Category Archives: Politics and Society

Politics and Society

Christendom no longer exists, but, nevertheless, Catholics must be active members of their respective societies and agents of justice in a world bereft of moral values. We must know history, not merely current events. European history, after the conversion of the nations, was the history of the Church. This history is certainly important to know. But, as Americans, we cannot afford to be ignorant of our own history. The virtue of patriotism, which is actually a natural manifestation of the supernatural gift of piety, demands that we have an appreciation for whatever is good in the history of this land of ours, not just after 1776, but since events were recorded here. The virtue of patriotism also obligates us to recognize the sins of our nation. “My country right or wrong,” is an evil axiom that changes patriotism into self-adulating nationalism.

As Catholics, we ought to be justly concerned about world events, especially about the persecution of the Church that is going on in other countries. Advantage ought to be taken of the many good Catholic outlets of information that are available today. Our website is a good source of the news that counts. From our religious perspective, we are able to bypass the useless information and disinformation that fills the major media, and provide the news that affects our lives as members of the Church militant. If it doesn’t help anyone sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity) we don’t post it.

On Our Merry Way to War in Syria

(The LCR Blog) With scandals raging at home, Obama (conveniently) discovers chemical weapons use in Syria. [Recall that Bill Clinton bombed Kosovo during the "Lewinsky affair." Now Obama has a convenient distraction from IRS-Benghazi-DOJ-AP-NSA-etc.-etc.-gate, all the while ignoring the Syrian atrocities of the Islamist butchers the U.S. calls "rebels," and bankrolls. Politicians are all honorable men.] Barely a week after President Obama announced the ascendance … More →


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Demise of DOMA: Pathway to ‘Gay Marriage’

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was signed into law by President William Clinton on September 21, 1996. DOMA was a response to the State of Hawaii’s near attempt to legalize gay marriage in 1993. In order to stop this unpopular and threatening trend, DOMA clearly defined marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. Moreover, the law … More →


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Boy Scouts and Homosexuality: What’s the Big Deal?

By now, readers are no doubt aware of the enormous moral capitulation by the Boy Scouts of America on the subject of homosexuality. Shortly after being informed of the bad news, I wrote a column that began with the words, “It is a crime against boyhood, manhood, and the honor of a once noble institution.” I will not reiterate here what I said there. Disregarding … More →


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Globe’s Kevin Cullen: His Crude Jabs Miss the Point

May 17, 2013 Letters to the Editor, The Boston Globe P. O. Box 55819 Boston, MA 02205-5819 To the Editor: In his crude effort to revile us, Kevin Cullen was so busy hurling school yard insults and sophomoric invectives that he omitted a few salient facts about Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Ireland’s abortion laws, the core issues in the BC commencement controversy, (O’Malley lost … More →


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A Tragic Day for the Boy Scouts

It is a crime against boyhood, manhood, and the honor of a once noble institution. More seriously, it is an obscene gesture sent Heavenward. Homosexual youth will be admitted to the BSA starting January 1 of 2014. The sodomite camel’s nose is now under the Scouts’ tent, and the unholy cause will continue to go from strength to strength as the rest of its malign … More →


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Herald’s Margery Eagan Not Confused with Facts

May 17, 2013 Letters, Boston Herald P. O. Box 55843 Boston, MA 02205-5843 To the Editor: With her usual indifference to the facts, Margery Eagan parrots the party line of pro-abortion activists and  claims that Savita Halapanavar, the Indian immigrant to Ireland, died in an Irish hospital because she was denied an abortion, (O’Malley goes one step too far, 5/14/2013). The coroner’s inquest found the … More →


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Kermit Gosnell is Not Alone

(Life Dynamics Inc.) Life Dynamics Inc. a national pro-life organization located in Denton, Texas, has released an interview with three former abortion clinic workers which prove the Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, recently convicted of murder, is not an anomaly. The interview was conducted on May 3, 2013 with clinic employees located in a different state. Though their descriptions are disturbing, the video images are … More →


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Obama’s Scandals

Concerning the recent avalanche of scandal for the Obama White House, Politico ran a story with this unbelievable sentence: “Top GOP sources acknowledge that it’s highly unlikely the White House was directly involved in the IRS mess, but the probe is sure to add to the Republican-spun narrative of Democratic, Big Government overreach.” Can anyone really deny that there is Big Government overreach here? The … More →


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Boston College Trounced for Honoring Pro-Abort, Anti-Catholic Irish PM

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned Jesuit administered Boston College for selecting Republic of Ireland Taoiseach Enda Kenny as its 2013 Commencement Speaker. The university will also confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Kenny during commencement exercises on May 20th. On April 30th, Kenny’s coalition government introduced legislation with the Orwellian title “The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013,” which … More →


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Anti-Family Statists Kidnap Baby

Reading stories like this, one waits for Rod Serling or M. Night Shyamalan to make a cameo. Only they don’t, because it’s real… (The Blaze) Following a Monday court ruling, Anna and Alex Nikolayev are one step closer to regaining full custody of their infant son. As previously reported by TheBlaze, the Russian couple, currently living in Sacramento, Calif., had their baby “snatched” up by police … More →


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Another Argentine Porteño Occupies a Throne

Meet Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. With the abdication of Queen Beatrix, her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, becomes King of the Netherlands, and his Argentine-born Princess, Máxima, becomes Queen. According to Wikipedia, Máxima “remained a Roman Catholic after her marriage” to the current head of the Protestant House of Orange-Nassau, the same house that gave us William III of England (of William and Mary fame), whose … More →


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Archbishop Piero Marini: ‘Civil Right’ to Unnatural Unions

Call me a troglodyte, but it was my impression from Catholic moral teaching that nobody has a “right” to do what is contrary to the law of God, whether we consider that portion of the law that is supernaturally revealed, or that which was written on the heart. (NCR/John Allen) Another veteran Vatican figure has signaled openness to civil recognition of same-sex unions in the … More →


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‘And You Cannot Build Upon a Lie’

In 1920, ten years after Hilaire Belloc had stepped down from his four maturing years of publicly elected service in the House of Commons, he published a lucid book-length essay, entitled, The House of Commons and Monarchy. It is a forthright and equitably proportioned work with a clearly stated thesis; and the development of Belloc’s presented evidence and argumentation will help us still better understand … More →

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On Bombs, Babies, and Boy Scouts

The nation is still reeling from the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing, and one of the two suspects is still at large as I write. Three people were killed, thirteen had limbs amputated, and 170 others are still hospitalized. There is no trivializing the senseless violence — the evil — that has been perpetrated. In Philadelphia, Kermit Gosnell’s trial is in week six. Gosnell … More →


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Potty-Mouthed, Pro-Death Prof. Policed

File this one under “I” for “inmates running the asylum.” (LifeNews.com) A college professor has been arrested for a profane rant at pro-life students at the University of Buffalo. Professor Laura Curry screamed at students, yelling at them: “Where does it say I can’t use the [not nice] word in public. I can swear because that’s part of my vocabulary. That’s part of my First … More →


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