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A Beacon Of Light . . . Ordinary Time Is Extraordinary

May 25, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . Ordinary Time Is Extraordinary

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + With the Easter Season behind us, the Church enters once again into the season we call Ordinary Time. Even though we call it Ordinary Time, our journey through the Church’s Liturgical Calendar is far from being ordinary. Having celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the “new” Church is brought to full birth. By the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, disciples, and ultimately all of us, we are sent…Continue Reading

And Other Cases Of Note . . . The Holy Ghost Is Allowed In Courtrooms

May 24, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on And Other Cases Of Note . . . The Holy Ghost Is Allowed In Courtrooms

By DEACON MIKE MANNO My December column, the last I wrote for the year before COVID took me out of circulation for about eight weeks, was about a case in which a juror was removed from deliberations in a criminal case involving a former congresswoman, Corrine Brown. It seems that the judge removed the juror for guidance the juror said he was receiving from the Holy Ghost.As you might recall, during the second day of deliberations, one of the jurors sent a note to the judge expressing concern about the comments a fellow juror had made. The complaining juror was called into chambers and asked for further information. She told the judge that one juror had made a comment that…Continue Reading

Audit Thinks That’s Important Question . . . Does Your Vote Count Once, Twice, Not At All?

May 23, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Audit Thinks That’s Important Question . . . Does Your Vote Count Once, Twice, Not At All?

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone, a partisan Democrat with an actual big gun on his hip, walked away resolutely from a reporter for the Gateway Pundit site.The reporter was trying to question the sheriff’s claiming that for a different department in the county to provide ballot information for an official inquiry — which his own office wasn’t even expected to have — would be disastrous to his law enforcement.It was a powerful video image posted May 17 showing the way officials of both major political parties in Arizona’s most populous county wanted nothing to do with an examination by auditors of election integrity in the 2020 vote here.As Penzone left a county office building in downtown Phoenix,…Continue Reading

Notre Dame Invites Biden . . . “Catholic Joe” Turns Them Down

May 22, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Notre Dame Invites Biden . . . “Catholic Joe” Turns Them Down

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Twelve years ago, in a regrettable dilution of the university’s moral mettle, Notre Dame bestowed an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Barack Obama at its commencement exercises. This past February, we asked, would President John Jenkins, CSC, risk a rerun of the 2009 disaster?The odds weren’t favorable. In an interview just prior to Biden’s inauguration, Jenkins condemned President Donald Trump as “divisive,” while stating that “Biden wants to bring our fractured nation together. . . . He sees that we must overcome the divisiveness, the undermining of our institutions and the disregard for the common good — all of which are tearing apart our nation.”Well, four months later, the cards are face-up on the table. Biden…Continue Reading

The Cost Of Cafeteria Catholicism

May 21, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on The Cost Of Cafeteria Catholicism

BY JOE SIXPACK Many modern Catholics seem to want to pick and choose what to believe among the Church’s teachings. They apparently think that only what they like is true and what they don’t like isn’t. This is how Protestants think, not the way Catholics are supposed to think, but I believe the reason many modern Catholics believe this way is because they don’t understand the true nature of the Church.Unlike the churches of our separated brethren, the Catholic Church is not founded by mere men. Ours is founded by Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, God Himself.“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do men say that the…Continue Reading

Joe Biden’s Disastrous Welcome Mat

May 20, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Joe Biden’s Disastrous Welcome Mat

By BARBARA SIMPSON (Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on WorldNetDaily, www.wnd.com, on May 7. All rights reserved.) + + It’s hard to believe, but everything I read from Washington about our border situation with Mexico seems to say that there is virtually no border dividing the two countries and that the Biden administration is saying “come on in” to anyone and everyone.How did we get to this point? What happened to the concept that the United States is a sovereign nation and that our borders protect our citizens from invasion from the rest of the world?I’m not talking about people who are legitimate refugees from other countries and who are admitted to this country under orderly and legal guidelines.…Continue Reading

In Arizona 2020 Review . . . Democrats Try To Make It Harder To Audit Votes Than To Have Cast Them

May 19, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on In Arizona 2020 Review . . . Democrats Try To Make It Harder To Audit Votes Than To Have Cast Them

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — While auditing the accuracy of Maricopa County’s November 2020 voting results stretched out longer than had been expected, attempts to hinder or negate the review process kept rising from the political left.The audit originally was reported as expected to conclude by May 14. However, in a video posted May 11 by Phoenix-based KFYI news-talk radio (550 AM), the director of the audit, Ken Bennett, said he thought that by the end of that week, “I think we’ll be about a third of the way through,” with 15 to 16 pallets of the 2.1 million ballots done.That would mean about 30 pallets remaining to be counted at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, said Bennett, the liaison to…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . Pentecost And Changing The History Of The World

May 18, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . Pentecost And Changing The History Of The World

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + For several weeks, we have been exploring the origins and leaders of the early Church. From the first moments of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, through the experiences of the apostles and disciples recorded in the Act of the Apostles, we became spectators in the formation of the early Church. We watched as the apostles rejoiced in the news of the Resurrection of Christ and saw the doubt of humanity transformed into the truth…Continue Reading

Sooo, The Supreme Court… Anybody Want To Start Over?

May 17, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Sooo, The Supreme Court… Anybody Want To Start Over?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO Okay, you might ask, so what’s with the Supreme Court?Well, it’s taken a beating lately and under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts it has done nothing to distinguish itself. Now don’t get me wrong, I think the court has been doing a nice job in protecting our religious liberties and many other issues close to the heart of Christians in general and Catholics in particular. But on some of the big, and I mean really big, issues, it has let us down, mostly by its inaction.Case in point: Just last month the court refused to allow a case to be brought against the state of California by the state of Texas over a 2016…Continue Reading

Welcome To A Wicked World . . . Just Wait Until You’re Hog-Tied On The Roadside For Being Christian

May 16, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Welcome To A Wicked World . . . Just Wait Until You’re Hog-Tied On The Roadside For Being Christian

By DEXTER DUGGAN The video shows Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother in a car being ordered outside and arrested right in the drizzly street, with officers directing traffic around where the brothers were stopped then forced down onto the wet roadway and handcuffed, as if the two Christians were the terrorists instead of the imperious Canuck men with badges.This is an arrest calculated to batter in a tough lesson.Traffic is backed up by the blockage, as if these offenders had robbed a bank then been chased down and had their tires desperately shot out to stop them at all costs. At least six vehicles with their lights flashing block lanes on the road. This happens to a preacher…Continue Reading