Tag: Catholicism

• A Grave Matter

  A Catholic reflects on his parents’ lifelong civil marriage, a cousin’s museum wedding, and why character, sacrifice, and example matter to marriage.

  RMDell’Orfano

  August 30, 2026

  Autobio

  Catholic marriage, Catholicism, civil marriage, commitment, covenant, faith, family, family example, fidelity, Freemasonry, love, marriage, modern culture, parents, sacramental marriage, sacrifice, Thomas Aquinas, virtue, wedding

• The Holy Door

  grace is not something one can earn through ritual or self-effort.

  RMDell’Orfano

  January 13, 2025

  Mysticism, Psychology, Religion, Suffering

  absolution, agony and ecstasy, Catholicism, Flannery OConnor, Ganges ritual, Hindu, Hindus, Mohatma Ghandi, Muslims, Pope Francis, The game of CLUE, the rebirth, Vatican Holy Door

• Freemasonry and the Church

  Discover the historical challenge to Catholicism in the Masonic rituals and tenets,.

  RMDell’Orfano

  April 18, 2023

  Religion

  Catholicism, Establishment Clause, Freemasonry, Knights of Columbus, Shriners, Trappists