St. Thomas Aquinas Archives

Archbishop Aguer: True friendship cannot exist without virtue and love

Personal encounter is the key to the exercise of friendship. This is what is missing in so-called 'virtual friendships,' which are temporary, circumstantial realities.

Opinion

Archbishop Héctor Aguer

• Jul 22, 2025Jul 22, 2025

Usury is a mortal sin. Today it rules the Western world

Money is meant for trade and production, not profit through debt. Modern finance defies this Catholic principle, making usury a centerpiece of the debt-driven marketplace.

Analysis

David James

• Jun 12, 2025Jun 12, 2025

Jesuits in Spain issue prayer to pagan god pachamama for ‘Mother Earth Day’

On March 31, Jesuits in a region of Spain issued a brochure in celebration of 'Mother Earth Day' which featured a prayer to the pagan 'god' pachamama.

News

LifeSiteNews staff

• May 22, 2025

Francis’ ‘favorite’ Cardinal Aveline and his subversion of Christ’s role as mediator

In this part, we will examine Aveline's subversion of the traditional understanding of Christ as mediator, and how he presents non-Catholic religions as participating in this mediation.

Opinion

S.D. Wright

• Apr 15, 2025Apr 21, 2025

Archbishop Aguer: Seminaries are failing to form priests who know Latin, philosophy, culture

Vatican II aspired for priests to be cultivated people; it specifically refers to humanistic, scientific, and linguistic formation. This part of priestly formation has been neglected to the extreme.

Opinion

Archbishop Héctor Aguer

• Apr 8, 2025Apr 14, 2025

How St. Thomas Aquinas can help us understand why AI can’t become conscious

AI merely simulates human cognitive and volitional activities.

Analysis

George Matwijec

• Mar 21, 2025

Bishop Strickland addresses concerns about his conclave statements

'My statements do not have a direct canonical consequence as I have not formally refused to recognize a pope chosen in a future conclave,' writes Bishop Strickland.

Opinion

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

• Mar 16, 2025

Pope Francis’ accommodation of modern ideologies echoes the Arian crisis of the 4th century

While Pope Francis strays into modern politics, the Catholic faithful must remember the days of Arius to ‘hold fast to what was handed down’ from the apostles and support those clergy and laymen who refuse to follow the overwhelming majority of the bishops into error.

Opinion

Hugh Owen

• Feb 12, 2025Feb 12, 2025

Understanding why Pope Francis is attacking Trump’s immigration policy is crucial

How can we say we love our brothers—our countrymen, who we see around us everyday—if we deprive them of what we owe them, and give it instead to those we don’t see, on the other side of the world?

Blogs

John-Henry Westen

• Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025

Pope Francis’ one-two punch against Trump’s immigration policies

Pope Francis has launched a direct challenge to President Donald Trump's immigration policies in a Tuesday letter to U.S. bishops. The Pope's stance aligns with his past blanket claims that repelling migrants is a mortal sin.

Blogs

John-Henry Westen

• Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025

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Articles tagged St. Thomas Aquinas

Archbishop Aguer: True friendship cannot exist without virtue and love

Usury is a mortal sin. Today it rules the Western world

Jesuits in Spain issue prayer to pagan god pachamama for ‘Mother Earth Day’

Francis’ ‘favorite’ Cardinal Aveline and his subversion of Christ’s role as mediator

Archbishop Aguer: Seminaries are failing to form priests who know Latin, philosophy, culture

How St. Thomas Aquinas can help us understand why AI can’t become conscious

Bishop Strickland addresses concerns about his conclave statements

Pope Francis’ accommodation of modern ideologies echoes the Arian crisis of the 4th century

Pope Francis’ one-two punch against Trump’s immigration policies