Monthly Archives: September 2013

ISLAMISTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM FOR US; WE ARE THE PROBLEM, WE NEED TO RECOVER SOME SENSE OF OURSELVES BASED UPON OUR FAITH

Posted on September 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Robert R. Reilley The Islamist Spring and the West’s Decline September 04, 2013 An interview with Robert R. Reilly Alvino-Mario Fantini http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/2544/the_islamist_spring_and_the_wests_decline.aspx#.UigOU7yE7mr     Muslim worshipers attend Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at the Data Darbar … Continue reading →

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IF YOU ARE CONFLICTED ABOUT ASSAD’S USE OF SARAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT BE SHOCKED BY HIS INDIFFERENCE TO THE 2,000,000 SYRIANS WHO HAVE FLED SYRIA?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Syrian refugee camp in Jordan September 3, 2013, 8:30 p.m. ET Middle East Strains Under the Weight of Syria’s Two Million Refugees By NOUR MALAS The U.N. reported Tuesday that a staggering two million refugees have fled Syria’s civil … Continue reading →

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RELIGION CREATES ALTRUISM, THE ONLY FORCE STRONG ENOUGH TO DEFEAT EGOISM

Posted on September 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! CHARLES DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Darwin’s conundrum: Where does compassion come from? by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe September 4, 2013   http://www.jeffjacoby.com/13700/darwin-conundrum-where-does-compassion-come-from ALTRUISM PUZZLED puzzled Charles Darwin. If evolution was propelled by natural selection — by the … Continue reading →

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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST REFLECT ON THE SYRIA DEBACLE AND THE LESSONS OF IRAQ

Posted on September 3, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ASSAD BASHAR   BEST OF THE WEB TODAY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE September 3, 2013 Obama’s Cakewalk The Syria debacle and the lessons of Iraq.   By JAMES TARANTO     President Obama made a compelling moral case … Continue reading →

Posted in JUST WAR THEORY, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUCLEAR WAR, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM | 1 Comment

ROMANO GUARDINI REFLECTED ON THE POST-CONCILIAR LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Posted on September 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ROMANO GUARDINI     Forty-six years after the publication of his seminal work, The Spirit of the Liturgy, and after the promulgation of the Vatican II document, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Romano Guardini reflected on the challenges of the Liturgical Movement … Continue reading →

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THE ESSENCE OF A CATHOLIC WORLDVIEW

Posted on September 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Romano Guardini September 2, 2013 Romano Guardini: The Essence of a Catholic Worldview by David Foote Summer is at an end. For those of us in the world of education, the new academic year is upon us. As the … Continue reading →

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WE GET A GLIMPSE INTO THE CHARACTER OF PIETRO PAROLIN IN HIS REPORT ON HIS TRIP TO VIETNAM

Posted on September 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / Another Venetian at the top, after more than three centuries Similarities and differences between the only two Venetian secretaries of state in history: Pietro Parolin and the cardinal nephew of Alexander VIII. Both at the center … Continue reading →

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POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR A DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

Posted on September 1, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! September 1, 2013, Sunday — Pope Francis Calls for a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace on Saturday, September 7 “Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget … Continue reading →

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THE WORLD OF SATYRICON WENT ON FOR MANY YEARS, OUR WORLD IS NOT LIKELY TO DO THE SAME

Posted on September 1, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! August 27, 2013 4:00 AM An American Satyricon Our elites would be right at home in Petronius’s world of debauchery and bored melodrama. By Victor Davis Hanson NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE   Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform at the … Continue reading →

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