(Taki’s Magazine) A specter is haunting Europe—and pace Marx, it is the specter of monarchy. Whenever a ceremony of any sort is performed for or by a deposed ruling family’s members—as has happened in the past few years in France, … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Some Problems with Homosexual Parenting
(Washington Times) Two studies released Sunday may act like brakes on popular social-science assertions that gay parents are the same as — or maybe better than — married mother-father parents. “The empirical claim that no notable differences exist must go,” … Continue reading
China: Officials Kidnap, Beat Mother, Kill Pre-Born, Photo the Murder Scene
Nevertheless, beginning with Carter in 1980, every US President (including Reagan) has granted China “Most Favored Nation” trade status. Nor was it rescinded in 1989, under G. W. Bush, when the Communists massacred about a thousand peaceful protesters in Tiananmen … Continue reading
US-Backed Rebels Committing Christian Genocide In Syria
(Daniel McAdams / LRC Blog) Christians are being systematically targeted for genocide in Syria according to Vatican and other sources with contacts on the ground among the besieged Christian community. According to reports by the Vatican’s Fides News Agency collected … Continue reading
Just Pound the Table!
The Lisa Wangsness story on the angry reaction of dissident nuns to Vatican attempts at oversight reminds one of the old legal aphorism “If you have neither the facts nor the law on your side, just pound the table” (Sanctions against nuns spark backlash, 6/12/2012). Continue reading
‘Christ the King’ not ‘Religious Liberty’ the Cristero Cause
Christopher Check has an enthusiastic review of “For Greater Glory” on the Crisis Magazine site. He has one major criticism of the film: its anachronistic talk of religious freedom. I think the lesson that Mr. Check offers here as an … Continue reading
New York Times Contracepts Science
Donna Harrison, M.D., is an obstetrician-gynecologist in southwestern Michigan and director of research and public policy for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She wrote a rebuttal to a recent article in The New York Times. (National Review … Continue reading
Fortnight for Freedom: Rev. Marcel Guarnizo to Speak in Virginia
From Fortnight for Freedom: Father Marcel Guarnizo, Mr. Criton Zoakos, Ms. Vivian Freyre, and James Cottone, Esq. to speak on the First Amendment. Why Americans Must Defend the First Amendment Saturday, June 30, 2012 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Nash … Continue reading
Andrew Napolitano on Drones: Scary
The government’s Orwellian use of spy drones is not limited to foreign nations. If B.H. Obama’s secretary of the Air Force has his way, we will all be potential targets of illegal spying. Here are Andrew Napolitano’s comments: Don’t believe … Continue reading
Roberto de Mattei on Rome’s ‘Contagion of Homosexuality’
The controversial Roberto De Mattei, who authored a significant volume on the history of Vatican II, has raised the ire of Italian progressivists with some straightforward comments on homosexuality. He claims that the corrosive influence of homosexuality led to the … Continue reading
Board of LCWR Response to Vatican Order? Defiance and Evasive Dishonesty
CNS: The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said June 1 the assessment that led to a Vatican order to reform the organization “was based on unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked … Continue reading
Obama: Murder in the Name of Augustine and Aquinas?
We have expressed our moral revulsion at B.H. Obama’s secret kill lists and his use of killer drones to assassinate those named thereon. It does not surprise us that we are not in agreement with the New York Times (on … Continue reading
St. Hildegard Now Officially Canonized, Soon to Be Declared Doctor of the Church with John of Avila
On May 10th Pope Benedict XVI bestowed on the twelfth century German mystic, foundress, and poet, Saint Hildegard of Bingen, what is called an “equivalency canonization.” This is done when someone who has been venerated as a saint for centuries through … Continue reading
Deputy Tells Priest to Use Grape Juice at Prison Mass, No Wine Allowed
I think the pharisees were something like Chief Deputy Mitch Lucas, at least as far as small-minded bigotry is concerned. Lucas might be a great warden, and a good family man, no doubt.
Dr. John Rao on Vatican II History
Dr. John Rao, professor of History at St. John’s University in New York and the author of Black Legends and the Light of the World, has commented on the recent remarks of Cardinal Walter Brandmüller. His Eminence’s remarks were mentioned … Continue reading
