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One English Catholic Family’s Battle… To Remain Catholic In The Face Of Persecution

August 25, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on One English Catholic Family’s Battle… To Remain Catholic In The Face Of Persecution

By JAMES MONTI The story of how post-Reformation English Catholics managed to preserve their faith amidst wave after wave of state-run persecution is in large part a story of incredibly courageous priests who were willing to live in constant peril of capture and execution in order to bring the sacraments and spiritual counsel to England’s underground Catholic community.Yet this remarkable saga of survival in the face of terror is also in large part a story of heroic Catholic families who were likewise willing to risk all for the “pearl beyond price” of their Catholic faith. Among the most renowned of these stout-hearted English Catholic families is that of the Towneleys of Lancashire. It was not without good reason that the…Continue Reading

Idaho Becomes 16th State To Ban Abortions

August 24, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Idaho Becomes 16th State To Ban Abortions

By STEVEN ERTELT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeNews) — Idaho has become the 16th state with an abortion ban in effect following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Late Friday, August 12, the Idaho Supreme Court allowed the state’s heartbeat law to be enforced that protects the lives of unborn babies when they have a detectable heartbeat at six weeks. In a 3 to 2 decision the court upheld the civil enforcement mechanism contained in the Idaho Heartbeat Law. They further stated that Planned Parenthood is unlikely to succeed in its efforts to challenge the civil enforcement mechanism or the criminal penalties of the Heartbeat Law.The state’s highest court also rejected Planned Parenthood’s bid to block the state’s trigger law…Continue Reading

Role With Pro-Democracy Fund . . . Cardinal Zen To Stand Trial In September

August 23, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Role With Pro-Democracy Fund . . . Cardinal Zen To Stand Trial In September

By JONAH McKEOWN DENVER (CNA) — Joseph Cardinal Zen is set to stand trial next month, along with four other people, in connection to his role as a trustee of a pro-democracy legal fund. It appears he has not been indicted under Hong Kong’s national security law, which would have carried with it much more serious penalties.Zen, 90, is the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong and an outspoken advocate for religious freedom and democracy, and a sharp critic of the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing on the appointment of bishops.Hong Kong authorities arrested Zen on May 11, and he was reportedly released on bail from Chai Wan Police Station later that day. At the time it appeared he would be…Continue Reading

After Raid Heard ’Round The World… The Choice Is Between Constitutionalism And De Facto Communism

August 22, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on After Raid Heard ’Round The World… The Choice Is Between Constitutionalism And De Facto Communism

By STEVEN MOSHER (Editor’s Note: This article originated with the Population Research Institute and LifeSiteNews reprinted it.) + + (Population Research Institute) — When the Biden administration’s private police force, formerly known as the FBI, raided Donald Trump’s home on August 8, my first reaction was shock. My second was — and this may surprise you — relief that the other side has finally, unmistakably, shown its hand.As soon as Trump announced his campaign for the presidency on June 16, 2015, he was surreptitiously targeted for destruction by the Democrats and their Deep State allies at the FBI, CIA, and DOJ. But neither the Russian Collusion Hoax, nor three failed impeachment efforts, nor a stolen election, nor the farcical January…Continue Reading

Beware Of Children Bearing Gifts

August 21, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Beware Of Children Bearing Gifts

By DONALD DeMARCO Some time ago, when I was convalescing, my Number One Son and his wife brought me three gifts. The flowers were beautiful, the food was nourishing and the book they selected was indigestible. They could not be faulted for thinking that I would welcome Jean-Paul Sartre’s ponderous Being and Nothingness. It is his principal philosophical work and a staple for students of modern philosophy. I was sorry to inform them that I had a copy of that formidable tome since graduate school.All was not lost. We gave the copy to my daughter, who was also visiting me. She enjoys reading works for which she has no personal affinity.Inevitably, the name Jean-Paul Sartre provoked a discussion. “There is…Continue Reading

How, When, Do We Come Together Again?

August 20, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on How, When, Do We Come Together Again?

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN When 30 FBI agents showed up at Mar-a-Lago to cart off boxes of documents, it was an authorized, legitimate, and justified procedure to retrieve national security secrets being illegally kept there.Or it was an unprecedented regime raid on the home and office of the foremost political rival of President Joe Biden that called to mind a “Third World country,” the East German “Stasi,” the KGB or the Gestapo.And January 6, 2021?That was a riot, a disgraceful breach of the Capitol, involving assaults on Capitol cops that deserved to be and are being punished.No, it was more than that. Far more. It was an “insurrection,” a “fascist coup,” an act of treason led by far-right extremists to…Continue Reading

Violence Continues Nationwide . . . Catholic Church In Denver Shot Up

August 19, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Violence Continues Nationwide . . . Catholic Church In Denver Shot Up

By MICAIAH BILGER DENVER (LifeNews) — Police in Colorado are searching for a gunman who shot bullet holes into a Denver-area Catholic church on Saturday, August 6 and again Monday, August 8, the latest in a growing crime wave targeting churches and pro-life organizations.Catholic News Agency reports both shootings occurred in the early morning when no one was at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, so only the building was harmed.Deacon Derrick Johnson told CNA that the gunman caused approximately $75,000 worth of damage to the doors and windows.“We are praying for the conversion of whoever did this,” Johnson said.The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, according to the report.The first shooting occurred early that Saturday morning,…Continue Reading

New Leader Of African Bishops Conference Says “Greatness Is Service”

August 18, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on New Leader Of African Bishops Conference Says “Greatness Is Service”

By COURTNEY MARES ROME (CNA) — Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, who is to be made a cardinal later this month, has been elected head of the African bishops’ conference.The 63-year-old Ghanaian bishop, who will travel to Rome to receive a red hat August 27, has said that he sees his new mission as a cardinal as “an invitation to serve.”Baawobr has led the Diocese of Wa, in northwest Ghana, since 2016. He is known locally for his charity and care for people with mental disabilities in a country where the stigmatization of mental illness is still high.Six years ago he launched a diocesan street ministry which brings together parish volunteers and health care professionals to provide care and…Continue Reading

Bloodlust

August 17, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Bloodlust

By CINDY PASLAWSKI Back when my husband was in boot camp in early 1970, his group of draftees was being trained for combat. Bayonet practice was particularly onerous to him. With every thrust, the guys were told to yell, “To kill! To kill!”The anti-Roe v Wade privacy decision protests swirling continuously around our nation remind me of this because their whole purpose is to kill and to ensure the unborn will always be killed.Let’s look at July 17, when several protests emerged at state capitols around the country, it was a particularly bloody-red-letter day for the choicers. Here in Minnesota, crowds flashing their choice/women’s rights/my own body signs made their pilgrimage to the steps of the capitol building. Were those…Continue Reading

1 In 10 U.S. Households In 2019 Worth More Than $1.3 Million

August 16, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on 1 In 10 U.S. Households In 2019 Worth More Than $1.3 Million

By TERENCE P. JEFFREY Ten percent of the households in this country at the end of 2019 — just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit — had a net wealth of more than $1.3 million, according to a report published last month by the Census Bureau.There were also definite patterns among households that had higher wealth and those that had less.In fact, traditional American values and achieving the American financial dream appear to be linked.Specifically, people who study, work, marry, buy a home, and live past retirement age tend to be wealthier than people who do not.The data to back this up comes from the Survey of Income and Program Participation that the Census Bureau conducted in 2020. The bureau’s report…Continue Reading