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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Bottom of the ninth. What did the bishops do? Did they hit a home run?
At The Catholic Thing there is a good description by David Carlin of the miserable, enervated choke the bishops showed the world at their last USCCB meeting. As my dad, a connoisseur of baseball puts it, it’s hard to win with … Read More
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Prayers “Pro defensione ab hostibus… for defense against enemies”
The analogy of the Great Horse of Troy doesn’t quite work (the attackers were hidden from sight). The ruse de guerre of slipping through enemy lines while wearing enemy uniforms doesn’t quite work (you have to remove the disguise before … Read More
Ralph Martin’s surprising Vladimir Putin video
You have perhaps read my theory that, as the demographic sink-hole continues to gobble up Catholic who are falling away. I believe that, eventually, there will be left three groups, traditionalists (no matter what the cruel hierarchy tries to do … Read More
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Personal, home, cyber security and YOU
I have written many times about preparedness for emergencies, having a plan that your loved ones understand for various scenarios. I have written many times about situational awareness and having gamed our in your head various possibilities in the case … Read More
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The Anti-Catholic Pogrom continues” Today… in Rome itself
I was informed that Rome had more bad news for us all… I include those who are dedicated to the Novus Ordo. Remember… Novus Ordo fans! Hurt one, all are wounded. You are wounded by the persecution of those who … Read More
ITALY: Vocations to the priesthood waaaaaay down
From VaticanNews.va in Italian: Italy, CEI: fewer seminarians, families may be a nursery for vocations [What’s….. family?] The data of a report by the Italian Bishops’ Conference reveal that in just ten years the decline in vocations has reached 28%: … Read More
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A dying Catholic school reborn and flourishing
At Crisis there is a wonderful piece about the revival of a dying Catholic school through the application of – dare I say it – Catholic common sense. HERE The school is attached to Sacred Heart parish in Grand Rapids, … Read More
Majority of Catholics don’t know about the cruel attempt to suppress the Traditional Latin Mass. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
We need to work harder, friends. Some time ago, Pew Research Center did a poll and found that “Two-thirds of U.S. Catholics unaware of pope’s new restrictions on traditional Latin Mass”. HERE This is interesting, because it shows how Catholic … Read More
More (bad) news about the Philadelphia Carmel
Some months ago we read about the travails of the grand Carmel in Philadelphia, established shortly after the dies natalis of St. Therese di Lisieux. At LifeSite we now read what we suspected: Vatican on the verge of closing down … Read More
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