Many of our readers probably noticed that we had a glitch on our site for a time. When a reader scrolled near the bottom of a page, he could not scroll back up; he was trapped in the comments section. This nuisance was fixed … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Malarkey’s Malarkey: No Trip to Heaven and Back
I remember when this story came out five years ago. Like scores of other similar fantasies that get posted on the Internet, especially on Spirit Daily website, this was not true. The poor boy has just come out and admitted … Continue reading
Only in Baptism Does One Become a Child of God
This is a very good article addressing the error of the popular and widespread euphemism that all men are children of God by creation. Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine: This last Sunday, we were treated to the Gospel reading in which Christ … Continue reading
Do You Know What Your Kid Is Studying in College?
Having recently completed a fun and enlightening read of Dr. Elizabeth Kantor’s Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, then just happening on the article “Un-Donne: When Secular Students Confront Reverent Classics” by Joan Faust in the Winter edition … Continue reading
Enough With the Lies, Islam IS a ‘Religion’ of Slaughter and Violence
History to the dogs. Who cares about that? Forget the victims and the Catholic martyrs from the seventh century on. Islam is a “religion of peace” don’t you know. Just read the holy Koran. Not that there weren’t Moslems who … Continue reading
Saint Norbert College to Host Pro-Abortion Gloria Steinem
Feminist provocateur Gloria Steinem is still on the circuit at eighty years-old. And, the Norbertines in De Pere, Wisconsin, find her quite worthy to give a presentation. I know a little bit about the Norbertines in De Pere, a very comfortable abbey to be … Continue reading
On Being Charlie
In his “Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie,” David Warren reverses the popular meme that summarizes the response of a decadent, de-christianized West to a surly, truculent Islamism. A nice sample of his writing is this: A great deal of blather … Continue reading
USA/Israel Flag Pin: What is This Popping Up All Over Catholic Websites?
It’s everywhere on Catholic websites. Ads for this US/Israel Flag Pin. A lot of money must be going into this strange, blitzkriegish propaganda. What is up with this barrage of Ads? Pardon the rhetorical question. Catholics, who really care for … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke Mans Up
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke was recently interviewed by Matthew James Christoff of the New Emangelization Project on the topic of the Catholic “Man-crisis” and what to do about it. The whole interview is worth reading, and not only because it wounded the progressivist … Continue reading
Saint Abel, January 2, and Other Old Testament ‘Saints’
Forty-Two Old Testament Saints Today is the feast day of Abel the Just, son of Adam and Eve, and the first man to die. He was killed by his brother Cain out of a jealous rage, a jealousy all the … Continue reading
Nothing Miraculous to See Here, the Star of Bethlehem Was a Supernova
It happens every now and then. And it must have happened 2000 years ago. A supernova. And it appeared in Judaea at the time of the Birth of Christ. The Bible tells us that Moses parted the Red Sea. Never … Continue reading
Two Pieces on the Middle East at Christmas
As we enjoy our diminishing American prosperity this Christmas — amid our nation’s increasing balkanization — we would do well to think of others whose misfortune our Big Government and Big Business have facilitated. (Thank you, Hudge and Gudge!) I speak of the … Continue reading
The Magi and “the House”
I hope these considerations are not taken in an iconoclastic sense. Saint Matthew does not mention the adoration of the Jewish shepherds, but he moves from the genealogy of Christ and His Birth to the coming of the Wise Men. … Continue reading
Analysis of grave flaws in family synod final report: Urgent prayer and action needed
What follows is an exact reposting of “Analysis of grave flaws in family synod final report: Urgent prayer and action needed” from the Voice of the Family site. Earlier this month the Synod Secretariat published the lineamenta of the Ordinary … Continue reading
Dalai Lama Admits His Office is a Man Made Institution
(TIME) The Dalai Lama has conceded that the title may die with him and that it is “up to the Tibetan people” to decide whether someone follows him. In a BBC interview on Tuesday night, the 79-year-old leader said: “The Dalai … Continue reading
