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At Family Conference . . . Journalist Exposes BBC Bias At Family Conference

August 6, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on At Family Conference . . . Journalist Exposes BBC Bias At Family Conference

By PIERS SHEPHERD ASHFORD, United Kingdom — The BBC has long been one of the world’s most respected broadcasters. However, a former BBC journalist has shone a light on that corporation’s strong liberal bias, revealing it to be a battering ram for what it considers “progressive values.”Robin Aitken worked for 25 years across all levels of the BBC. In a recent address to the annual conference of the Family Education Trust, Aitken explained that the BBC has a cultural reach greater than any other British institution. Over 90 percent of the British population uses its services every week. The corporation is funded by a license fee that everyone who possesses and watches a television must pay. It is claimed that…Continue Reading

Vatican Increases “Liquid Assets”. . . As It Faces Financial Impact Of Pandemic

August 5, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Vatican Increases “Liquid Assets”. . . As It Faces Financial Impact Of Pandemic

By HANNAH BROCKHAUS VATICAN CITY (CNA) — The Vatican is working to maintain “‘pockets’ of precautionary liquidity” as it faces the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, two officials of the Roman Curia said.On July 24, the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy and APSA (The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See) released consolidated balance sheets for the year 2020.This was the first time APSA, which oversees the Vatican’s real estate holdings and other sovereign assets, presented a balance and details about its investment portfolio to the public.Bishop Nunzio Galantino, head of APSA, told Vatican News July 24 that going forward, the Roman Curia’s “financial investment plan will remain prudential” and “characterized by a correct balance between risk and…Continue Reading

Fr. Jacques Hamel… Catholic Priest Honored Five Years After Murder

August 4, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Fr. Jacques Hamel… Catholic Priest Honored Five Years After Murder

SAINT-ÉTIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY (CNA) — Catholic Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen celebrated a Mass on Monday, July 26 marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel in a terrorist attack.The Mass took place at the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, in northern France, where Hamel was killed by supporters of the Islamic State during Mass on July 26, 2016.In his homily, based on the day’s Gospel reading, Lebrun said: “The Kingdom of God is built from the smallest of seeds or a little leaven. How can we not think of Fr. Jacques Hamel, an anti-celebrity priest, working in a parish that was apparently little-noticed, who sowed by his presence, by his welcome, by his preaching?”“It takes time, the time of the…Continue Reading

“At Odds With The Restrictions”. . . DC Cardinal Rescinds Permission For TLM At National Shrine

August 3, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on “At Odds With The Restrictions”. . . DC Cardinal Rescinds Permission For TLM At National Shrine

By DAVID McLOONE (Editor’s Note: LifeSiteNews published this commentary on July 28. Fr. John Hunwicke, on his Mutual Enrichment blog, cited Fr. John T. Zuhlsdorf at his wdtprs.com blog and said: “According to Fr. Zed, an American cardinal called Gregory has forbidden an Authentic Form Mass in an American church which…is NOT a ‘parish church’ [a dreaded parish church, in Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s words].“Simply a tyranny, isn’t it, all this. You have to guess what Hitler or Stalin or that North Korean chappy really want, then you have to enforce it. If you know what’s good for you.”) + + Hot on the heels of the Pope’s bombshell motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), Wilton Cardinal…Continue Reading

Web Designer Will Appeal… Tenth Circuit Says Colorado Can Force Her To Create Objectionable Websites

August 2, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Web Designer Will Appeal… Tenth Circuit Says Colorado Can Force Her To Create Objectionable Websites

DENVER — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled 2-1 Monday, July 26 that the state of Colorado can force a web designer, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, to design and publish websites promoting messages that violate her religious beliefs. The law at issue also gags the designer, Lorie Smith of 303 Creative, from even explaining on her company’s website what websites she can create consistent with her religious beliefs.“The government should never force creative professionals to promote a message or cause with which they disagree. That is quintessential free speech and artistic freedom,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch.“Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips has been harassed for years; Washington…Continue Reading

The Importance Of Humor In A Time Like This

August 1, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on The Importance Of Humor In A Time Like This

By DONALD DeMARCO “Do not abandon yourselves to despair,” said Pope St. John Paul II. “We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” Such a joyful declaration should give all of us renewed hope. And our hallelujah song should be a happy heart that is filled with merriment.In his Summa Theologiae, St. Thomas Aquinas affirms what the pagan philosopher Seneca said about humor: “Bear yourself with wit, lest you be regarded as sour or despised as dull” (ST, II-II, Q. 168, Art. 4). Aquinas is critical of those who “lack playfulness.” On the other hand, he praises those who say things “to make you smile.” Humor, for Aquinas, is not only important, it is necessary. “Those words and…Continue Reading

Why The Left Can’t Let Go Of January 6

July 31, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Why The Left Can’t Let Go Of January 6

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN To understand what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee investigation of the Capitol Hill events of January 6 is all about, a good place to begin is with the sentencing hearing the past week of Paul Hodgkins.A crane operator from Tampa, Florida, Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing a joint session of Congress called to confirm Joe Biden as the next president.Hodgkins entered the Senate chamber carrying a Trump 2020 flag. He committed no assault, no act of destruction, no act of violence. Yet, he was sentenced to eight months in prison by U.S. Judge Randolph Moss.Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Sedky argued for a sentence of twice that length, a year…Continue Reading

Root Causes Underlie Cuban Crisis

July 30, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Root Causes Underlie Cuban Crisis

By JOHN J. METZLER NEW YORK — Cuba’s ongoing political and social upheaval has shocked many observers as a sudden and intense summer storm. Across the island in small towns and provincial centers protests erupted like a squall line until reaching the capital, Havana. Tropical storm “Liberdad” was lashing the island of Cuba while its winds of freedom were blowing across the Florida Straits, triggering major pro-democracy demonstrations in Miami, Tampa, and elsewhere.Not surprisingly, the Biden Administration was caught off guard by the fast-moving events, only to attempt political damage control later in the week, replacing awkward silence with equivocal platitudes.Curiously, the uprising started while Cubans were watching Euro Cup Soccer Finals between England and Italy. At half-time during the…Continue Reading

For Strident Times . . . How The Liturgy Is Healing Medicine

July 29, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on For Strident Times . . . How The Liturgy Is Healing Medicine

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this commentary on July 13 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + One of the most concise and cogent descriptions of these often strident times came from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger in 1986. It is contained in, of all places, his treatise on the theology of sacred music in a book called The Feast of Faith (Ignatius Press, 1986). His comments have been republished in a larger compendium of his works, Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy (Ignatius Press, 2014, volume 11).It is hard to describe our times as anything but contentious. Loud, strident protests often predominate over reasoned discourse and thoughtful argumentation.To be sure, every era has had,…Continue Reading

Alliance Defending Freedom… Calls For End To Religious Persecution In Nigeria

July 28, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Alliance Defending Freedom… Calls For End To Religious Persecution In Nigeria

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ADF International on July 14 hosted a dinner event on the grave challenges facing Nigeria regarding the protection of religious freedom. Governmental and civil society advocates for the persecuted in Nigeria shared firsthand expertise and proposed actions to address the violence and discrimination perpetrated by groups such as Boko Haram and the Fulani Herdsmen in the country.“Nobody should be persecuted because of their faith. We should not allow the Nigerian government to let terrorists and criminals attack faith communities with impunity. We urge those in power to protect every person’s inalienable right to religious freedom. We also call on the international community to work with local faith leaders to best support interfaith peace and counter extremism. Only…Continue Reading