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Are the Forever Wars Really Ending?

September 19, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Are the Forever Wars Really Ending?

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN “There is no sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests.”So said William Ruger about Afghanistan, our longest war.What makes this statement significant is that President Donald Trump has ordered a drawdown by mid-October of half of the 8,600 troops still in the country. And Ruger was just named U.S. ambassador to Kabul.The selection of Ruger to oversee the U.S. withdrawal came as General Frank McKenzie of Central Command announced plans to cut the U.S. troop presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 by the end of September.Is America, at long last, really coming home from the…Continue Reading

A Movie Review… Fr. Patrick Peyton Speaks To Our Times

September 18, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on A Movie Review… Fr. Patrick Peyton Speaks To Our Times

By REY FLORES The new film PRAY: The Story of Patrick Peyton is “the inspiring true story of a poor Irish immigrant who sets sail for America in 1928 with dreams of becoming a millionaire but, with the help of the most iconic celebrities of Hollywood, ends up spending his life championing the message, ‘The family that prays together stays together’.”Patrick Peyton’s parents, John and Mary, were the first messengers of the faith to their children and they did so by bringing them together in daily prayer. Their example left a lasting imprint on Patrick’s soul and inspired him to work to bring those graces to families — the Domestic Church — on a global level.I know most Catholics know…Continue Reading

In September… Our Lady Of Sorrows, Mother Of The Man Of Sorrows

September 17, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on In September… Our Lady Of Sorrows, Mother Of The Man Of Sorrows

By DONAL ANTHONY FOLEY September is the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, and the feast day for this actually falls on September 15, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Clearly, it is very appropriate that these two feasts, representing the sorrows of Christ and our Lady, should be celebrated so close together, given that the Blessed Virgin was the one who stood so steadfastly at the foot of the cross on Calvary during the awful sufferings of her Son.There are also some other notable Marian feast days in September, including the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin on September 8, the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary on…Continue Reading

Catholics For Biden… Group Claims Democratic Candidate Shares Pope’s Priorities

September 16, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Catholics For Biden… Group Claims Democratic Candidate Shares Pope’s Priorities

By MATT HADRO WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — The Catholic voter outreach of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has launched its 2020 efforts, telling Catholics that Biden’s priorities align with those of Pope Francis, despite the nominee’s support for federal funding of abortions.On Thursday night, September 3, Catholics for Biden held its official online launch. Speakers at the event included Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), Sr. Simone Campbell, and the former head of the politics department at the Catholic University of America, Dr. Stephen Schneck, who said in 2012 that concerns of the U.S. bishops about the HHS birth control mandate were “overblown.”Durbin, a U.S. senator since 1997, was in 2004 prohibited from receiving Holy Communion in his home Diocese of Springfield…Continue Reading

The New York Times… Earns Spot In “1619 PROJECT”

September 15, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on The New York Times… Earns Spot In “1619 PROJECT”

By BILL DONOHUE (Catholic League President Bill Donohue discusses the racist record of The New York Times in a commentary dated September 8.) + + Coming on the heels of a bloody summer, much of it driven by racially charged rhetoric and behavior, the new school year has begun. But not without calls to address racism. Elementary and secondary students are being primed to learn about America’s irredeemably racist past, present, and future.The favorite resource for educators is the “1619 Project.” It is a proposed curriculum being disseminated by The New York Times that seeks to revise American history. According to this version, America was not founded in a revolution in 1776; it was founded in slavery in 1619.This vision…Continue Reading

In September… Our Lady Of Sorrows, Mother Of The Man Of Sorrows

September 14, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on In September… Our Lady Of Sorrows, Mother Of The Man Of Sorrows

By DONAL ANTHONY FOLEY September is the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, and the feast day for this actually falls on September 15, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Clearly, it is very appropriate that these two feasts, representing the sorrows of Christ and our Lady, should be celebrated so close together, given that the Blessed Virgin was the one who stood so steadfastly at the foot of the cross on Calvary during the awful sufferings of her Son.There are also some other notable Marian feast days in September, including the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin on September 8, the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary on…Continue Reading

The Fundamental Importance Of The Corporal Works Of Mercy

September 13, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on The Fundamental Importance Of The Corporal Works Of Mercy

By DONALD DeMARCO Sr. Deirdre Byrne, POSC, made an enlightened and most encouraging presentation on August 26 at the Republican National Convention. It has reminded us of something of critical importance that our nation as a whole seems to have nearly forgotten. Sr. Dede, as she is affectionately called, mentioned her 29-year stint in the United States army as a surgeon working in Afghanistan and in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. She also noted her work serving the poor and the sick in Haiti, Kenya, Sudan, Iraq, and in Washington, D.C.The religious order of which she is a member is the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In her humility, she calmly and quietly presented herself as a…Continue Reading

Why D.C. Statehood Is A Suicidal Gamble

September 12, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Why D.C. Statehood Is A Suicidal Gamble

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN When U.S. cities erupted after the death of George Floyd, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was in the vanguard of the protests, renaming a section of downtown Black Lives Matter Plaza, and painting the name in letters on the street so huge they could be seen from space.Thursday, September 3, however, Bowser awoke to those same BLM protesters yelling outside her home, denouncing a “D.C. police murder of a Black Man,” and demanding the mayor fire Police Chief Peter Newsham.18-year-old Deon Kay had been shot and killed that Wednesday afternoon in an encounter with cops. While this was the fifth shooting by D.C. cops this year, it was the first fatality.There have been 130 other homicides in…Continue Reading

The Ultimate Question & Answer

September 11, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on The Ultimate Question & Answer

By JOE SIXPACK A young student named Francis came to St. Philip Neri one day and told him he was going to study law. “What a happy man I am! I’m going to study and become the best lawyer I can.”“And then what?” asked Fr. Philip.“I’ll become a great lawyer and win fame for my ability to argue in court.”“And then what?”“Then I’ll become wealthy and build a beautiful mansion for myself.”“And then what?”“Then I’ll marry and live a comfortable life to a ripe old age.”“Francis, then what?” the saintly priest asked again.Francis didn’t know what else to say. After some thought, he said, “Then I’ll die like everybody else.”“And then what, Francis?”Francis was disturbed, far from the elation he…Continue Reading

Bishop Voderholzer . . . Criticizes “Synodal Way” Draft Text On Role Of Women

September 10, 2020 Featured Today Comments Off on Bishop Voderholzer . . . Criticizes “Synodal Way” Draft Text On Role Of Women

(CNA) — A Catholic bishop has sharply criticized a text produced by the German Church’s “Synodal Way” forum on the role of women.In an open letter published September 2, Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer said that a draft text prepared by the forum on “Women and Offices,” also known as Forum III, “lacks any theological level.”The bishop of Regensburg was referring to a document produced by a working group on the “Participation of women in leadership under the current conditions of canon law.”Voderholzer, a professor of dogmatics, expressed concern about the document’s presentation of the establishment of the sacraments, reported CNA Deutsch, Catholic News Agency’s German-language news partner.“The fact that the sacraments of the time pertain to the post-Paschal Church is obscured.…Continue Reading