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The Spread Of Classical Education And Why It Matters

August 18, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on The Spread Of Classical Education And Why It Matters

By FR. SHENAN J. BOQUET (Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on HLI.org, the website of Human Life International, and it is reprinted here with permission. Fr. Shenan J. Boquet is president of HLI.) + + “The human being is a creature with a built-in desire for God, even though this desire often goes by other names such as the desire for beauty or the pursuit of happiness, and is often not articulated or recognized at all. . . . Human culture is best and most fundamentally understood as an expression of that desire” — Michael Hanby, Why Better Catholic Education is Better Education.Sadly, all signs point to the reality that the pandemic was devastating for children, both in terms…Continue Reading

The Power Of Setting Boundaries In The Sacred Liturgy

August 17, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on The Power Of Setting Boundaries In The Sacred Liturgy

By JAMES MONTI Anyone who has ever done any long-distance driving has likely experienced the wonder and sense of mystery that crossing the border from one town or village to another often brings, a sense of discovering and experiencing a new realm not seen before.In the ancient world and in medieval Europe, the impact of these crossings was accentuated and made all the more dramatic by the presence of city walls that totally enclosed a town or city, with entry possible only by means of a gate or portal. Many of these city fortifications have remained standing to the present day. Biblical Jerusalem is the supreme earthly example of this, with the Sacred Scriptures speaking of the splendor of entering…Continue Reading

Sowing The Seeds Of Synodality

August 16, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Sowing The Seeds Of Synodality

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Where did these “Synods” come from, anyway?According to the Catholic news source ZENIT:“The term ‘synod’ stems from two Greek words: ‘syn,’ which means ‘together,’ and ‘hodos,’ which means ‘way,’ in other words, to ‘come together, to walk together’.”“The institution of the synod of bishops was established by Paul VI on September 15, 1965,” ZENIT continues, “in keeping with the request of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, to maintain the collegial spirit fostered by the council.”“In synod assemblies, the Holy Father and the bishops generally discuss questions relating to the universal Church, although they can also address issues of local Churches. Usually, the participants are representatives of the episcopate.”And finally, “the synod exercises its function primarily…Continue Reading

Pope Adrian VI, The One And Only Dutch Pontiff

August 15, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Pope Adrian VI, The One And Only Dutch Pontiff

By RAY CAVANAUGH Before John Paul II, you have to go back almost five centuries to find a non-Italian Pontiff. A Dutchman, Pope Adrian VI, was a compromise choice between quarreling factions of the papal conclave.His brief papacy was at an especially tumultuous time: Rome was beset by the plague; the Ottoman Empire was menacing Eastern Europe; a newly excommunicated Martin Luther was on the schismatic warpath; the Church treasury had been decimated by lavish spending; and the Roman hierarchy and populace largely resented him.Adrian died 500 years ago on September 14, 1523, just 20 months into his pontificate. He was so unpopular at the time of his death that his doctor received bouquets of flowers as gratitude for failing…Continue Reading

Toxic Femininity

August 14, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Toxic Femininity

By DEACON MIKE MANNO I saw last week a news story reporting that adolescent boys as they near voting age are becoming conservative politically. Myself I’d like to see them become more Catholic and Christian, but I suppose I can live with conservative.Girls, on the other hand, are trending liberal. Jean Twenger, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University was quoted as saying, “Among liberals, the future is female. And among conservatives, the future is male.”My first reaction to the news was that it was no surprise to me. For some years I’ve been watching young boys pushed to the sidelines while schools, teachers, and society measured conduct by a girls’ standard. Let me give you an example:When…Continue Reading

Biden At Grand Canyon . . . Famed Abyss Not As Vast A Gap As Joe Still Digging Through U.S.

August 13, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Biden At Grand Canyon . . . Famed Abyss Not As Vast A Gap As Joe Still Digging Through U.S.

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — When Joe Biden showed up at northern Arizona’s famed abyss, the Grand Canyon, on August 8, he was next to a whale of a hole, but even it wasn’t as huge as the gap he keeps digging between himself and the American people.This dementia patient can’t seem to grasp how people’s loathing and disgust toward him and the dangers he poses to national safety only grow as he prances — or stumbles — around posing as some sort of moral hero.The bribes-clutching bad Catholic and sinner-in-chief Biden lied that a new land grab he was imposing near the Grand Canyon “is good for the soul of the nation” — even though protecting the nation’s soul…Continue Reading

The Synodal Stage Is Set

August 12, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on The Synodal Stage Is Set

By CHRISTOPHER MANION While the Culture of Death raged, Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI defended Humanae Vitae’s magisterial teaching throughout their pontificates. In fact, bishops gathered at the Synod on the Family in 2015, while acknowledging “the growth of a contraceptive mentality and abortion” (n. 7), wrote that Pope Paul’s encyclical, “ought to be taken up anew so as to awaken in people an openness to life” (n. 63).But two years later, when Pope Francis took over the Pontifical Academy for Life, he opened a door to dissent that has pretended to speak with the Vatican’s “voice of authority” ever since.And that dissent is getting louder.Pope John Paul II had founded the Academy in 1994 “to…Continue Reading

Some Thoughts On Chesterton

August 11, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Some Thoughts On Chesterton

By JOHN YOUNG In his autobiography, G.K Chesterton remarks that some people in writing of their life curse everything and everyone for making them what they are. He adds that he is not too sure what he is, but he is pretty sure that it is mainly his own fault.This is an indication of his character. The same attitude of humility is indicated in an early letter. It is an imaginary dialogue between a cosmos and a pessimist, with the cosmos representing God.The pessimist is reasonably satisfied with the world, but complains that there should be a tree halfway up a hillside. The cosmos replies: “First permit me to reduce you to nothing, and then we will discuss the matter.”He…Continue Reading

Bathroom Apartheid, Self-Identified Gender, And Other Progressive Solecisms

August 10, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Bathroom Apartheid, Self-Identified Gender, And Other Progressive Solecisms

By HARLEY PRICE (Editor’s Note: This article is based on one of the 46 essays in Price’s new book, Give Speech a Chance: Heretical Essays on What You Can’t Say or Even Think, available from fgfbooks.com and Amazon.) + + Such is the speed with which progressives have habitually managed to overthrow, one by one, the universal consensual norms, traditional social arrangements, and self-evident truths upon which Western civilization has been sustained for millennia, that it needn’t come as a shock to recall that it was a mere seven years ago that President Obama, America’s “hope-and-change” president, became America’s hope-and-sex-change president, when he issued his solemn directive to the effect that access to the bathrooms and locker rooms of one’s…Continue Reading

World Instability Grows . . . Biden’s Faltering Image Encourages Volatility On Global Scene

August 9, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on World Instability Grows . . . Biden’s Faltering Image Encourages Volatility On Global Scene

By DEXTER DUGGAN A Reuters news service video posted July 28 showed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reviewing a military parade, standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Russian and Chinese officials. As missiles rolled by on carriages, the men stood amid lines of elderly-looking military officers with their chests covered with medals.The medals plastered all over their chests probably would have provided as much protection as bulletproof vests. Did they earn these medals maybe 40 years ago? Or are medals still awarded at their ages for being able to tie their shoes?An Associated Press story posted July 27 said that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was visiting “to discuss military issues and the regional security environment, [North Korean] state…Continue Reading