The Author’s Introductory Note (Written on 13 July 2021): The following recent (7 July 2021) comment, composed by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski in his essay for Crisis Magazine, has inspired my decision to publish (along with some of the contributions from my wife Maike) my earlier and searching, if not candid, essay of 18 May 2018. That…
Author’s Note, on 12 May 2021: This essay was completed on 19 January 2013, which was less than a month before the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was announced (on 11 February 2013), and almost two months before Pope Francis’ election to replace Benedict XVI as the new pope (on 13 March 2013). Moreover,…
Dr. Robert Hickson 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica (d. 543) Muriel Agnes Hickson (d. 2009) Epigraphs “The ecclesiastical magisterium, in teaching and guarding this dogma [as of 1958], insists that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church and at the same time likewise insists that people who die without ever becoming members of…
Note: this essay has first been published at LifeSiteNews.com and is re-printed here with kind permission. by Dr. Maike Hickson Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has recently written a preface for a book, Gratitude, Contemplation, and the Sacramental Worth of Catholic Literature, a collection of essays written by my husband Dr. Robert Hickson over the course of…
Dr. Robert Hickson 8 October 2020 Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) Epigraphs “Exoteric, as distinct from esoteric, relates in part to external reality in contrast to a person’s own thoughts, interpretations, and feelings. It is knowledge that is public, as distinct from being provocatively secretive or cabalistic. Exoteric knowledge need not be knowledge that…
Dr. Robert Hickson 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew (d. 65) Epigraphs “Who were exempt from taking the 1910 Antimodernist Oath, why, and since when? Were the Vatican II Fathers themselves and their Advisors (Periti) also exempt, or did some of them gravely and consequentially perjure themselves?” *** “What are the actual repercussions and some further…
(Author’s note: this essay was first published in 2017, and we hereby reprint it in light of current events.) Dr. Robert Hickson …