The book is by Ilan Pappe, an Israeli Jew. My most viewed book review of the year is, unsurprisingly, on Ilan Pappe’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. First authored in 2006, the book has perhaps never been more needed and relevant … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
A Pro-Life Victory in Deep Blue Massachusetts
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The second largest city in New England—Worcester, Massachusetts—has abandoned, at last, any and all efforts to suppress, restrict or even regulate crisis pregnancy centers in the city. After fifteen months … Continue reading
Statement of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem
The statement below (taken from this site) has received irrational and irresponsible criticism from neoconservatives who disregard Catholic just war doctrine. We reproduce it here to advance the cause of justice, peace, and a modicum of common sense. Jerusalem, October … Continue reading
When Catholics Support Israel against the Holy See and the Rights of Palestinians
Two days ago, Dr. Jules Gomes penned an article article on the Church Militant site clearly taking the side of the Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, in his denunciation of the Holy See for expressing concern for the fate of … Continue reading
Boston Globe Silent about Dropped Clerical Sex Abuse Charges
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has dropped criminal charges against Monsignor Francis Strahan, after his accuser declined to testify. Strahan, 90, was scheduled to go on trial on October 2nd. Strahan … Continue reading
Theodore E. McCarrick Escapes Temporal Justice
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press statement… On August 30th, reporter Alice Giordano of The Epoch Times contacted the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, seeking a comment from C. J. Doyle regarding the dismissal of criminal charges against the defrocked former cardinal … Continue reading
Has Father Antonio Spadaro Blasphemed Our Lord?
In Papal Adviser Father Antonio Spadaro Accused of ‘Heretical Blasphemy,’ respected Catholic Journalist Edward Pentin produces his own translation from of an Italian commentary written by Father Spadaro for the August 20 edition of Il Fatto Quotidiano, which Mr. Pentin … Continue reading
Europe Burns to the Sounds of Synodal Fiddles
Roberto de Mattei has written a worthwhile article for the Voice of the Family Digest, The Coming Civil War. The serious problem that Europe faces due to the unchecked immigration of non-assimilating Muslims will inevitably, in the mind of the … Continue reading
Worcester’s Holy Cross College Insults Bishop McManus for Upholding Catholic Morals
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The President of the Jesuit administered College of the Holy Cross — the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in New England — has criticized Bishop Robert J. McManus and the … Continue reading
Support Bishop McManus!
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts action alert… The Bishop of Worcester, the Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, is the target of a vicious, mendacious and defamatory smear campaign orchestrated by media wolves, LGBT militants and pro-abortion politicians. … Continue reading
Bishop Strickland’s August 22 Pastoral Letter, a Gift to the Church in Advance of the Synod on Synodality
Two days ago, the website of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, posted a pastoral letter from the pen of the Most Reverend Joseph E. Strickland, the Ordinary of that Diocese. Written on the heels of a recent apostolic visitation whose … Continue reading
On ‘Synodality’: I Told You So!
It’s not something I’ve ever written before on our site: “I told you so!” But, thanks to a good Catholic friend who enlightened me years ago on the true Eastern Christian concept of church synods, I was able to include … Continue reading
Bishop Robert J. McManus: Defending Worcester’s Catholic Children against LGBTQ Indoctrination
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today commended the Bishop of Worcester, the Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, for his defense of Catholic Faith and morals. Yesterday, August 15th, the Diocese of Worcester issued … Continue reading
How I Learned to Start Thinking and Hate the Bomb
Our friend, C.J. Doyle, has written the first excellent installment of a two-part article on the bombing of Nagasaki, An Act of State Terrorism. It was intended that the piece would be published yesterday, the seventy-eighth anniversary of the event, … Continue reading