The squalid war against the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate continues apace, and Rorate Caeli gives us the grim details: The FSI (Sisters) were assigned a commissioner (Noris Adriana Calzavara of the Suore Rosarie di Udine) and… Continue Reading
Well, the Roy Moore v. Doug Jones race will be mercifully over tomorrow, and all current polls show Moore ahead. Nothing is ever certain in politics, but it looks like Moore is headed to victory. A few observations: Alabama… Continue Reading
I’m working in South America this week. Our Chilean distributer is having some technical issues with one of our products that could not be resolved via conference calls. I had to leave Saturday afternoon, fly through the night and I… Continue Reading
In our second look this Advent at sermons of Saint Augustine, we read in matchless prose what it meant for the Son to become Man: In the bosom of His Father, He existed before all the cycles of… Continue Reading
Continuing our Advent look at Messianic prophecies for this year, a series which we began in Advent 2011 and continued in 2102, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the earlier posts of the series may be read here, here, here ,here, here,… Continue Reading
As faithful readers of this blog know, for my sins, no doubt, I am an attorney. Over my 35 years at the bar I have been involved as defense counsel in more than my share of criminal cases. In regard… Continue Reading
From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber: After close to a decade of research, historians from the University of America announced Wednesday that the fabled third-century saint, known to many as… Continue Reading
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. Isaiah 7:14 Something for the weekend. Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming. … Continue Reading
Yeah, I’m tired of it, too– especially the way that stuff is getting mixed, with the news declaring that the judge denies having dated/assaulted under-age girls, and then cites gals who were not under-aged under law now or then and who… Continue Reading
Doing my morning scan of Foxnews.com, the following headline caught my eye: “Pope Francis wants to change line of ‘Our Father’ ” Here’s the story: “Pope Francis has suggested he wants to make a change to The Lord’s Prayer,… Continue Reading
Ah, that famed Gallic diplomacy: The French ambassador to the United States used Pearl Harbor Day as an occasion to bash America’s position on World War II in the 1930s. “In this Pearl Harbor day, we should remember that… Continue Reading
THE VIRGIN Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost With the least shade of thought to sin allied; Woman! above all women glorified, Our tainted nature’s solitary boast; Purer than foam on central ocean tost; Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak… Continue Reading
Latin is a Language, Dead as Dead Can Be, It Killed the Ancient Romans, And Now It’s Killing Me. PopeWatch is in full agreement with the Pope on this: In a message to the Pontifical Academies on Tuesday,… Continue Reading
It has been a busy week in the law mines but I still find it hard to believe I flew right by Saint Nicholas Day! Alas, the only hard historical fact about the man is that he was Bishop of… Continue Reading
Nothing can substitute for reading the entire text of the Commintory of St. Vincent of Lerins on heresy. It is available on several internet sites, e.g. at newadvent.org: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3506.htm This is Part III, the last of the summary… Continue Reading
Go ahead Leftist Catholics and tell us again how elections don’t matter in regard to abortion: The Justice Department is taking steps to investigate Planned Parenthood, The Daily Beast has learned. The head of Justice’s office of legislative affairs… Continue Reading
Today, 7th December, is the feast day for St. Ambrose, the saint who led St. Augustine to the Church. In the daily Office of Readings a letter of his was the second reading, and it offered words of hope for… Continue Reading
Al Franken, Minnesota’s unfunny prank on the nation, may well depart from the Senate today. Franken first slinked into the Senate courtesy of a stolen election in 2008. His tenure in the Senate has been marked by… Continue Reading
Lifesite News has this interesting tidbit on Pope Francis from the book Dictator: The Dictator Pope, by a pseudonymous author who calls himself Marcantonio Colonna, claims to describe what Pope Francis is like when his adoring public isn’t looking:… Continue Reading
“War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste. Combat leaves an indelible mark on those who are forced to endure it. The only redeeming factors were my comrades’ incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps… Continue Reading
At the end of the epic movie Tora, Tora, Tora, (1970), Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the head of the combined Japanese fleet, after the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, refuses to join in the elation of his staff, and makes this haunting observation:… Continue Reading
“I have determined that it is time to official recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” President Trump said. “While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering.” He… Continue Reading
Let him, the heretic, be accursed. St. Vincent of Lerins warns that the current heresy must not be “blessed, praised and welcomed.” It is our duty, he says,“To anathematize those who preach anything other than what has once been received,… Continue Reading
The more we learn about FBI Section Leader Peter Strzok, the married agent dismissed in August 2017 from the Russia investigation by Robert Mueller after the discovery of anti-Trump emails, by a DOJ internal investigation of the Clinton e-mails investigation,… Continue Reading
PopeWatch has not yet begun reading Dictator, but hopes to do so this weekend. In the meantime he found a review by “Kindle Customer” on Amazon intriguing: To be honest, the past week of hype has been a little… Continue Reading
An historical oddity. The day before “the date which will live in infamy” President Roosevelt wrote a letter to Emperor Hirohito. Here is the text of the letter: [WASHINGTON,] December 6, 1941 Almost a century ago the President… Continue Reading
The history of the Catholic Church is dominated by the struggle of the Faith against competing faiths. Currently the Church is engaged in a struggle with a relatively new religion that has managed to infect the highest reaches of the… Continue Reading
It looks as though the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is finally going to hear about one of those cake controversies. Can a baker legally refuse to make a cake for a gay wedding or not? If refusing to sell goods &… Continue Reading
Hattip to commenter Greg Mockeridge. An interesting new book about Pope Francis has come out. Rorate Caeli gives us the details: This aspect of Pope Francis’ Pontificate is now the object… Continue Reading
“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: ‘The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.’” –Kurt Vonnegut (beliefnet.com“) “I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes… Continue Reading
Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, brings us the news of just how tainted the FBI has become: SO THE FBI SUPERVISOR WHO WAS TEXTING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE HATED TRUMP is the one who interviewed Mike Flynn. “A supervisory special agent… Continue Reading
The following is a reprint of an article by Edward N. Peters, J.C.D., J.D., with permission.
Some three months ago I predicted that Pope Francis’ letter to the Argentine bishops, approving their implementation of Amoris laetitia, would make its way into the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Now it has. An accompanying note from Cardinal Parolin states that the pope wishes the Argentine document to enjoy “magisterial authority” and that his endorsement thereof has the status of an “apostolic letter”.
Fine. Let’s work through some points. Continue Reading
For Our Time, For This Time, Sound familiar? Commintory, St. Vincent of Lerins (early 5th Century Anno Domini) http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3506.htm Excerpts “A General Rule for distinguishing the Truth of the Catholic Faith from the Falsehood of Heretical Pravity. “[4.] I have… Continue Reading
James Comey, former FBI Director, is one very strange individual. Go here to read the rest about the above image that Comey tweeted. So now Comey is concerned about the rep of the FBI? Perhaps he should have been concerned… Continue Reading
Hattip to commenter Greg Mockeridge. The feathers have well and truly hit the fan, and Steve Skojec at One Peter Five gives us the details: A letter from Pope Francis praising episcopal guidelines that would allow divorced and… Continue Reading
In one of the most stunningly successful small scale operations in the history of the US Marines, from November 6, 1942, to December 4, 1942, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, about 700 Marines, under Colonel Evans Carlson, in 29 separate… Continue Reading
Beginning our Advent look at Messianic prophecies for this year, a series which we began in Advent 2011 and continued in 2102, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the earlier posts of the series may be read here, here, here ,here, here,… Continue Reading
This Advent on each Sunday we will look at portions of sermons that Saint Augustine wrote for delivery during Advent. We begin with Saint Augustine’s meditation on one of the chief mysteries of the Incarnation: the emptying of Christ: … Continue Reading
Something for an Advent weekend. Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Written by Charles Wesley in 1739, the hymn we enjoy today developed and changed over a century with input from many hands. No hymn I think better exemplifies the… Continue Reading
From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber: In a press conference aboard the papal plane this morning, Pope Francis confirmed reports that he would be investigating the life and works of… Continue Reading
From Crisis: Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington, New Hampshire (who is chairman of the Communications Committee of the USCCB) has announced his opposition to efforts by the current Republican FCC chairman to overturn federal regulation of Internet service providers imposed… Continue Reading
If you ever have a yen to commit a serious crime, do it in San Francisco: Prosecutors said Jose Ines Garcia Zarate had intentionally shot the 32-year-old but a jury acquitted him of involvement in her death on Thursday.… Continue Reading
Pro-abort Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown (D. La La Land) fits in nicely with the current crowd at the Vatican: The Vatican gave social media kudos this week to California pro-abortion Governor Jerry Brown for his climate change crusade, calling… Continue Reading
In the wake of World War II a useful fiction was promulgated by the Japanese government, with the active connivance of the US Occupation under General Douglas MacArthur, that Hirohito had been anti-war and helpless to stop the militarists who… Continue Reading
Dave Griffey at Daffey Thoughts takes a look at Mark Shea’s response to the sexual harassment avalanche: Off the rails lunacy Over at Catholic and Enjoying It. Like many, Mark jumped on the Roy Moore accusations, not just… Continue Reading
We should be careful, though, not to make the world so fine and good that you and I can’t enjoy living in it. A world in which there is no sexual harassment at all is a world in which… Continue Reading
Bishop Schneider channels Bishop Melchior Cano: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan, said in an interview with Michael Matt of The Remnant newspaper that “the true friends of the Pope” are those cardinals bishops and… Continue Reading
The man who raised leftist sanctimony to an art form is out at Minnesota Peoples Public Radio: Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is terminating its contracts with Garrison Keillor and his private media companies after recently learning of allegations of… Continue Reading
In light of a recent post of mine, I wanted to share something from my old blog on the topic of Climate Change, which is fast becoming a religion of sorts. Any denial of it and man’s direct responsibility for… Continue Reading
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