Cardinal Dolan: Illegal Immigration “Helps Our Church”

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Regardless of any motions that the bishops might adopt every four years affirming the “preeminent issue of abortion,” immigration continues to consume most of their energy. One factor is money.  Our bishops receive no federal funding to support their opposition to abortion, but for their Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) operations facilitating Joe Biden’s immigration policies, they receive millions in taxpayer dollars every year. That funding, and the myriads of the USCCB’s secular operations that it pays for, have drawn increasing attention in recent years. Last month, Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York offered a valuable insight into how this all fits into the current agenda of the American hierarchy. On December 21, in a roundtable discussion sponsored…Continue Reading

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The FBI And The Catholic Investigation

By DEACON MIKE MANNO Last week, the House Judiciary Committee released its interim report on the FBI investigation into “radical-traditionalist Catholics” for being possible domestic terrorists. When a copy of the FBI memo, which outlined the agency’s concerns about certain “right wing” Catholics, was leaked to the press last February the public and political reaction was a fiery backlash against the FBI.While not intended for public dissemination, the original FBI memorandum, authored by the Richmond field office, was leaked almost immediately by a former agent and whistleblower, Kyle Seraphin, who, for the sake of full-disclosure, was a guest on our radio program, Faith On Trial, where he discussed the contents of the leaked memo. That broadcast was aired the weekend…Continue Reading

A Leaven In The World . . . Francis’ Agenda

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Catholics who believe the Faith should have practical consequences in their lives should prepare now to be completely disenfranchised. With the forced removal of Bishop Joseph Strickland, the former ordinary of Tyler, Texas, the purge of cardinals and bishops who speak with clarity about the current “crisis of the Magisterium,” as Robert Cardinal Sarah describes it, comes closer to us all.If they can do it to a cardinal or bishop, they can do it to you or me. But only if we let them.Yes, Francis can gradually and inexorably separate from office and governance in the Church any who insist on teaching faith and morals as the Church has always done, and which no Council…Continue Reading

Omnium Sanctorum… “Humility Is Essential To All Those Who Wish To Be Saved”

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK “Ecce ego Joánnes vidi álterum Angelum ascendéntem ab ortu solis, habéntem signum Dei vivi: et clamávit voce magna quátuor Ángelis, quibus datum est nocére terræ et mari, dicens: Nolíte nocére terræ et mari, neque arbóribus, quoadúsque signémus servos Dei nostri in fróntibus eórum” “In Paradise there are many Saints who never gave alms on earth: their poverty justified them. There are many Saints who never mortified their bodies by fasting, or wearing hairshirts: their bodily infirmities excused them. There are many Saints too who were not virgins: their vocation was otherwise. But in Paradise there is no Saint who was not humble” (Apo 7:2-3). God banished Angels from Heaven for their pride; therefore, how can…Continue Reading