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Medical Guild Members… Hear Homily On Ethics Of COVID-19 Vaccines

February 24, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Medical Guild Members… Hear Homily On Ethics Of COVID-19 Vaccines

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — The director of medical ethics of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix reviewed ethical considerations involved with receiving a vaccine for COVID-19 in a homily to members of the Phoenix guild of the Catholic Medical Association.Fr. Ignatius Mazanowski, who also is chaplain to the Phoenix guild, spoke during a February 13 evening Mass for the guild’s members at St. Joan of Arc Church in north Phoenix offered by the pastor, Fr. Dan Connealy.Although the Mass was in the main church, St. Joan of Arc has a chapel with an altar that was used at the nineteenth-century Philadelphia home of the wealthy Drexels, one of whose daughters, St. Katharine Drexel, became a pioneering missionary nun to Native…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light… The Weight Of Humanity Causes Jesus To Collapse

February 23, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light… The Weight Of Humanity Causes Jesus To Collapse

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.) + + As we continue our Lenten journey together to Calvary, this week we will reflect on the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross. Having accepted condemnation and accepted the responsibility to carry the cross, these stations collectively represent the fall of Jesus. After being scourged and having received the crown of thorns, Jesus began the journey to His crucifixion.Three times, the weight of humanity caused Jesus to collapse. Imagine, Jesus was carrying the…Continue Reading

Truth, Reconciliation, And The Distribution Of Wealth

February 22, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Truth, Reconciliation, And The Distribution Of Wealth

By DEACON MIKE MANNO It’s tough for conservatives these days. We lost an administration (by hook or by crook) that, on balance, embraced our values. It mattered not whether you personally approved of Mr. Trump or his conduct, conservatives, if they are honest, will admit that his policies reflected conservative and Christian policies, again, on balance.But that administration has been replaced by Mr. Biden’s; one that rejects the principal tenets of conservativism just as Mr. Biden personally rejects the principal tenets of the Catholic Church. In addition, it is not just turning the page from a conservative administration to a liberal one; it seems that we have turned our entire society from one which endeavored to breathe the fresh air…Continue Reading

Making Political Converts . . . Before Dave Rubin Had Second Thoughts, Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way

February 21, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Making Political Converts . . . Before Dave Rubin Had Second Thoughts, Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way

By DEXTER DUGGAN “Political correctness” had been more than oppressive, but social controllers got worse with telling society — meaning you — to go “woke.” No longer did you have to speak only a certain way, but now show that you believed the craziest things as the new normal, like men invading women’s lavatories as a right mandated by Democrat usurper President Joe Biden.You’re ordered not to “offend” anyone, meaning you can’t be sensible. But isn’t wokeness and its ancillaries offending many people so that they become more conservative in response? Not that you’ll see much attention given to this question in dominant media, which likes things just fine the worse they get going leftward.However, veteran conservative talk host Mark…Continue Reading

Pelosi Bashes Trump While Biden Digs In

February 20, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Pelosi Bashes Trump While Biden Digs In

By CHRISTOPHER MANION The news isn’t too good on the Left — so Nancy Pelosi is taking a page from Big Brother. She’s desperate to distract us from Democrat disasters that are piling up like snowdrifts in a Minnesota blizzard.Democrats hogtied Capitol Hill for weeks with impeachment when they should have been working. They wanted the Senate Show Trial to last forever, threatening to calling witnesses and beating the Trump Drum until spring. Then Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) threatened to call Pelosi as the first witness, and they suddenly backed off. Pelosi is ultimately responsible for Capitol security, and Graham wants to know if she turned down police requests for reinforcement long before the events of January 6.No, Nancy…Continue Reading

The Death Of A Distinguished Person

February 19, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on The Death Of A Distinguished Person

By JOE SIXPACK A very holy young priest who loved the souls of his parishioners made an announcement one Sunday morning after Mass. He said, “A distinguished person of the parish has died. The funeral will be held Wednesday at nine o’clock.”Since Father never mentioned the distinguished person’s name, the whole parish was abuzz about who the person might be. They tried and tried to figure it out but couldn’t, so curiosity filled the church on Wednesday morning. In fact, the church was so full that people had to stand in the back.When the casket was opened, the people filed past to see the remains of the distinguished person. Many people gasped in surprise as they looked into the casket.After…Continue Reading

The Coming Abortion Wars

February 18, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on The Coming Abortion Wars

By JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO Amid arguments in the Senate over whether the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, and in the House over whether $1.9 trillion is enough money to borrow and distribute to select taxpayers and institutions, there have been rumblings among Democrats to make it more difficult for the Supreme Court to invalidate or permit states to gnaw away at Roe v. Wade.Roe v. Wade is the 1973 Supreme Court opinion that essentially establishes — within the privacy of the patient-physician relationship — the right to choose to abort a baby in the womb. The opinion holds that during the first trimester of pregnancy, the states have no interest in regulating abortion beyond the health…Continue Reading

Speaker Tells Zoom Audience . . . About The Life, Sufferings, And Sanctity Of St. Pio

February 17, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Speaker Tells Zoom Audience . . . About The Life, Sufferings, And Sanctity Of St. Pio

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Saints are warriors on a spiritual battlefield, some of them with physical wounds to show.The twentieth-century Italian friar and mystic Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II only a third of a century after he died in 1968, was widely known for his stigmata, but the suffering of those unearthly bleeding wounds reflecting Christ’s crucifixion wasn’t the only assault on his flesh. Sometimes demons beat his body.St. Pio’s life was the topic of a February 6 talk by Zoom through the Institute of Catholic Theology (ICT), an evangelization program based here at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, given by Jen Arnold, a Phoenix writer, catechist, and mother of five children.Arnold…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . The Stations Of The Cross: Our Journey Begins

February 16, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . The Stations Of The Cross: Our Journey Begins

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.) + + Having begun the Holy Season of Lent, we will begin our reflection series on the Stations of the Cross. As I mentioned in last week’s column, the journey of Christ during the stations is the journey of humanity. Jesus took on our human nature to redeem us. St. Paul put it so well in his Letter to the Romans (5:7-8): You might sacrifice your life for someone who was good or just. Yet, Christ sacrificed His life while we…Continue Reading

Do We Learn From History?

February 15, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Do We Learn From History?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO I fell in love with history as a kid. My mom bought me a set of the World Book Encyclopedia and put it in my bedroom to help me with my homework. One of the reasons she purchased the set was a sales special for our school, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus. Apparently, as I recall, for every so-many sets that were purchased by St. Theresa parents, a set would be given to the school.I didn’t think too much of it at first, but it was convenient. I remember browsing through the books and wondering why I needed so many books in grade school, but, beyond that, it didn’t make much of an impression at…Continue Reading