Monthly Archives: November 2015

!!!!   All the Toil of Being Primate of Italy A biting critique of the address with which Pope Francis has given the Italian Church its marching orders, appealing to the “people” against the bishops. The author: Professor Pietro De … Continue reading →

!!!! Perhaps Ben Carson can’t see it, but between his flippant remark about the effort to save Terri Schiavo’s life being “much ado about nothing” and his FB post in the wake of Brittany Maynard’s death describing how to, in … Continue reading →

!!!! The Nightmare at Elm Street Hospital: A Horror Story LES FEMMES Sunday, November 15, 2015  You’re in a hospital room. It’s stark and cold. You are sitting in a chair next to a bed where a figure lies very … Continue reading →

!!!! Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during the Sunshine Summit conference in Orlando on Friday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)   Ben Carson says the Terri Schiavo case was ‘much ado about nothing’ By Ed O’Keefe THE WASHINGTON POST November 13, … Continue reading →

!!!! The first group of Syrian refugees arrives in New Orleans, note the absence of women and children and the men appear to be young men. Breaking! They’re heeeeeere! First load of 10,000 Syrian refugees has arrived in New Orleans, … Continue reading →

!!!! COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY   DEADLY NIGHT OF TERROR IN PARIS At least 118 executed by terrorist gunmen inside concert hall; at least 40 others are dead in a series of coordinated attacks BREAKING NEWS: TERRORISTS WIELDING AK-47S … Continue reading →

!!!! FRIDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2015 Signs of push-back against Obergefell BY MICHAEL COOK MERCATOR Arguing for same-sex divorce before Mississippi’s Supreme Court [ Emphasis {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] Not all American states have placidly accepted the Supreme … Continue reading →

!!!! A Generation that Hates Free Speech by Noah Rothman Nov. 12, 2015 COMMENTARY It’s beginning to become hard to ignore how woefully ignorant a burgeoning generation of Americans seems to be in even the bedrock philosophical tenets upon which … Continue reading →

!!!! Dr. John Lahey   NYC Parade Chairman and Critic of St. Patrick Harvests Fetal Tissue by Joseph Schaeffer CRISIS MAGAZINE A Voice for the Faithful Catholic People November 12, 2015 [ Emphasis {commentary} in red type by Abyssum } … Continue reading →

!!!!   On the “Dying” of Europe James V. Schall, S.J. THE CATHOLIC THING Tuesday, November 10, 2015 The striking opening sentence of an essay by Bret Stephens in the October 19, Wall Street Journal reads: “The death of Europe … Continue reading →