Monthly Archives: August 2016

When I was a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami, I learned an important lesson that has served me well throughout the years as priest and bishop. I learned that the wishes, the intention of persons requesting certain things be … Continue reading →

Interior of the Opera House in Graz, Austria August 22, 2016 When An Opera Is Like a Vatican II Liturgy Kevin T. DiCamillo CRISIS MAGAZINE Angels-Singing-in-Tune_Hubert and Jan Van Eyck Years (and years) ago I went to an opera in … Continue reading →

The Conversion of Saint Paul by Caravaggio . . The Conversion of the Lemann Brothers The Lemann brothers were Jews, twin brothers orphaned at an early age, and raised by their uncles and aunts in a wealthy, aristocratic Jewish family … Continue reading →

Judas Pontius Kaine CATHOLIC STAND 21 AUG 16 Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D. { If something should happen to Hillary Clinton (e.g. be indicted for lying to Congress or be impeached and removed for “high crimes and misdemeanors”) Time Kaine would … Continue reading →

GEORGE SOROS The DCLeaks document dump exposes the pro-Islamist Left’s sinister attempt to slime truth-tellers about Jihad. August 19, 2016 Matthew Vadum Michael Finch info@horowitzfreedomcenter.org via bluehornet.com {I remind my readers that in 2008, when Barack Hussein Obama was in … Continue reading →

Fr. Gerald E. Murray THE CATHOLIC THING Sunday, August 21, 2016 In July, the priests at Holy Family Church in New York City, where I serve as pastor, returned to the practice of celebrating the Holy Mass facing the liturgical … Continue reading →

Is ‘corruption’ the right way to describe the dysfunction of the Catholic hierarchy? by Phil Lawler catholic church August 19, 2016 (CatholicCulture.org) — Several readers have questioned my use of the term “corruption” to describe the current state of the … Continue reading →

Nicolas Berggruen is shown here with his son Alexander. Nicolas Berggruen is the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, born in Germany, a citizen of both Germany and the United States. He is a multi-billionaire. He started … Continue reading →

In God We Trust- Living with the Author of Life by Father Gordon MacRae 17 AUGUST 16 THESE STONE WALLS Seeing God in suffering in a world in semi-darkness is a great spiritual challenge of our age. Father Benedict Groeschel … Continue reading →

FOR THE SOCRATIC METHOD TO WORK THERE MUST BE GOODWILL ON BOTH SIDES by Charlie Johnston THE NEXT RIGHT STEP 14 AUGUST 16 Susan Skinner’s marvelous piece on “Purity and the Domestic Church” drew an interesting response. Much of it … Continue reading →