Author Archives: abyssum

The two Mary’s weep at the foot of the cross. I can’t say I was especially surprised by the revelation that Michael Voris‘ past sins involved living an active homosexual lifestyle. He’s candid about being a terrible sinner before he … Continue reading →

    Ignatius Press enlists priest-bloggers: Eleven Cardinals book @ divorced and remarried receiving Communion? You’ll remember that Ignatius Press published the famous book – ‘Remaining in the truth of Christ’ – just before the 2014 Synod on the Family, and that copies … Continue reading →

Realism and Islam April 17, 2016 THE CHURCH WORLD REPORT Our leaders cannot comprehend what is going on, either when a whole Western civilization loses its faith and moral standards or when Islam reawakens to the implications of its own … Continue reading →

  Muslim Illegals and Refugees Now Flowing Into the US. Are Radicals Among Them? Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Migrants and refugees from Afghanistan and Syria stand in line at the Port of Mytelene prior boarding a ferry, on March 9, 2016 … Continue reading →

  There is an account of some poor man with nothing to say for himself, nonetheless begging Alexander the Great for a pittance, only to be astonished when the king handed him more than a few gold coins. “Why gold … Continue reading →

  OpinionCatholic Church, Specialty pages, Vatican Synod on the FamilyWed Apr 13, 2016 – 1:05 pm EST Priest: Pope Francis’ pastoral revolution goes against 2,000 years of tradition By Father Brian W. Harrison, O.S. catholic , pope francis , synod … Continue reading →

  North Carolina’s Bathroom Bill and the Constitution by E. Gregory Wallace within Constitutional Law, Sexuality Apr 13, 2016 07:00 am http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/04/16743/ North Carolina’s state legislature recently passed HB2, requiring governmental bathrooms and locker rooms to be separate based on biological sex. Despite … Continue reading →

ALWAYS FEAR, ALWAYS LOVE by Matthew Schmidt FIRST THINGS 14 April 16 Shame and bitterness overcame me when the priest said that my parents were not married. They had spent thirty years together and had raised three children, but because … Continue reading →

THE STUBBORN SAME USE-ORIENTED INDIVIDUALISM by R. R. Reno FIRST THINGS 14 April 16 The Apostolic Exhortation on the Family, Amoris Laetitia, brings into the open a disturbing trend in this pontificate. Ironically, Pope Francis’s pastoral vision seems to entail … Continue reading →

Lisa Bourne LIFESITE NEWS Apr 15, 2016 – 8:30 pm EST Parents fighting hospital to keep 2-year-old son on life support brain death SACRAMENTO, California, April 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – A little California boy’s life hangs in the balance as … Continue reading →