National Review, Ion Mihai Pacepa: History often repeats itself, and if you have lived two lives, as I have done, you have a good chance of seeing the reenactment with your own eyes. Liberation theology, of which not much has … Continue reading
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On This and That, Moron Iconoclasm, and the Catholic Solution
Crisis, Charles Coulombe: When the attacks—legal and otherwise—on Confederate monuments and heritage began to ramp up, I warned in various venues that it would not stop there. And, of course, such disparate characters as Kate Smith and Columbus followed in … Continue reading
Violent Mob Prevented From Vandalizing Statue of Father Serra
Ventura, California, where the events you’ll read below happened, was founded by Saint Junipero Serra as mission San Buenaventura. Obscenities, lies from nameless antagonists, lies, lies, and more lies. Police observe from patrol cars. Here is a typical lie: “Another … Continue reading
Chief Seattle and Columbus
The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal: Chief Seattle, who gave his name to the currently troubled city in the State of Washington, was pure Native American (father Suquamish, mother Duwamish). A mighty warrior, he essentially eliminated the rival Chimakum tribe in … Continue reading
Springtime! 63% of French Dioceses Have No Ordinands This Year
Spirit Daily, La Croix: The Catholic Church in France will ordain 126 new priests this year, one more than in 2019, but upwards of 60% of the country’s 93 dioceses will have no ordinations at all. More here.
Petition Raised to Take Down Statue of City Patron Saint Louis IX of France
The only source I have for this is secular and anti-Catholic, so I beg your pardon. In answer to our biased source KMOX Radio, Saint Louis was hardly singular in burning the Talmud. From the time it was first published … Continue reading
Pope Declares Nun Killed in Satanic Ritual a Martyr
This is a horror story. Three Italian Catholic girls become satanists. They lure their catechism teacher to a park trying to stab her 18 times, six times each (666). The dying nun whose order took care of juvenile delinquents prayed for … Continue reading
Syria: Archbishop of Aleppo Calls US Sanctions ‘Diabolical Act’
Agenzia Fides: “Now in Aleppo everyone says: we were better off under the bombs”. This is how Joseph Tobji, Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo, photographs the feelings among the population of the Syrian metropolis, on the day when the umpteenth economic … Continue reading
Quite the Liberal: JFK’s Sister Passes Away
HornNews: Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her nephew confirmed. She was 92. More here.
Audrey Donnithorne: A Woman For All Seasons RIP (1922-2020)
The Catholic World Report, George Weigle: The first two sentences of Audrey Donnithorne’s autobiography, China in Life’s Foreground, suggest something of her character, independence of mind, and dry sense of humor: I am an Overseas Brit and a Sichuan country girl. … Continue reading
Black Sheriff Says If Black Lives Really Matter Why Not Protest Abortion Clinics
Life News, Carole Novielle: CNN’s Poppy Harlow interviewed Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke about the recent protests that some in the Black Community have sparked after the police related deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Harlow asked the Sheriff, who … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Columbus Out, Lincoln Next, Fireman’s Remembrance Flag Next
News Center 5, Josh Brogadir: The dismantling of controversial statues and monuments in the city of Boston is a mounting subject in the ongoing push for racial justice in the nation. Calls to take down a statue of Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading
Trump Administration Cuts 60 Million in Annual Funding to Planned Parenthood
Life News, Micaiah Bilger: The Trump administration is announcing new regulations today to partially defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses of tens of millions of tax dollars. This is the second time Trump has taken steps to revoke taxpayer … Continue reading
Who’s Funding Marxist Revolution in US and Defunding Police Campaign?
ChurchMilitant, Michael Hichborn: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), is funding organizations actively involved in calls for revolution, the killing of police officers and the defunding of police departments. Report is … Continue reading
Distant Relative of ‘Swamp Fox’ Francis Marion Crawford, Convert/Writer
He loved the Faith, loved life, knew 17 languages, traveled the world with his heart in Italy where he (although American) was born and died. He wrote 15 volumes of prose and mastered just about every art he dabbled in. … Continue reading
