Yearly Archives: 2009

YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED IF YOU SAY SOMETHING UNKIND, BUT TRUE, ABOUT PEDOPHILES

A PEDOPHILE PROTECTION ACT? Mark Steyn, who was prosecuted in Canada by that Country’s Human Rights Commission because, they said, an article written by him (it was an excerpt from his book, America Alone) that was published in the Canadian … Continue reading

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY I RARELY WATCH FOX’S BILL O’REILLY SHOW

BILL O’REILLY HAS COME A LONG WAY I did not know him when I was Auxiliary Bishop of Miami and he was a high school teacher at the Archdiocese’s Monsignor Pace High School. The Principal of the Girls Division of … Continue reading

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POPE BENEDICT’S LETTER TO PRIESTS INAUGURATING “THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS”

Dear Brother Priests, On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy – I have decided to inaugurate a “Year for … Continue reading

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POPE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO

SOME WOULD SAY THEY ARE ONLY WORDS AND IT IS HIS VOTING RECORD AND ACTIONS WHICH SPEAK MORE LOUDLY This observer, like many others in the United States, took exception to the expressed opinion of Gian Maria Vian, Director and … Continue reading

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MARK TWAIN ALMOST HAD IT COMPLETELY RIGHT: THE COLDEST DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO IS A SUMMER DAY IN ITS MORAL CLIMATE

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY SAME-SEX COUPLES I was asked today by a radio station in San Francisco to participate live in one of their talk-show programs discussing the a recent decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the … Continue reading

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GOOD BYE AMERICAN PIE: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

DIES IRAE AND WEARING BLACK On the day Barack Hussein Obama took his oath of office as President of the United States of America, on another blog that I maintain I posted the entire text of the hymn which in … Continue reading

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“HOW ACCURATELY ISAIAH PROPHESIED ABOUT YOU HYPOCRITES WHEN HE WROTE: ‘THIS PEOPLE PAYS ME LIP SERVICE BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.'” Mk 7:6

HYPOCRISY Hypocrisy: the assuming of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, with dissimulation of real character or inclinations, especially in regard to religious life or belief; hence, dissimulation, pretense, sham. No subject fosters hypocrisy in our times more than … Continue reading

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH CATHOLICISM IN MASSACHUSETTS; ESPECIALLY IN BOSTON?

THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED If you have not read Philip F. Lawler’s wonderful book, The Faithful Departed,The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture (Encounter Books, New York, 2008), I urge you to do so. But I warn you, like me, you will … Continue reading

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“MANY WILL COME ATTEMPTING TO IMPERSONATE ME. ‘I AM THE MESSIAH!’ THEY WILL CLAIM, AND THEY WILL DECEIVE MANY”

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW His disciples came up to him privately and said: “Tell us…What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the world? In reply Jesus said to them: “Be on guard! … Continue reading

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RACISM IS A SIN

RACISM IS A CARD TOO OFTEN PLAYED BY POLITICIANS ON EVERY PART OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM In the argot of the political world playing the race card is a cheap shot. For Catholics, playing the race card or indulging in … Continue reading

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