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Virginia Secedes From Biden’s Party

November 13, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Virginia Secedes From Biden’s Party

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”With this remark — arrogant, dismissive, contemptuous — in his debate with Glenn Youngkin, Terry McAuliffe committed a historic gaffe.From that debate forward, his poll numbers steadily sank until McAuliffe lost his lead, and with it, the election.And going down to defeat, McAuliffe dragged with him his fellow Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general and watched Virginia’s House of Delegates revert to Republican rule.What was McAuliffe saying, and what were Virginians hearing, in his remark? McAuliffe was saying that, in deciding what should be taught in its public schools, Virginia parents should just sit down and shut up.Thus, a year after Joe Biden…Continue Reading

What Spanish And Latin American Altarpieces Can Tell Us About The Mass

November 12, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on What Spanish And Latin American Altarpieces Can Tell Us About The Mass

By JAMES MONTI We all rightly think of the Book of Revelation as a book of prophecies concerning the end times, as indeed it is. Yet numerous commentators have seen it likewise as a book of liturgical revelation, a revelation of the liturgy of the court of Heaven and also of the liturgy here upon Earth. For those who perhaps find it difficult to understand how the lavish splendor of Catholic liturgy across the centuries does indeed befit the loving, gentle, and merciful Lord who came to us in such poverty, humility, and simplicity as “the carpenter’s son” (Matt. 13:55), they need look no further than the Book of Revelation to find the answer.The Apostle St. John knew “the human…Continue Reading

Supreme Court Gives Win To Anglican Nuns . . . Orders New Scrutiny For New York Mandatory Abortion Coverage

November 11, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Supreme Court Gives Win To Anglican Nuns . . . Orders New Scrutiny For New York Mandatory Abortion Coverage

By KEVIN J. JONES WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — Foes of mandatory coverage of abortion in New York State insurance law will have another hearing after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a New York state court to reconsider its decision. The law’s narrow religious exemption wrongly disqualifies many religious groups which object to providing abortion, critics said.A group of Anglican nuns is among the objectors.“We believe that every person is made in the image of God,” said Mother Miriam of the Sisterhood of Saint Mary, an Anglican body. “That’s why we believe in the sanctity of human life, and why we seek to serve those of all faiths — or no faith at all — in our community. We’re grateful that…Continue Reading

A Crisis Of Courage . . . If The Pastors Are Silent, The Flock Needs To Be Louder

November 10, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on A Crisis Of Courage . . . If The Pastors Are Silent, The Flock Needs To Be Louder

By FR. FRANK PAVONE (Editor’s Note: Fr. Frank Pavone is the National Director and Chairman of the Board of Priests for Life. He offered these comments in response to a request from The Wanderer.) + + So many Catholics are wrestling with this question of why their own pastor, bishop, and the Pope do not discipline the pro-abortion politicians. It’s simply a crisis of courage, a surrender to political correctness, mediocrity, and the Gospel of “Nice.”And it seems to me that rather than getting frustrated trying to find answers that may not be forthcoming, we focus our energy on the question, “What can I do, concretely, to fill the gap of leadership?”If enough people rebuke these politicians, maybe the leaders…Continue Reading

Now They Want To Pay Illegals For Their Trouble

November 9, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Now They Want To Pay Illegals For Their Trouble

By BARBARA SIMPSON (Editor’s Note: This commentary by Barbara Simpson first appeared on WorldNetDaily on October 29.) + + Not a day goes by that my mind doesn’t seem to spin out of control as I read and hear about the spending plans of the Biden administration.The latest he’s working on tops $1.75 TRILLION — yes, trillion!And that’s just one part of their overall goals.There are people alive who recall when government spending was in the millions, and at that, people held their breath. It was so out of the realm of belief.But that was then, and this is now, and the politicians toss the millions, billions, and trillions around like your neighborhood craps game.Joseph Biden seems to think that…Continue Reading

A Book Review… A Unique, Personal Look At The Life Of Jesus

November 8, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on A Book Review… A Unique, Personal Look At The Life Of Jesus

By PEGGY MOEN The Jesus Diary: An Anonymous Observer’s Record of the Life and Accomplishments of Our Savior by Dave Mishur. Xulon Press: 2021; 152 pages. Available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle at Amazon.com. Would you like an uplifting escape from the present malaise in Church and country? Then read Dave Mishur’s The Jesus Diary: An Anonymous Observer’s Record of the Life and Accomplishments of Our Savior.In Mishur’s skillful portrayal, that anonymous observer is something of an updated Everyman, with a firsthand conversion to the Lord as he realizes the truth underlying the Real Presence, the calling of the apostles, Peter’s betrayal, miracles, and the primacy of faith. He observes the Lord from His Nativity, to His finding in the…Continue Reading

Can Life Be Meaningless?

November 7, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Can Life Be Meaningless?

By DONALD DeMARCO Susan Blackmore (born 1951) is a British writer, lecturer, atheist, and skeptic. She is currently a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth. In 1991 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry granted her the Distinguished Skeptic Award. She is twice married, once divorced, and has two children.In a 2018 debate with Jordan Peterson, she made her extreme skepticism abundantly clear. “Nothing matters,” she exclaimed, “It’s all empty and meaningless. This is how the world is. Get used to it”! She went on to say that her view constitutes a “very positive” way of living because it accepts the meaninglessness and emptiness of life.All our daily activities, she contends — waking up in the morning, getting dressed, eating, shopping,…Continue Reading

Is Failure Baked In The Cake At Glasgow?

November 6, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Is Failure Baked In The Cake At Glasgow?

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN “Colossal Stakes as Leaders Meet to Talk Climate,” ran the headline.“The Last Best Hope,” ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from President Joe Biden’s climate czar John Kerry.But these alarmist headings were not atop an editorial. They topped the lead news story in Sunday’s New York Times, the opening line of which set the tone for Glasgow: “The future is on the line.”Somini Sengupta, climate reporter, then laid out the “colossal stakes” of the summit.“As presidents and prime ministers arrive in Glasgow this week for a pivotal climate summit, the outcome will determine, to a large extent, how the world’s seven billion people will survive on a hotter planet and whether far…Continue Reading

Moves Onto Rome . . . Fr. Bill Atkinson Canonization Cause Completes First Phase

November 5, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Moves Onto Rome . . . Fr. Bill Atkinson Canonization Cause Completes First Phase

By AUTUMN JONES PHILADELPHIA (CNA) – Fr. Bill Atkinson, an Augustinian priest from Philadelphia who died in 2006, is one step closer in the cause for canonization. In a ceremony on Tuesday, October 19, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia officially closed the diocesan phase, which is the first step in the process. The archdiocese will now hand over all materials to Rome for further examination.“He was really a very quiet man, a humble man, but a very dedicated and devout individual in terms of his commitment to religious life, to his Augustinian identity, and to his service working for 30 years with young men in one of our high schools,” said Father Michael Di Gregorio, OSA, prior provincial of the Province…Continue Reading

Cardinal Dolan Says . . . Human Rights Begin In The Womb

November 4, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Cardinal Dolan Says . . . Human Rights Begin In The Womb

By JONAH McKEOWN NEW YORK (CNA) — The first step to ending all forms of violence in society — whether related to crime, racism, or poverty — is ending the violence of abortion, Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York wrote in an October 20 column.“I propose [violence] will not end until we stop the presumed untouchable radical abortion license that seems to have captivated a segment of our society,” Dolan wrote in his Catholic New York column.“As Mother Teresa wrote, ‘We must not be surprised when we hear of murder, of killings, of wars, of hatred. If a mother can kill her own child, what is left for us but to kill each other?’”In a politically and culturally divided society,…Continue Reading