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Soviet-Style “Psych” Tactics . . . Used Against Priests By Bishops

September 29, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Soviet-Style “Psych” Tactics . . . Used Against Priests By Bishops

By FR. JOHN ZUHLSDORF (Editor’s Note: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf posted this commentary September 25 on his blog, http://wdtprs.com/blog/. It is reprinted here with permission. See this week’s Newsnotes column for another view of St. Luke’s.) + + + What I am about to post, read carefully. Over the last few months I have been contacted by diocesan priests (and a religious) who were being sent by their bishops (superior) to be “evaluated” at one of these psych clinics for clergy. The most (in)famous of these in these USA is St. Luke’s in Maryland. The pattern is alarmingly similar. The priest has some sort of dust-up in the parish (or wherever). For example, a woman gets angry because he preached about…Continue Reading

What Precisely Is Pope Francis Driving At With Clericalism?

September 28, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on What Precisely Is Pope Francis Driving At With Clericalism?

By Shaun Kenney Pope Francis seems to be taking great aim at clericalism as of late. To an American ear, it sounds rather tinny, much like “gorn” has a sort of woody connotation (extra points if you get the reference). After all, the laity isn’t guilty of clericalism. We didn’t create this crisis in 2018, and we certainly didn’t bring this crisis to a head in 2002 during the “Long Lent.” So what precisely is Pope Francis driving at? One thing to consider is that, when mentioning clericalism, he is indeed taking direct aim at the American cardinals and speaking through history while doing so, and in a typically Jesuitical manner, taking out two birds with one stone. A short…Continue Reading

Andy’s “Swing Around The Circle”… And Its Possible Meaning For Today

September 27, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Andy’s “Swing Around The Circle”… And Its Possible Meaning For Today

By MIKE MANNO I’ve mentioned in these pages before that I’m a history buff; not an expert, not a historian, just a plain old buff. I love it, I read it, and I look for lessons from it. Some lessons are cautionary tales, some are not. Sometimes we only find out which after the fact. By my calendar there are only five weeks left before the 2018 midterm elections. The economy is great, the nation is prosperous, and we seem to be on the road to victory in numerous international challenges that seemed out of reach only a few short years ago. So why do the polls indicate that the Republicans may lose the House and perhaps the Senate as…Continue Reading

“A Republic — If You Can Keep It” — Benjamin Franklin, on leaving the Constitutional Convention, 1787

September 26, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on “A Republic — If You Can Keep It” — Benjamin Franklin, on leaving the Constitutional Convention, 1787

BY CHRISTOPHER MANION Every year on September 17, America celebrates Constitution Day, commemorating the signing of the Constitution in 1787. This year, Hillary Clinton used the occasion to complain that she would have won the presidency in 2016, had it not been for the Constitution. The Constitution, apparently, is undemocratic, and Mrs. Clinton champions democracy, “our birthright as Americans.” Of course, she ignores the Founding Fathers, who detested democracy. They believed that our birthright is liberty. They knew their Aristotle: in his Politics, he carefully explains how democracy, the rule of the mob, leads to the rise of the tyrant. Some 750 years later, St. Augustine discerned a simple truth that inspired Western Civilization for over a thousand years. Aristotle…Continue Reading

Debris From Hurricane Or Dems?. . . Foes Want To Prolong Foul Weather For Judge Kavanaugh

September 25, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Debris From Hurricane Or Dems?. . . Foes Want To Prolong Foul Weather For Judge Kavanaugh

By DEXTER DUGGAN Two major hurricanes scattered their damage along the East Coast as mid-September passed — Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and Hurricane Christine in Washington, D.C. The Atlantic coast weathered many vicious swirling storms over the years despite their destructive force. Damaging sexual allegations against Republican nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court don’t have so long a history, but perhaps have a greater potential to change the nation’s course. Excitable Democratic Party meteorologists did their part to imitate a Weather Channel TV reporter in North Carolina. He heightened the drama on September 14 by appearing to stagger against monstrous winds at that moment even though two young men in the background casually strolled past without bracing their muscles…Continue Reading

The Death Of A Young Woman Shows… The Arrogance And Negligence Of The Abortion Industry

September 24, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on The Death Of A Young Woman Shows… The Arrogance And Negligence Of The Abortion Industry

By REY FLORES How many times have we heard the pro-abortion, third-wave feminists scream and cry about “safe and legal” abortions? We hear that all the time, especially when their precious Roe v. Wade appears to be under threat, imagined or not. What happened to a healthy 23-year-old woman in Albuquerque, N.M., last year should have never happened to her — or to anyone else. Of course, all abortions are unsafe, especially to the unborn child who loses his or her life. In regard to the safety and health of the mothers seeking an abortion, that’s a whole different story, particularly during a late-term abortion procedure. The later in the pregnancy, the higher the risks to a woman seeking to…Continue Reading

How Many Good Priests Did We Lose?

September 23, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on How Many Good Priests Did We Lose?

By SHAUN KENNEY On pilgrimage in Nazareth, I had the opportunity to spend time with Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan in 1999, just a year before he passed. Ryan was responsible for the construction of many of the refugee camps in the Holy Land during the 1950s with the Pontifical Mission for Palestine before eventually moving on to shepherd the Military Archdiocese of Washington. He was older, but still every bit the old Marine who stormed the beaches of Okinawa. Unfortunately, the hill that we had to walk to get to the Basilica of the Annunciation was too steep, and I and one other pilgrim stayed behind to sit in the shade and drink water. Ryan and I chatted for some…Continue Reading

Chair of Peter Remains Silent . . . U.S. Bishops Issue New Guidelines

September 22, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Chair of Peter Remains Silent . . . U.S. Bishops Issue New Guidelines

By JOSEPH MATT As the dark cloud of Archbishop Carlo Viganò’s testimony continues to linger over the Vatican, silence is the order of the day from the Chair of Peter. As you recall last week the U.S. bishops sent a delegation to the Vatican, lead by Cardinal DiNardo, requesting a full investigation from the Vatican into allegations contained in Archbishop Viganò testimony and the many accusations involving former Cardinal McCarrick who allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with children and adult seminarians. As of this writing it appears the U.S. bishops are on their own concerning any investigation into the matter. Pope Francis essentially sent them home with prayers and his deep concern for the matter. The Pope evidently is operating…Continue Reading

Hello, Bella…Conspiracy Anyone?

September 21, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Hello, Bella…Conspiracy Anyone?

By MIKE MANNO In May of 1972 a French Protestant nurse, who later became a Catholic nun, Marie Carré, published a “memoir” entitled ES-1025; Élève Séminariste. The book was later translated into English and published in the United States as AA-1025; The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle. The story was about a nurse who treated an unknown man after a traffic accident. The man, who carried no identification, never regained consciousness and later died. In trying to find the man’s identity, the nurse, presumably Carré, found his briefcase and in it found a 100-page memoir on which the man had been working. The memoir was the story of how he had become a priest at the behest of the Soviet Communist…Continue Reading

Fly Them To The Moon . . . Senate Dem Hand Puppets Turn Lunatic In Kavanaugh Attacks

September 20, 2018 Frontpage Comments Off on Fly Them To The Moon . . . Senate Dem Hand Puppets Turn Lunatic In Kavanaugh Attacks

By DEXTER DUGGAN The batter slides safely into first base then looks up expectantly at the scoreboard to see his “home run” added to his team’s total before he can return to the dugout to high-five with fellow players. The homer doesn’t appear up in the lights and the batter starts complaining. The exasperated first-base umpire reminds him that he has three more spots to go around the infield before he can score a run. The press box starts to buzz with complaints that the batter is having to battle umpire bias because of race or nationality or gender, and that he certainly scored a run by reaching the first bag safely. Both the batter’s manager and a delegation of…Continue Reading