Leave the Church Alone!
In Her 2,000-year history, the Catholic Church has suffered untold persecutions, some bloody, others not; some public and declared, others veiled and insidious.Sadly, the persecution at times is...
View ArticleAnti-Catholic Bill Stalls as Faithful React
Chanting “Leave the Church alone! Leave the Church alone!” 4,200 faithful Catholics gathered outside the State Capitol Building in Hartford, Connecticut, on Wednesday to oppose Senate Bill 1098. The...
View ArticleGender Equality Run Amok
The politically correct idea of equality seems to know no bounds. Sweden has just introduced a new gender-neutral pronoun — hen. In the Swedish language, he is han and she is hon. Now it seems Sweden’s...
View ArticleNational and International Elites
People who excel at the national level form the elite of a nation. It is composed of exceptional figures of that nation who are representative of its highest sectors of activity and who have...
View ArticleLiberation Theology: A Tool Of Subversion
“It seems clear today that the purpose of the Church is not to save in the sense of ‘guaranteeing heaven.’ The work of salvation is a reality which occurs in history…. the Church is to be ‘reconverted’...
View ArticleThe Holy Spirit and the Next Conclave
The Holy Spirit and the Next Conclave The eyes of the whole world — not just Catholics — are turned to St. Peter’s in Rome, wondering who will be the new Vicar of Christ. This time, after a series of...
View ArticleWhat I Witnessed During the Irish Referendum
While the result of the referendum is a terrible disaster for Ireland and the whole world, I would like to report on what I saw during the campaign to legalize same-sex “marriage” on the Emerald Isle....
View ArticleLife in the Shadows
If the pace of life seems overwhelming, it might well be because we have assumed so many of the jobs once held by others. This is the position of Craig Lambert in his book, Shadow Work: The Unpaid,...
View ArticleOur Lady of the Miracle: The Happiness of Unpretentiousness, Purity, and...
Our Lady of the Miracle (Madonna del Miracolo) venerated in the Church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte (Rome) After narrating the history of the Miraculous Medal and the conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne...
View ArticleSelf-Managing Socialism: Zappos Style
There have been many attempts to apply socialism to the modern workplace. One of these was the program of former president of France François Mitterrand who sought to implement what he called...
View ArticleEliminate Inequalities By Obscuring the Idea of Being
Eliminate Inequalities By Obscuring the Idea of Being The devil would like to present man with a cultural vision of the universe that would destroy the very concept of being. However, absolutely...
View ArticleFinding the Beauty of the Church and the Route Back Home
Finding the Beauty of the Church and the Route Back Home The late-nineteenth-century conversion story, En Route, by J. K. Huysmans is a book that penetrates deeply into the mind of the reader. It is an...
View ArticleThe Church Is Holy Despite Having Sinners Within Her Fold
The Church Is Holy Despite Having Sinners Within Her Fold In the Nicene Creed, the faithful profess: “Credo in unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam”—“I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and...
View ArticleThe Church Cannot Change Her Hierarchical Structure Instituted by Christ
The Church Cannot Change Her Hierarchical Structure Instituted by Christ The defense of egalitarianism in the socio-political order is a philosophical error. When attempts are made to apply this...
View ArticleBook Shows Pope Francis Favors a Classless Society
Book Shows Pope Francis Favors a Classless Society In his book, Pope Francis’s “Paradigm Shift”: Community or Rupture in the Mission of the Church? An Assessment of the Pontificate’s First Five Years,...
View ArticleThe Holy Spirit and the Next Conclave
The Holy Spirit and the Next Conclave The eyes of the whole world — not just Catholics — are turned to St. Peter’s in Rome, wondering who will be the new Vicar of Christ. This time, after a series of...
View ArticleWhat I Witnessed During the Irish Referendum
While the result of the referendum is a terrible disaster for Ireland and the whole world, I would like to report on what I saw during the campaign to legalize same-sex “marriage” on the Emerald Isle....
View ArticleLife in the Shadows
If the pace of life seems overwhelming, it might well be because we have assumed so many of the jobs once held by others. This is the position of Craig Lambert in his book, Shadow Work: The Unpaid,...
View ArticleOur Lady of the Miracle: The Happiness of Unpretentiousness, Purity, and...
Our Lady of the Miracle (Madonna del Miracolo) venerated in the Church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte (Rome) After narrating the history of the Miraculous Medal and the conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne...
View ArticleSelf-Managing Socialism: Zappos Style
There have been many attempts to apply socialism to the modern workplace. One of these was the program of former president of France François Mitterrand who sought to implement what he called...
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