Catholic Marriage in a Fallen World

Lucia, one of the children who received a visit from the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, wrote to Cardinal Carlo Caffarra in the early 1980s explaining that there would be a battle with Satan over marriage and the family.[1. Maria V. … [Read more...]

Remembering More

Many people remember Thomas More as a martyr for his disagreement with King Henry VIII, but the theological principle under dispute is often misremembered. This recurring amnesia inspired the historian E. E. Reynolds to answer one essential … [Read more...]

The Cohabitation Dilemma

The number of couples who choose to live together without marriage has risen dramatically in the past fifty years, from near zero to 60%. For Catholics the percentage is almost 50%. One subject regarding this which has received little … [Read more...]

From the HPR Archives – Vol. 1, Part II

January 14, 1900 THE HOMILETIC MONTHLY. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. (FEAST OF THE HOLY NAME.) SHORT HOMILY FOR LOW MASS. BY THE REV. F. HEFFNER, O. P. “And Jesus also was invited, and His Disciples, to the marriage.” Jn ii. 2. At … [Read more...]