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This year more than half of the world’s population lives in countries that will have elections of great importance. Bloomberg news service says that these elections “will shape the geo-economic landscape for years to come.” Is it alright for Catholics to sit out elections? Some respectable people seem to think so. In Ohio last November,…
When Donald Trump ran away with the Iowa caucuses and made the turn to New Hampshire, leaving Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley in the dust, Kamala Harris cackled, “No matter who the Republican nominee is, we’re winning.” It’s not hard to regard that comment as loaded as a sniper rifle in the current political atmosphere,…
Venerable (Ven.) Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, who was incarcerated, tortured, and exiled by the Nazis and his Hungarian Communist Government before his death, once wrote some of the most poignant pro-life words ever recorded: The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need…
This past November’s passage of Ohio’s Issue 1—that utterly satanic amendment to the state’s constitution which legalized abortion up to the moment of birth and made null and void any parental consent requirements for minors getting abortions (to give only two examples of the innumerable evils made possible by this amendment)—understandably left the pro-life movement…
St. Paul’s discussion in Romans 1 on “the wrath of God” is best understood through the lens of Acts 15. Such an exegesis sheds light on the natural moral law and reveals the need to avoid blessing sin. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who…
I must keep this brief today… briefer. I hear loud shouts of joy even through my monitor. In short, “life happened” in the last couple of days. Thus, my lateness and brevity. Though it doesn’t make too much difference if you get this before or after Mass. It is a good practice to review the…
Above: The Love Song by Norman Rockwell (1926) The word “Schmaltz” is an intriguing one – and well-worth our meditation, as we venture through the Christmas season, and on at last to St. Valentine’s Day (which is also Ash Wednesday this year), as well as Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays. In the German from which it comes originally,…
Part I The Third Pornocracy: the Current Crisis in the Church Part II Pornocracy and the Coming Reign of Antichrist Part III Good out of Evil Papal Corruption Part IV Pope Francis: Worst Pope in History? To conclude our series we must look into some of the aspects of the Francis pontificate that have been…
In January 1969, the Beatles gathered on a soundstage of London’s Twickenham Studios to write and record several songs they would perform live for television and release as an album. After several years of not performing for a live audience, the Beatles, or Paul McCartney anyway, wanted to recreate the excitement they generated when they…
Well, the title alone is enough to make you read the article. Now that the dust has surged on Fiducia Supplicans, we should look at the good news about it. It does, as Cardinal Fernández and Pope Francis hoped it would, provide clarity; it just isn’t the clarity they wanted. It doesn’t clarify what the…
