contemplative and 10 days active life approved every month by my superiors, it's important to look at Catholic Church history on the life of contemplatives to see if there's any precedent to my way of life.  We're going to go look way back to the First Millennium of Catholicism to the country whence my ancestors come:  Ireland. Raymond O'Flynn in Frank Sheed's book The Saints Are Not Sad wrote about an army of Irish and Scottish monks that left their monasteries and [...]

The above is my Paris Metro card from 1997.  It was the subway pass I used to get around the city while I studied at the University of Paris as a 19 year old.  Yes, the above is me as a 19 year old, not a 12 year old.  I weighed about 100 lbs and had to shave maybe once a month.  Walking the lonely streets of Paris, I had almost no friends. I was once mugged at knifepoint by a Muslim while talking to my own mother back in the states in a phone-booth. One day after that, I walked into a Catholic bookstore and I saw the autobiography [...]

Over the summer of 2019, there was a lot of righteous anger among traditional Catholics online (and in real life) over the fact that the folks in charge of the Vatican the last decade had placed Pachamama idols—idols Burgles' staff admitted to Catholic News Agency were not the Blessed Virgin Mary—in various Catholic Churches in Rome, including St. Mary Transpontina near the Vatican. Dr. Taylor Marshall and I had decided to go dunk these wicked idols, but he had to bail at the last minute. I still went to Rome, in any case, with a different Taylor M. (not kidding) and a traditional gentleman from England. You see, Dr. Marshall [...]

Thirteen years ago, I was a parish priest at the above Church in the Archdiocese of Denver. I was only two years into my priesthood and already it was my third parish as a parochial vicar. Most of my enemies online now say I was kicked out of all these places. I briefly discuss this accusation in a new interview released today regarding my switch from Novus Ordo Missæ (NOM) to Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). But as you will see, the letter below is one I wrote in 2012 to our interim bishop (neither the one who ordained me, nor our current one who was only just named in 2012) [...]

In the Roman Canon of the Traditional Latin Mass, as well as my Rosaries, I found find myself repeatedly praying for the same major things across the globe and locally. Maybe it’s just my mild OCD, but I was surprised to find that my most important prayer intentions even fit into the beginning of the alphabet! I believe they refer to Holy Mother Church and the salvation of the world. At least, these are the things I find most pressing, and you can join me in prayer for them, too: A—Abortion and Trafficking, the end of:  This has been my main prayer intention for a long time.  While I may [...]

Airport adventures and meeting Bishop Henry Rene Gracida again. I will be speaking at LifeSite News' Rome Life Forum on 5 December 2025.  Please come to Rome and we can hopefully find time together after the conference.