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Putin Wants His Own Monroe Doctrine

February 12, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Putin Wants His Own Monroe Doctrine

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN When the Union was fighting to preserve itself in the Civil War, the France of Napoleon III moved troops into Mexico, overthrew the regime of Benito Juarez, set up a monarchy and put Austrian Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg on the throne as Emperor of Mexico — one month before Gettysburg.Preoccupied, the Union did nothing.At war’s end, in 1865, however, at the urging of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman, the Union sent 40,000 troops to the Mexican border.Secretary of State William Seward dispatched Gen. John Schofield to Paris with the following instructions: “I want you to get your legs under Napoleon’s mahogany and tell him he must get out of Mexico.”The U.S. troops on Mexico’s…Continue Reading

Las Vegas Bishop . . . Asks Pro-Abortion Catholic Pols Not To Present Themselves For Holy Communion

February 11, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Las Vegas Bishop . . . Asks Pro-Abortion Catholic Pols Not To Present Themselves For Holy Communion

By JONAH McKEOWN LAS VEGAS (CNA) — The bishop of Las Vegas, responding to a pro-abortion column written by a Catholic politician, has asked all Catholic politicians who do not agree with the Church’s teaching on abortion not to present themselves for Holy Communion.“It is my sincere hope that Catholic politicians and Catholics at large take this moment to look deeply into their own hearts, and re-examine the church’s moral conviction on the inviolability and dignity of human life,” Bishop George Thomas wrote January 24.“If a politician from the Diocese of Las Vegas finds himself or herself at odds with the church’s teaching on the sacredness of human life, I ask him or her voluntarily to refrain from the reception…Continue Reading

After Suspension For Praying At Abortion Facility . . . Catholic Cop Wins $75K Settlement

February 10, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on After Suspension For Praying At Abortion Facility . . . Catholic Cop Wins $75K Settlement

By KATIE YODER WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — The city of Louisville, Ky., is paying a local police officer a $75,000 settlement after he was suspended for praying outside an abortion facility, according to the firm representing him.Officer Matthew Schrenger was off-duty when he stopped to pray with his father on the public sidewalk outside the EMW Women’s Surgical Center nearly a year ago, on February 20, according to the Thomas More Society. Schrenger arrived in the early morning, before the abortion provider opened, as part of 40 Days for Life, an international grassroots campaign dedicated to ending abortion through prayer and fasting.Matt Heffron, senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, previously said that Schrenger, a 13-year police veteran, was praying…Continue Reading

Abortion And Social Disintegration

February 9, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Abortion And Social Disintegration

By FR. MICHAEL P. ORSI (Editor’s Note: This essay is based on a homily delivered by Fr. Orsi. It can be viewed online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=aLTZ0Erp2oY.) + + Over the past few months our country has been in a state of some turmoil. Any of several common expressions could describe this condition: “Society is beginning to fray.” “Things are coming apart at the seams.” “We’re on a downward spiral.”Choose whichever one you like. They all speak to a social situation that’s increasingly disordered in a variety of ways.For instance, we’re experiencing a rise in traffic accidents. At a time when fewer people have been driving, because of COVID, accidents are up 18 percent, with a 7 percent rise in deaths from…Continue Reading

Fauci Is Also Involved In Ghoulish Baby Body-Part Research

February 8, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Fauci Is Also Involved In Ghoulish Baby Body-Part Research

By BARBARA SIMPSON (Editor’s Note: This commentary first appeared January 28 on WorldNetDaily and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + The news was filled with the issue of abortion as thousands gathered from across the country for the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally. It’s reported that the mood among the marchers is that the end of legal abortion is near.The march this year was held the day before the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which established the constitutional right to an abortion.Given that the Court will be handing down an upcoming decision concerning a Mississippi abortion law, there is a mood among many that it could result in overturning Roe. Time…Continue Reading

Read ’Em And Weep

February 7, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Read ’Em And Weep

By DEACON JAMES H. TONER (Editor’s Note: Deacon James H. Toner, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Leadership and Ethics at the U.S. Air War College, a former U.S. Army officer, and author of Morals Under the Gun and other books. He has also taught at Notre Dame, Norwich, Auburn, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He serves in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C.) + + The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently posted a message about the Church’s “synod on synodality,” promoting seven attitudes “we can all adopt as we continue our synodal journey together.” Readers were asked which of the seven attitudes inspired them the most. The ill-considered post was greeted, however, by an…Continue Reading

Is Truth Objective?

February 6, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Is Truth Objective?

By DONALD DeMARCO The question concerning the objectivity of truth is deceptive. It presupposes that truth might not be objective. But truth and objectivity are inseparable. From a philosophical perspective, the question is rather odd, like asking whether a lion is an animal. The assertion that a lion is an animal at the same time tells a truth about the lion and is never questioned. No one ever raises the question. It would never appear in a zoology text. Yet, this curious question concerning the objectivity of truth is standard fare for philosophy textbooks.Perhaps the best and most convincing way to answer the problem is to approach it from the rear. Everyone knows that there is such a thing as…Continue Reading

Wanderer Contributor Rey Flores Dies

February 5, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Wanderer Contributor Rey Flores Dies

Rey Flores, who contributed book reviews, reports, and commentaries to The Wanderer for years, died in Omaha, Neb., died on January 31. He was in hospice care with massive organ failure.Originally from Chicago, Rey served in a number of key positions, including: Grassroots Outreach at Leadership Institute: Director of Outreach at American Life League; CCHD Director at the Archdiocese of Chicago.Joseph Matt, publisher of The Wanderer, stated: “Rey Flores was a colorful guy who was never without a story or a strong opinion on any matter. Rey was the kind of person you wanted on your side — a natural street fighter kind of a guy who, if he liked you, would stand up for you. Rey, who found himself…Continue Reading

NATO — Strategic Asset Or Liability?

February 5, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on NATO — Strategic Asset Or Liability?

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America’s fighting a war with Russia?No, it is not. And this is why President Joe Biden has declared that the U.S. will not become militarily involved should Russia invade Ukraine.Biden is saying that, no matter our sentiments, our vital interests dictate staying out of a Russia-Ukraine war.But why then does Secretary of State Antony Blinken continue to insist there is an “open door” for Ukraine to NATO membership — when that would require us to do what U.S. vital interests dictate we not do: fight a war with Russia for Ukraine?NATO’s “open door policy” is based on Article 10, which declares that NATO members, “may, by unanimous…Continue Reading

Chicago Priests In Springfield . . . To Celebrate Novus Ordo On First Sundays

February 4, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Chicago Priests In Springfield . . . To Celebrate Novus Ordo On First Sundays

By CHRISTINE ROUSELLE SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNA) — The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has instituted regulations on members of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius serving there that are similar to those of the Archdiocese of Chicago, where the canons are incardinated.The canons regular are under the canonical authority of the archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cardinal Cupich.“All Masses celebrated by the Canons Regular in the Diocese of Springfield will be celebrated on the first Sunday of the month according to the Novus Ordo,” said a January 25 policy of the Springfield Diocese.Additionally, the policy regarding the canons’ parish in Springfield stated that a “plan of catechesis” will be issued in order to “assist and accompany those attached to the…Continue Reading