Yearly Archives: 2017

Is that sermon political? by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe February 5, 2017 http://www.jeffjacoby.com/19640/is-that-sermon-political   SHOULD PASTORS preach politics from the pulpit? Or should houses of worship be kept rigorously politics-free? Compelling arguments can be made both ways. Religious leaders … Continue reading →

HOMILY FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE A BISHOP RENE HENRY GRACIDA Sunday, February 5, 2017     Today is Super Bowl Sunday! Throughout the United States, and even in many foreign countries, television sets will be tuned … Continue reading →

Coincidence or More?  Multiple Moves Against Tradition, Orthodoxy in Recent Days – Including in San Antonio January 23, 2017 Posted by Tantumblogo in abdication of duty, disaster, episcopate, error, foolishness, General Catholic, horror, Latin Mass, Liturgy, persecution, Revolution, scandals, secularism, Society, the return, the struggle for the Church. trackbackThere is an old saying: once is happenstance, twice … Continue reading →

February 3, 2017, 12:04 am Neil Gorsuch’s opponents are in no position to defeat his nomination. THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE The recent history of conservatives and the Supreme Court looks a lot like Charlie Brown kicking at the football, the Washington … Continue reading →

  Chaos in the German Church in the Wake of the New Pastoral Guidelines Maike Hickson February 3, 2017 OnePeterFive [Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum] Just two days after the official publication of the new pastoral guidelines … Continue reading →

Image: Werdenberg, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Swiss Bishop Remains Faithful to Traditional Teaching on Marriage in His Own Guidelines Maike Hickson February 3, 2017 OnePeterFive [Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum] {Oh the irony of it !!!  I love … Continue reading →

THE LAST SUPPER by Carravagio Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister  03 feb On the Medicine for Sinners, the Conflicting Prescriptions of Ratzinger and Bergoglio [EMPHASIS AND {COMMENTARY} IN RED TYPE BY ABYSSUM] Given the instructions of the bishops of the region … Continue reading →

  Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. —————————————————————————————————————     Forget the Syrian Civil War for a moment. Even without the Sunnis and Shiites competing to give … Continue reading →

FEBRUARY 3, 2017 A Bannon Apologia AUSTIN RUSE CRISIS MAGAZINE . . Out of the blue in the summer of 2014, I received an email from Steve Bannon asking if I ever published anyplace other than Crisis and would I be interested in … Continue reading →

‘Clarification is gravely needed’: international priests’ association gives support to dubia by Dan Hitchens posted Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017Priests in Westminster Cathedral (mazur/catholicnews.org.uk) The Confraternities of Catholic Clergy said the dubia would help to clear up confusion An international association of Catholic … Continue reading →