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What Biden’s First 100 Days Might Look Like

December 12, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on What Biden’s First 100 Days Might Look Like

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The Biden-Harris administration will confront “a pandemic, an economic crisis, calls for racial justice and climate change. The team being assembled will meet these challenges on Day One.”So declares the transition team of Joe Biden, to echo what he’s defined as the lead items on his presidential agenda. And if this is his agenda, then how our presumed 46th president will proceed suggests itself.The COVID-19 pandemic is now close to its apex, with a million new cases and a death toll in excess of 10,000 each week. We appear to be near the crest of the “second wave.”Biden’s emphasis, as he has signaled, will be on slowing down the spread of the virus by universal masking…Continue Reading

Biden Victory… Could Lead To Massive Increase In Chemical Abortions

December 10, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Biden Victory… Could Lead To Massive Increase In Chemical Abortions

By JONATHON VAN MAREN (Editor’s Note: Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist. This commentary first appeared at lifesitenews.com on November 30. All rights reserved.) + + (LifeSiteNews) — Despite losing seats in the U.S. House and failing to retake the U.S. Senate, progressives are hoping that a Biden administration can retake lost ground and conquer new territory even if the Equality Act and court-packing are off the table (although that could change if the Democrats win the Georgia runoff races). As has been noted, the Human Rights Campaign has already presented Biden with a department-by-department plan for integrating the LGBT agenda throughout the entire federal government, transforming both domestic and international policy — replete with…Continue Reading

The Month Of December… Offers Many Feasts And Celebrations Of Our Lady

December 9, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on The Month Of December… Offers Many Feasts And Celebrations Of Our Lady

By DONAL ANTHONY FOLEY December is a month rich in feasts and celebrations involving our Lady, ranging from the Immaculate Conception on December 8 to Christmas Day itself on December 25, culminating in the Feast of the Holy Family, which this year falls on Sunday, December 27.The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception commemorates and celebrates the Catholic belief that the Blessed Virgin was uniquely preserved from original sin. It was proclaimed as a dogma by Pope Pius IX in 1854 although it had been a widely held belief in the previous centuries. The text of the dogmatic definition, Ineffabilis Deus, states that “the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege…Continue Reading

A Very Catholic Beethoven

December 8, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on A Very Catholic Beethoven

By PAUL KRAUSE Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the midst of Advent in 1770. No one precisely knows his birthdate, but December 17 is often given as a hard date because of the record of his Baptism. Beethoven’s Baptism began a long and storied career of Catholicity that has long been swept under the rug by enemies of God and Catholicism who want to divorce the beauty, joy, and transcendental aspects of the great composer from any notion of the Divine to which we are called and Beethoven belonged.Advent is one of the most important times of the year for Catholics. It is appropriate that at the end of Ordinary Time we are reminded of the Second Coming of…Continue Reading

Joe Biden Says He Wants A “Revolution”

December 7, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Joe Biden Says He Wants A “Revolution”

By TERENCE P. JEFFREY In which America would you prefer to live?In one America, a family that works hard and saves money can afford to buy a detached home on a nice piece of land — with a two-car garage.In their home, they have a refrigerator, a freezer, a stove, two ovens, a dishwasher, a washing machine and a dryer.They purchased all of these appliances in an open market after doing careful research to make sure they got good machines that did the jobs they were supposed to do and were worth the money they cost.They also have three toilets — that actually flush.And two showers — that routinely run with hot water.They also own two cars they keep filled…Continue Reading

A Report On Progress

December 6, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on A Report On Progress

By DONALD DeMARCO I was addressing a group of high school students on a Toronto TV program. One of the students voiced his complaint that I was making reference to old dead guys of the past. It was a complaint that I had heard too many times. I saw it as indicating youth’s enthusiasm for progress and disdain for the past.I had mentioned, among others, Martin Buber. Should we relegate this fine theologian/philosopher to oblivion? Is he no longer relevant? His notion of “I-Thou” has been refined, amplified, and applied to the fields of psychology and philosophy. It is a handy way of remembering that our whole being is involved in the “I-Thou” relationship whereas the “I-It” relationship involves just…Continue Reading

As A Catholic, Joe Biden’s Soul Is At Risk

December 4, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on As A Catholic, Joe Biden’s Soul Is At Risk

By BARBARA SIMPSON (Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on WorldNetDaily, www.wnd.com, November 20. All rights reserved.) + + As though Joe Biden didn’t have enough to worry about in this race for the presidency, now he has to face growing opposition from his church. No, it’s not “official” opposition, but it is a growing swell of questioning by clergy as to the depth of his beliefs and adherence to basic church teaching.The church in question is the Roman Catholic Church. Biden has always spoken of his Catholic faith and, quite frankly, has made quite a big deal of it, his going to Mass and receiving Communion.In this race for the presidency, much has been made of the fact that…Continue Reading

A Book Review… A Helpful And Comprehensive View Of The Church Crisis

December 3, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on A Book Review… A Helpful And Comprehensive View Of The Church Crisis

By JIM M. VALOIS A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward by Ralph Martin, published in 2020 by Emmaus Road, Steubenville, Ohio (www.emmausroad.org). Every once in a while a book is written that casts a high-beam into the dark night so that a way forward is shown. A Church in Crisis by Ralph Martin is one such book. Nearly forty years since his groundbreaking book, the Crisis of Truth, Dr. Martin analyzes the more nuanced and subtle dimensions of the current exigency in the Church and culture.As a seasoned theologian, appointed as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization by Pope Benedict XVI, Martin brings a level of expertise to a subject that is sorely needed at this…Continue Reading

What Trump Will Leave In Biden’s Inbox

December 2, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on What Trump Will Leave In Biden’s Inbox

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Dismissing President Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election remains undecided, Joe Biden has begun to name his national security team.Right now, it looks Democratic establishment all the way.Antony Blinken, a longtime foreign policy aide, is Biden’s choice for secretary of state. Jake Sullivan, one of Hillary Clinton’s closest aides, is said to be his choice for national security adviser.Biden’s urgency in naming his foreign policy team is understandable.For if his election is confirmed by the Electoral College, then he will find himself on January 20 with a lineup of foreign policy crises.First is Afghanistan. While a Beltway battle has erupted over the wisdom of Trump’s decision to cut in half, to 2,500, the number of…Continue Reading

A Book Review . . . Eight Popes Sketched In Great Detail

December 1, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on A Book Review . . . Eight Popes Sketched In Great Detail

By JAMES BARESEL Eights Popes and the Crisis of Modernity by Russell Shaw, Ignatius Press (www.ignatius.com, 2020). “The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms. Whatever the outcome there was a place for him in that battle.” Russell Shaw placed this quote from Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honor trilogy at the beginning of a chapter about Pope Pius XII in Eight Popes and the Crisis of Modernity, but it could have served just as well as an introduction to the entire book’s account of the stands against aspects of the Modern World made by every Vicar of Christ from Pius X to John Paul II.Some of…Continue Reading