The Judge Who Brought Compassion in the Courtroom Now Needs Your Prayers. By Colm Flynn, National Catholic Register, Feb.15 Judge Frank Caprio’s courtroom was more than a place of judgement — it became a place of mercy — and now, as he battles cancer, he needs our prayers. When Judge Frank Caprio peered over his… Read More Meet the Kindest Judge in America
“The Former Border Patrol Agent’s Ambitious Plans to Reform U.S. Immigration Policy Put Him on a Collision Course With [Liberal] U.S. Bishops. And he said this week, “I love the Catholic Church. The Pope has lost his way. He needs to fix the Catholic Church and leave the borders to us.” Tom Homan grew up in… Read More Trump’s Catholic Border Czar Sees Humanitarian Mandate
Updated. Calling out Europe on its Human Rights contradictions, promiscuous immigration laws and its failure to provide for its own security aims. Link to speech here Also: PARIS—Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the U.S. would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that… Read More JD Vance’s History Making Speech to Munich Conference 2025
So-called ‘Liberals’ have a philosophical problem in this country and beyond. On the one hand they heartily indulge and enjoy the sexual anarchy granted by the succeeding regimes since the 1950’s and 1960’s; on the other hand they tend to deplore the lawlessness of American foreign policy / imperialism / warmaking. They do not see… Read More When the State is Ultimate
But the Government has only promised 700,000 extra urgent appointments | Thursday 27 February 2025 | Independent.co.uk The 700,000 extra dental appointments promised by the Government will only cover a third of people who need urgent care, leading dentists have said. The British Dental Association (BDA) said that leaving hundreds of thousands of people in England without access to NHS urgent… Read More NHS Failure. 2.2M British in need of urgent dental care
I don’t mean to rain on Patrick Madrid’s (or anyone’s) parade. But consider. He writes in bold letters on ‘X’ that the Beatles are the “Greatest Band in History. Don’t Trust Anyone Who Doesn’t Like The Beatles!“. But the Beatles cast both genius and deepest shade. I’m in my 7th decade of life. I’ve loved… Read More The Beatles and Where We Are.
… After His Murder, Aims Changed. What Changed on November 22, 1963 Besides Everything? After JFK’s assassination USAID essentially became a money-laundering operation for new powers. “Records of the Agency for International Development (RG 286) “On November 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act reorganizing the structure of U.S. foreign assistance… Read More JFK Founded USAID & Peace Corp to Draw World Away From Communism.
Court insiders claim Trump sanctions could destroy the ICC. Blow to Political Internationalism. “ICC sources told The Guardian that the measures expected to be implemented by the Trump administration could “shut the court down entirely”. “The concern is the sanctions will be used to shut the court down, to destroy it rather than just tie its hands,” one official warned.… Read More Trump’s sanctions will hit the International Criminal Court hard
In a recent letter to American Catholics, “excommunicated” Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano delivered a reasonable and cogent body blow to globalists, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) for failing to teach the whole Catholic Faith and for actually exploiting the poor and vulnerable. This website and its editor does… Read More Archbishop Vigano’s Body Blow
… the campaigners trying to legalise class-A drugs – a network stretching to the top of the US government….Timothy Leary remembers Aldous Huxley saying, “We must spread the word… The obstacle to this evolution, Timothy, is the Bible.” Many proponents suggest that drugs can help us evolve to a more perfected state – what Stamets… Read More Inside the Psychedelic Elite
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population infuriated the Arab world. It stunned American allies and other global powers and even flummoxed members of Trump’s own party. The reaction in Israel was starkly different. The idea of removing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians… Read More Trump Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel
Sitting next to a beaming Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump announced that the US would be clearing all Palestinians off their land in Gaza, that US troops would move in, and that the US would rebuild it for Israelis to take over once finished. This is making America great again? Also today: the… Read More Former Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: Trump Plan for Gaza Could End Up Our Vietnam.
“It is vanity to desire a long life, and to have little care for a good life.” — Thomas a Kempis Tolkien mourned the decline of the Shire* i.e., …the real shire of his youth which he ever remembered and sought to salvage to the extent that he could. The Shire: the simplicity and beauty… Read More Tolkien’s Battle for the Shire. And for Us All.
Persecuted by many Catholic dissidents on account of his Catholic orthodoxy, but loved by millions the world over, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) was one of the American Church’s greatest intellects, spiritual masters and evangelists. In his lifetime he wrote some 66 books on everything from the philosophy of science and epistemology to works of… Read More Thomas C. Reeves on Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. C-Span.
The famous Thomist Etienne Gilson wrote to Henri de Lubac, “The ravages he wrought, which I have witnessed, are horrifying.” George Sim Johnston writes, “Teilhard concocted from evolutionary theory a kind of process theology that, among other things, implicitly denies the doctrine of original sin. Pope Pius XII once asked the great French thelogican Etienne… Read More The Teilhardian Vapor
National Review. “Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, sat for a confirmation hearing Thursday where lawmakers focused on high profile instances of FBI misconduct and Patel’s inflammatory political commentary. Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) brought up an FBI memo listing Catholic parishes the bureau believed harbored extremists and could offer opportunities… Read More Patel Vows to Investigate Anti-Catholicism Within FBI
“For a more Christian view of life, the best books I have run across are “In Defense of Purity” by Dietrich von Hildebrand … the Encyclical on “Christian marriage” by Pope Pius XI, and the “Nuptial Mass” in the Missal.” — Dorothy Day. Her Faith was ever the same.. The Distributism Review. Dorothy Day wrote, “I… Read More Dorothy Day’s Cross
We’re not in Kansas anymore. And now Elon Musk is in greater proximity to power than ever before. Musk’s Neuralink is far, far beyond inventing mere medical devices to help the physically handicapped which very few of us would object to. SH. Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge | The Conversation. Neuralink – which is “developing… Read More Elon’s Plans for Us
Note: I’ve personally seen the frozen corpse of a man who died in sub-zero temperatures under a bridge in Lowell, Massachusetts. Needless to say it was a haunting sight. Whatever his issues were he should not have had to try to shield himself from the freezing cold and wind under that bridge. State and local… Read More Ohio AG backs pastor convicted of fire code violation for housing homeless at church
He writes, “Pope Francis has already done irreparable damage to the office of the papacy itself. Never again will a (non-ex cathedra) papal teaching just be accepted by the Faithful without scrutiny or criticism. It is done. It cannot be undone. Francis has left his mark, and it’s permanent”. If we do not elect a… Read More Is Shane Right?
Companies “leaning into AI to filter out,” even qualified job candidates. Newsweek 1/28/24.. “While over a third of job seekers said they’re applying to more jobs now and hearing back less, there’s also a substantial number of job seekers who have continued to search for employment for more than a year. Roughly one in five… Read More Americans Are Struggling to Find New Jobs as Market Changes.
This is Dr. Starkeys fatal flaw. The nuclear and extended family, contrary to his opinions, was always central and vital in Catholic England, reflecting traditional Catholic doctrine and a unified people. After the Tudors and Luther, however, it was all downhill, accelerating right down to today’s moral tyranny. Dr. Starkey may have personal reasons for… Read More Good David Starkey’s Fatal Flaw
Engineering something like a new human race appears underway as science and medicine morph into the Unknown. Single Parent Conception: One person could provide both elements. Daily Star: “Silicon Valley chiefs are ploughing cash into the science and it could be available within two years, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority board heard last week.… Read More Occult “Science” seeking single parent conception
Dr. Kreeft is one of the most prolific, respected, and influential Catholic writers of the last fifty years. He is the author of nearly a hundred books (he doesn’t keep count, but says it’s somewhere around there), more than forty of which have been published by Ignatius Press—with more coming along all the time. Peter Kreeft,… Read More Peter Kreeft: “Why We’re Not Saving Western Civilization”
“[T]he CIA had used up its imagination on trying to kill Castro. As we all know, none of their schemes were successful as Castro died of natural causes at age 90. One agency plot, however, was more ridiculous than any of the rest. According to a CIA veteran’s testimony to the Senate’s Church Committee (which was set… Read More When the CIA Wanted to Fake the Second Coming
Gender extremism, racial equity and decarbonising’ electricity by 2030. Rory & Alastair leading. But “There’s nothing moderate about the technocratic elites.” Tom Slater, Editor.Spiked, [published on 29th June 2024]. We need to retire the word ‘centrism’. As a ‘centrist’ Labour Party is poised to reclaim power in the United Kingdom, The supposed centrists are already… Read More Rory & Alastair: The revenge of the ‘centrist’ globalists.
It is stunning that a truism should be stunning. But given the last four years of the Biden administration, President Donald Trump, by reaffirming the exclusive male-female binary at the Federal level on day 1 of the second term of his Presidency, has done a marvelous thing for the entire world. This is something Leftists,… Read More Trump and IVF. Just the Facts.
“Pope Leo XIII to the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States, and dated Jan. 6, 1895. “For the Church amongst you, unopposed by the Constitution and government of your nation, fettered by no hostile legislation(1), protected against violence by the common laws and the impartiality of the tribunals, is free to live and act… Read More Leo XIII on American Church – State Accomodation
President Donald J. Trump. Executive Order.January 20, 2025. “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose.The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment… Read More Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
Romano Guardini on “The End of the Modern World“. “This frightful destruction did not drop down from heaven; in truth it rose up out of hell!” —Romano Guardini. Mark Malvasi writes, “…absorbed by technology, [Romano] Guardini anticipated the emergence of a new type of human being that was defined by regimentation and conformity. This “man… Read More Disappearing Into the Collective
What is it? Why was Mass water fluoridation begun? Has it lived up to the promise? Doctor Staci Whitman is a Functional Kids’ Dentist in North Portland, Oregon. She is the founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach with her patients. Her dentistry/practice is grounded by science and… Read More Latest Practical Science Says Time to Rethink Water Fluoridation
“There is a nature of things. There is a reality to Things.” “The gravest question are always questions of doctrine”. Reality vs. Creative Hallucinations. A kind man who loved the Lord and the Church. I met him in the 1980s and did a radio interview with him (WREF, Ridgefield.) and was very moved when visiting… Read More Bishop Richard Williamson, RIP.
The Forgotten Common Medieval Habit of ‘Two Sleeps‘. “For centuries, humans slept in two distinct shifts, separated by a period of nighttime activity. In this video, we explore the fascinating history of biphasic sleep, a once-common practice where people divided their nights into a “first sleep” and a “second sleep.” — Medieval Sleep. BBC. 9… Read More For centuries, humans slept in two distinct shifts. Biphasic sleep.
National Review “… Like many other J6ers, Harris noted the discrepancy between the way government came down hard on them while taking a kid-glove approach to leftist rioters who burned and damaged cities such as Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland in the summer of 2020. “The bottom line is, there has to be equality under the… Read More January 6 Defendants Call Pardons a ‘Wonderful First Step.’ Police Say They’re a Betrayal
— from Part II of the Catholics & American Life Symposium. New Oxford Review. January-Febuary 2025. On Christmas Day 1886, 18-year-old Paul Claudel — raised Catholic but delinquent in his faith — was listening to vespers in Notre-Dame de Paris. It was an event that “dominates my entire life,” he later recounted. “My heart was touched, and… Read More Karl Keating: Catholics & American Life
It is not decadent Enlightenment philosophy which brought the world prosperity but human ingenuity incrementally building on newer and newer inventions, little by little. What we do with this technology will make or destroy us. Elon Musk is not the way.
“The pardons are designed to protect several vehement critics of Trump, including some against whom he has vowed retribution, and targets of his supporters’ criticism.” The clemency decisions are also significant for their specious emphasis on racial justice, “wrongful convictions, and addressing historical grievances.” Those whom Biden has pardoned face new problems, however, specifically the… Read More DemCorruption: Biden Pardons Cheney, Fauci, Milley, Family Members
During a prayer service at Washington’s National Cathedral Tuesday, the Episcopal bishop of Washington directly confronted President Trump while he and Vice President J.D. Vance were seated in the front row. Mariann Edgar Budde asked Trump for “mercy”, citing feelings of fear among LGBT and immigrant communities. Shortly after being sworn in as US President… Read More Trent Horn on the Epicopalian Female “priesthood”
Note: Mary Daly died in January 2010. It is good to be tolerant, even of incoherent things, we are told today. The devil himself ought to be given a seat at the table. So the courts have ruled. But that can’t stop us from noticing that Mary Daly represents the meltdown of the dissident transgressive… Read More Mary Daly: The Witch of Boston College
Executive Order Affirming ‘Biological Reality Of Sex’. Rebukes and Reverses Democrat Decadence. CNA to. ” The executive order is sweeping in nature. Its application will include removing gender ideology guidance, communication, policies, and forms from governmental agencies. It explicitly affirms that the word “woman” means “adult human female.” And it orders that government identification like… Read More Trump Returns Nation to Gender Sanity
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