The Moynihan Letters

    "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood: but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places." (Ephesians 6:12)     Yesterday, my colleague Matt Gaspers and I had the great privilege of interviewing Fr. Chad Ripperger, a priest who has become [...]

    The veil between this world and the world to come sometimes seems to soften, grow thin, almost transparent.     At such times, we may communicate with that which is above in a special way.     It seems we cannot choose to be the recipients of such moments, of such visions and such communications, such messages.     We can [...]

This text by writer Alexandra Hudson came to me unexpectedly via email. I decided to share it because it contains some beautiful, moving passages from French philosopher Blaise Pascal which may resonate with many of you. One example: this profound phrase from Pascal's Pensées ("Thoughts"; the number is the number of the "thought" in the collection):     "#430. The greatness and the misery of [...]

All soldiers share a common identity. They are men under orders. And, under orders, they live, and die. My uncle, Robert Moynihan, for whom I am named, was two years older than my father. He was a U.S. Marine and fought in the Second World War from 1943 to 1945, on the USS Hornet in [...]

    "Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother." -- St. Augustine, Letter 98 to Boniface Regarding the Elements of Communion (link).     Letter #26, 2024, Thursday, July 25: My Position on Viganò     As I wrote before, I have received many letters and emails regarding the excommunication from the Roman Catholic [...]

    "The Pope is not an absolute monarch whose thoughts and desires are law. On the contrary: the Pope’s ministry is a guarantee of obedience to Christ and to his Word. He must not proclaim his own ideas, but rather constantly bind himself and the Church to obedience to God’s Word, in the face of every [...]

    This is a homily that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, 83, delivered 10 days ago, on July 7, the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.     The archbishop was excommunicated by a Vatican decree on July 4, 2024, four days earlier.     This homily thus contains some of his first reflections on why [...]

    "On the day on which I was supposed to present myself to defend myself before the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, I have decided to make public this declaration of mine, to which I add a denunciation of my accusers, their “council,” and their “pope.” I ask the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, who [...]