The agenda rolls on. This video reminded me that I have heard of old people from Eastern Bloc countries anxiously warning Americans that our country looks now like theirs did just prior to the Communist takeover. The consequences of homosexual … Continue reading
Category: Politics and Society
Thank You, Bishop Paprocki
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki, of the Springfield, Illinois Diocese, deserves to be thanked. Yes, he’s just doing his job — or, more properly, fulfilling the demands of his office. But when one does such in these days, he incurs the … Continue reading
The Price of a ‘Progressivism’ Divorced from God’s Law
When society rejects the natural law and Catholics buy into the lie that the moral law we learn in our religious instruction has nothing to do with the governing of civil society, a dangerous trajectory has been established. Just where … Continue reading
The Problem of ‘Common Core Curriculum’
If you haven’t heard of Common Core, you should. This the first video below, is a brief resume of the issue by Michael Voris. In the second, “Michael Voris is joined by Reverend Peter Stravinskas Ph.D., S.T.D. to discuss the … Continue reading
Signs of the Time
Recently a future King of England, dressed in an open-collared shirt and without a jacket, slid behind the steering wheel of a car and drove his wife, new-born son and himself away from a maternity hospital in London. He drove, … Continue reading
Vladimir Putin Speaks Like a Christian
Read the comments below by Vladimir Putin, who is constantly berated by Western glitterati (e.g., Madonna, Lady Gaga, Sir Elton John) for his stance on unnatural relations. The man speaks like a Christian, nay, like a Catholic (he is a … Continue reading
Mary Our Queen
In the 1970 calendar, the feast of Immaculate Heart of Mary was moved from August 22 to June in order to show its alignment with the Sacred Heart of Jesus; the feast of the Queenship of Mary was transferred from … Continue reading
Let’s Fight for al-Qa’ida!
I feel bad for the British, and that’s not being a bit ironic. Tony Blair did the bidding of George Bush and now David Cameron is doing that of the present self-appointed leader of the free world. It’s almost as … Continue reading
Act of Evil: A Psychologist on the Newtown Massacre
It has been over six months since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre took place. It was on December 14, 2012 that Adam Lanza, a twenty year old disgruntled and deeply troubled young man, shot and murdered 26 people, including 20 children … Continue reading
Boston Mayoral Candidates Support Discrimination
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the eight candidates for Mayor of Boston who indicated they would engage in unlawful discrimination against religious believers who defend traditional morality. In a poll released yesterday by The Boston Globe, one … Continue reading
A New Road for Scouting?
The Boy Scouts were a huge part of my personal formation. At the age of nine I joined the Cubs, becoming successively a Bear and Webelo, and doing the usual Cub activities. This culminated with my entrance into the Boy … Continue reading
When is Pornography Not Indecent? When the Government Says So!
Morality in Media protested the sale of the smutty magazines Playboy and Penthouse on US Military Bases. In response, Uncle Sam declared that said smut is not considered sexually explicit under federal law. This remarkable aptitude for redefining reality may … Continue reading
Reflections on the Power of Islam
It was on April 1, 2013 (April Fool’s Day) that the following headline appeared on MSN News: Lego scraps Star Wars toy Jabba after ‘anti-Muslim’ complaints. A group called the Turkish Cultural Association of Austria complained that Jabba, a Star … Continue reading
‘Eurabia’ Demographics a Myth?
The common view of matters demographic in Europe is that Europeans will become vastly outnumbered by Moslem immigrants on their own continent. That view is being challenged by an American scholar, Philip Jenkins, whose argument is resonating by some in … Continue reading