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    Yes, No, I Don’t Know, You Figure It Out. The Fluid Magisterium of Pope Francis He never says all that he has in mind, he just leaves it to guesswork. He allows everything to be brought up again … Continue reading →

Alice Von Hildebrand Sheds New Light on Fatima   By Father Brian W. Harrison,  O.S. OnePeterFive May 12, 2016 Featured, Mary, Special Feature, The Church, The Papacy Introductory commentary by Fr. Brian W. Harrison, O.S. Owing to a lack of … Continue reading →

Paul Ryan’s Awful Dilemma Jonathan S. Tobin /May 11, 2016 COMMENTARY MAGAZINE AP Photo/Evan Vucci Those who claim that House Speaker Paul Ryan did something cynical or self-interested by refusing to endorse Donald Trump last week were wrong. Ryan is … Continue reading →

  Reading Exercises. The “Amoris Laetitia” of Cardinal Müller In a monumental discourse in Spain, the prefect of the doctrine of the faith leads the post-synodal exhortation back to the course of the Church’s previous discipline. Too late. Because Francis … Continue reading →

  I have never said that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are EQUALLY evil.  I do not know how evil each of them are on a scale of 1 to 100.  I only know that, in my judgement they are … Continue reading →

DARK TIMES IN AMERICA By Dennis Prager Townhall 03 May 16 [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] As of tonight, we may know if Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential candidate. And, barring unforeseeable events, … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton and her Secretary and Constant Companion, Huma Abedin By Rachel Alexander May 6, 2016 • THE STREAM.ORG Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said she turned over all her work-related emails from her private server to the state … Continue reading →

Francis, Pope. More Infallible Than He There Is None He displays a willingness to reconsider the dogma of infallibility. But in reality he is vesting full power in himself much more than his immediate predecessors did. And he is acting … Continue reading →

Instructions For Not Losing the Way in the Labyrinth of “Amoris Lætitia” Intentionally written in a vague form, the post-synodal exhortation allows two opposite ways out. A Dominican theologian indicates the right one here. As in a little catechism, for … Continue reading →

The liturgical calendar is filled with events in the earthly life of Christ. The one time in the year when nothing seems to happen, when chronology is a vacuum, is that space between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.  But the … Continue reading →