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He is Risen as He Said | An Easter Greeting from Michael Matt

Just as the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is Christianity’s defining dogma, so too the anticipated Resurrection of His Mystical Body becomes for us the defining reality of everything we believe. Were it not for that reality, there would be no reason to go on. With it, there is every reason.

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Gen Z Catholics overtake Gen Z Anglicans in the UK

Given the context of Britain’s increasing secularization and the decline of the Church of England over the past years, it is no wonder how young people (particularly those Gen Zers)’s increasing interest in the Catholic Faith has been regarded as newsworthy.

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The Mysteries of the Bible: What Did Pilate’s Wife Dream?

Being a pagan, Pilate’s wife conceives of the Savior’s sacrifice on the Cross in terms of comparison with one of the gods known to the Romans, a thought which clearly fills her with astonishment. In a dream she “suffered many things” becuase Pilate was condemning Jesus to death. What, then, did she dream?

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The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil: The Fall, the Fig Tree, and the Restoration of the Garments of Light

The prohibition of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, revealed as the fig tree, symbolizes man’s fall into concupiscence. The sewing of fig leaves represents man’s futile attempt at self-mortification, while God’s gift of animal skins foreshadows Christ’s sacrifice. Thus, from Eden to Calvary, the fig tree stands as a profound symbol of the human condition and divine mercy.

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It’s not Trump’s fault, Holiness. . . it’s YOURS!

Even though he is very sick and now hospitalized, Pope Francis finds time to attack Donald Trump and JD Vance over the Trump border policy. Gee, I don’t remember a letter from Francis when Joe ‘The Catholic’ Biden was promising to make abortion and gay marriage the law of the land…

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The Failure of Catholic Ecumenism (Part 2) | Dominus Iesus and the “Orthodox” Reaction

First and foremost, those Catholics who deceive themselves with the illusion of dialogue must remember that the majority of Eastern schismatics hold a unified position: they consider the Catholic Church to be heretical. Period. Moreover, many of them—just like their hierarchs—do not even regard the papacy as anything more than a historical accident. Finally, and most importantly, the ecumenical dialogue that neo-modernist Catholic theologians and hierarchs have been so enamored with has never significantly altered these convictions.

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Planned Barrenhood

Words have incalculable power, as in the opening chapter of John’s Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Words influence thoughts, inspire dreams and define who we are across time and place. Words can also manipulate and deceive. Enter Planned Parenthood.

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Why the silence on COVID-19 “vaccines” thus far, Kennedy?

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr (RFK Jr.) is a man of contradictions. Despite claiming to be a champion of children’s health for many years against harmful COVID-19 “vaccines” and other forms of childhood “vaccines”, the politician/lawyer was noted for his “soft” stance on killing unborn babies (an issue which I discussed previously in an article for The Remnant).

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ADVERSUS CHRISTUS REX: The Plot to Suppress the Proclamation of Christ’s Kingship

“ Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews…” ( John 19:21) Amidst a deafening silence in the face of a rising death-toll that continues to climb into the tens of thousands, the slaughter of Christians in Syria, and the destruction of our ancient churches, the most urgent concern in the minds of many seems to be the suppression of the phrase “Christ is King”.

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Now, about that viral dishwasher-divorce-lady trending on social media…

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. On March 7, high-earning Instagram influencer and mom of four, Paige Connell, otherwise known to her audience as @sheisapaigeturner, looked into the camera and admitted to hundreds of thousands of her Instagram followers that she felt disrespected and almost divorced her husband – over the dishwasher.

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Kurt Koch – A New Age for Liturgy and Papacy?

The major issue seems to be that Cardinal Koch perceives the Traditional form of the Mass as a significant obstacle to ecumenical dialogue and Christian unity. This perspective is highly problematic. Regarding the topic of the Papacy, Cardinal Koch seeks to lay the groundwork for reforming the Papacy as an institution, whereby the Pope would effectively function as the bishop who presides, arbitrates, and represents all the teaching bishops of the Church.

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The Darkness Grasped It Not…or was this outright rejection?

In some ways, Lent is a short-term intense version of our life. The annual rigors imposed on us by God (through the Church) for fasting and abstinence, almsgiving, and other forms of physical and spiritual mortification are small things when compared to the glories of Easter, the Solemnity of Solemnities.

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TRAD Talk: It’s what we believe, not rocket science! (plus Q&A)

On the road again this week, Michael Matt discusses what traditional Catholics believe, what we stand for, and what we reject. He takes questions on what to expect from the next conclave, all things Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a warning about canceled priests, a look back at early days of the Latin Mass movement, and hope for the future of the clans.

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