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Email for this website: sthand@email.com Stephen Hand, editor. Reporter, Assistant News Director and News Director for several radio stations in New York and Connecticut. Paralegal. PCA in Retirement. Contributor for various Catholic newspapers and publications.

“Generous Exemptions” from Pope Francis’ Restrictions on The Latin Mass On Route?

This week Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down new reports suggesting Pope Leo may be easing the Latin Mass restrictions through broader exemptions. They examine what this means for bishops, traditional communities, and whether these changes signal the beginning of a quiet shift away from Traditionis Custodes. The Posse also unpacks… Read More “Generous Exemptions” from Pope Francis’ Restrictions on The Latin Mass On Route?

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Dickens’ Little Dorrit Bleak House Circumlocution Office

Rule Britannia. Containing the whole Science of Government. “The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the Circumlocution Office. Its finger was in the largest public pie, and in the… Read More Dickens’ Little Dorrit Bleak House Circumlocution Office

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“You can see God by sniffing the gas in a cotton.” — Allen Ginsberg

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation. The phenomenon of Allen Ginsberg by Bruce Bawer, The New Criterion On Allen Ginsberg’s poetry, 1985. I’m so lucky to be nutty.—Allen Ginsberg, “Bop Lyrics” (1949) The very first poem in Allen Ginsberg’s Collected Poems 1947-1980 [1] seems, in a way, to prophesy Ginsberg’s entire career. It is titled “In Society,” and it dates… Read More “You can see God by sniffing the gas in a cotton.” — Allen Ginsberg

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The Gospel is Not All Sweetness & Light.    

Moneychangers, hypocrites and traitors did not fare well.  Jesus Rebuked and Warned Scribes and Pharisees calling the guilty “… dogs, foxes, accursed, darkness…” See also: Matthew 23:13–36 – The “Seven Woes” where Jesus calls them hypocrites, blind guides, whitewashed tombs, brood of vipers. Matthew 15:7–9 – “You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy… this people honors… Read More The Gospel is Not All Sweetness & Light.    

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Encyclical Letter ‘Faith and Reason’. Pope John Paul II.

“Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal”—Pope John Paul II Fides et Ratio,” meaning “Faith and Reason,” is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on September 14, 1998. It emphasizes the essential relationship between faith and… Read More Encyclical Letter ‘Faith and Reason’. Pope John Paul II.

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Rocco Buttiglione on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

“Society has to defend itself to a certain extent against the tyranny of the [nihilist] state.” Rocco Buttiglione (Italian: [b. 6 June 1948) is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic. He was a close friend of Pope John Paul II. Buttiglione’s nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil… Read More Rocco Buttiglione on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

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EU countries demand seat at the table over US-Russia plan to end war in Ukraine

“Trump is NOT Russia’s “friend”. And he  is not the EUs friend either. As Kissinger said, “America has no friends, it has only interests!” Ever since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Brussels and European capitals have been clear that they expect to play a role in any peace settlement European Union… Read More EU countries demand seat at the table over US-Russia plan to end war in Ukraine

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Is the Cult of ‘Tradition’ the Birth of Fascism?

Alastair Campbell quotes Umberto Eco to that effect. And Tucker Carlson’s bizarre friendship with the notorious Nick Fuentes has made the work of more sensible people exponentially harder. Whatever gains America has made since the dark days of Joe Biden are in danger of total erosion thanks to people like Carlson, Fuentes and Candace Owen.… Read More Is the Cult of ‘Tradition’ the Birth of Fascism?

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Catholics Need Not Apply. What Nick Fuentes, Candace and Tucker say about Jews…

is very similar to what WASPS in massive numbers once insisted was the truth about Catholics. After all, we Catholics are a well connected transnational Church whose raising d’etre is to preach the Gospel “to all nations”  And no matter how many times the Church denied intentions of a hostile takeover or subversion the so-called… Read More Catholics Need Not Apply. What Nick Fuentes, Candace and Tucker say about Jews…

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Do the Rothschild’s Control the World?

“From humble beginnings in the Frankfurt ghettos of the 1760s, Mayer Amschel Rothschild’s rise to patriarch of a global banking empire is often overshadowed by enduring yet baseless antisemitic accusations that paint the Rothschild family as puppeteers behind world affairs. The Rothschild name has been synonymous with both financial innovation and conspiracy theories ranging from… Read More Do the Rothschild’s Control the World?

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Zohran’s New York

Heather Mac Donald – Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of When Race Trumps Merit – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss why Zohran Mamdani’s victory will fuel crime, poverty and anti-Semitism in New York City. Watch the Dialogue / Analysis: Heather MacDonald with Brendan O’Neill ~~~

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On Purgatory

Christ came not only to justify us by His grace but also to truly sanctify us by his grace. “Strive for peace with all men, and for holiness without which no one shall see the Lord.”— Hebrews 12:14 “What is Purgatory but a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who depart this life… Read More On Purgatory

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Was Tucker Carlson Losing It — or Finding it?

Tucker Carlson claims he was attacked by demons that left him with claw marks. The Independent UK. Tucker Carlson makes an astonishing claim in a clip posted to the YouTube channel for Christianities?, an upcoming documentary. The former Fox News host says he was “physically mauled” by a demon [2 years] ago that left him bleeding and with still-visible scars on… Read More Was Tucker Carlson Losing It — or Finding it?

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Charles Coulombe and The Fall of Wolfgang Smith

From the very beginnings of the Church some Christians have been tempted by the esoteric errors of gnosticism. Just when you thought that the Apostasy could not get more bizarre: “Traditional Catholic” Apostasy and Esotericism —- with Tarot Cards. The Fall of Dr. Wolfgang Smith. —  April 08, 2021, Radtrad Thomist,  website Dr. Chojnowski (SSPX):… Read More Charles Coulombe and The Fall of Wolfgang Smith

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Record Number of UK Farms Shut in Wake of Inheritance Tax

Tax the corporations not farmers. A record number of 6,365 farms have closed in the UK over the past year (as of July 2025), largely due to changes in inheritance tax policies implemented by Chancellor Rachel Reeves. This represents the highest rate of closures since data collection began in 2017, with many farmers citing financial… Read More Record Number of UK Farms Shut in Wake of Inheritance Tax

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James Lindsay on Hitler’s Final Solution

….and Tucker Carlson’s Revisionist Friend. From the sources. At the center of the Nazi Experiment is the Jewish Question, undeniably. The Jewish Question amounts to asking “what should we do with the Jews?” in this case, in Europe. Across the entirety of his project, Adolf Hitler had a straightforward answer, though the specifics differed: get rid of them,… Read More James Lindsay on Hitler’s Final Solution

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A Critique of Leo XIV’s Comments on Changing Church Doctrine

A SLIP OF THE TONGUE OR A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME? By Monica Migliorino Miller | New Oxford Review. November 2025. Monica Migliorino Miller, a Contributing Editor of the NOR, is Director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and author of Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars and, most recently, In the Beginning:… Read More A Critique of Leo XIV’s Comments on Changing Church Doctrine

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Doubts about Doubt: “Honest to God” by N.T. Wright.

(Originally published in Journal of Anglican Studies, 2005, 3 (2), 181–96 originally titled Doubts about Doubt: “Honest to God” Forty Years On. N.T. Wright.) N.T. Wright. Honest to God, published in 1963, was one of the most public religious bestsellers of the twentieth century. Because it was written by an Anglican bishop it was especially controversial. Yet there are questions… Read More Doubts about Doubt: “Honest to God” by N.T. Wright.

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