A month ago this website posted some lines by me in which I lamented that the state of formerly Christian society was fallen so low that probably no more than a half-dozen Americans cared that the Christian interest would not … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
Vietnam: 14 Catholics Could Face Death Penalty for Exposing Communist Corruption
AsiaNews: A group of Catholic human rights activists could get the death penalty. On 6 January, they will go on trial on subversion for violating Article 79 of the Vietnam Criminal Code, “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s … Continue reading
Hindus Join Hundreds of Thousands of Catholics for Midnight Masses
AsiaNews: Orissa India: Hundreds of thousands of Christians and Hindus took part in Midnight Mass in the parishes of Kandhamal, Bubhaneshwar and other districts in Orissa. For Mgr John Barwa, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar, “the level of participation is unprecedented in the … Continue reading
Thank God There Was No Room in the Inn
Thanks to the guiding wisdom of my teacher, Brother Francis, I have a strong disdain for modern biblical criticism. Initiated by eighteenth century Protestant rationalists, such as Eichorn and Schleiermacher, this school of skeptics for two centuries now have been … Continue reading
Fed Corruption in DC Rising Fast: Poor Taxpayers Feed the Beast
Lonely Conservative: It’s hard to have, or listen to, a debate with a progressive without hearing about income inequality, and how the only thing we need to solve the problem is more progressive politicians. Something they don’t talk much about is … Continue reading
The Brother of the Lord
Just imagine this. The religious Jews were in expectation of the prophesied coming of the Messiah. The scepter had passed from Juda and the seventy weeks of Daniel were at an end, when “the Saint of saints” was to appear. … Continue reading
Justice Sotomayor Rules Business Must Include Abortifacient Drugs in Health Care
National Catholic Register: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has rejected a request that the federal government temporarily halt enforcement of the federal abortifacient mandate against the Christian-owned business Hobby Lobby, the Associated Press reported Dec. 27. More on this here.
Sons of Gods
Phaeton his father’s fiery chariot could not guide, But reckless, hapless, frenzied, destructive, set earth aflame. He, light from light and living Fire from His Father leaping, Brightens minds, kindles wills, and glorifies God’s holy Name.
Sotomayor Upholds ‘Emergency Contraception’ Mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby … Continue reading
Alfred Hitchcock Defended against BBC Smears
(The Telegraph) The portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator by the BBC has been criticised by leading ladies who worked with the iconic film director. Read more… [Hitchcock’s perseverance in his Catholic Faith, recently … Continue reading
Liberty, the God That Failed
Review of Liberty, the God That Failed: Policing the Sacred and Constructing the Myths of the Secular State, from Locke to Obama (Angelico Press, 2012) In his first encyclical, Inscrutabili (On the Evils Affecting Modern Society), April 21, 1878, Pope … Continue reading
Asia Bibi Still Languishes: Pakistani Mob Kills Moslem for Alleged Burning of Koran
AsiaNews: A crowd of over 200 people beat and then burned to death a Muslim, because he was suspected of desecrating pages of the Koran. The murder happened this morning in the village of Seeta, (district of Sindh). The victim, as … Continue reading
Saint Stephen’s Great Speech
The Book of Acts of the Apostles contains many great speeches or sermons, numbering from seventeen to thirty-something, depending on your chosen method of reckoning. The Epistle for today’s Mass is taken, in part, from Saint Stephen’s speech to the … Continue reading
Desperate Letter from China Labor Camp Hidden in Halloween Box
The Oregonian: The letter came in a box of Halloween decorations purchased at Kmart, but for a year Julie Keith never knew. It gathered dust in her storage, a haunting plea for help hidden among artificial skeletons, tombstones and spider … Continue reading
Syria: Air Strike Kills Dozens Waiting in Line for Bread
AsiaNews: Several dozen people were killed and many more injured in an air strike that hit a long line of people waiting to buy bread from a bakery. Opponents of the regime have accused the Syrian government of the carnage; the … Continue reading
