Tag: Catholic Church

• Dowsing: Fraud, Demons, or God?

  An engineer’s firsthand encounter with dowsing leads to a historical exploration of science, Catholic thought, and the enduring mystery of divining rods.

  RMDell’Orfano

  July 30, 2026

  Religion

  Abbé Alexis Bouly, Abbé Alexis Mermet, Athanasius Kircher, buried cable, Catholic Church, Catholic theology, Christian discernment, divination, divining rod, dowsing, engineering, hidden knowledge, historical theology, ideomotor effect, Jacques Aymar, occult, pendulum dowsing, radiesthesia, science and faith, spiritual discernment, underground water, unexplained phenomena, water dowsing

• A Beautiful Conch Shell

  Can magnificent churches become a beautiful but hollow conch shell? A reflection on the Sagrada Família, Church reform, sacred architecture, and faithful renewal.

  RMDell’Orfano

  July 15, 2026

  Religion

  Antoni Gaudí, Barcelona, Catholic Church, Catholic spirituality, Christian history, Church reform, Cluniac Reform, Counter-Reformation, holiness, Martin Luther, sacred architecture, Sagrada Família, simony, spiritual renewal, SSPX, St. Henry II, St. Odilo

• The Pause That Refreshes

  A Coca-Cola analogy explores the dispute between Vatican,and SSPX, both missing the original active ingredient phased out long ago

  RMDell’Orfano

  June 25, 2026

  Autobio

  authenticity, Écône, Catholic Church, Catholic spirituality, Catholic tradition, Coca-Cola analogy, contemplative prayer, Davide Pagliarani, divine contemplation, homilies, liturgy, Luke 11:52, Mysticism, ritual, sanctifying grace, Society of Saint Pius X, spiritual renewal, SSPX, Traditional Latin Mass, Vatican, Vatican II

• No One Wants to Hear This

  A Catholic reflection on the Church’s real crisis: not external threats, but the loss of interior life, silence, and true spiritual transformation.

  RMDell’Orfano

  April 3, 2026

  Mysticism, Religion, Uncategorized

  Catholic Church, Catholic commentary, Catholic renewal, Christian spirituality, Church crisis, contemplation, Contemplative Outreach, ecclesial reform, Faith and Culture, holiness, inner transformation, interior life, media influence, modern culture, monastic spirituality, New Oxford Review, prayer life, silence and prayer, Spiritual Formation, technology and faith, Thomas Keating, Trappist spirituality