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The Lone Catholic Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence

June 27, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on The Lone Catholic Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence

By DONALD DeMARCO When we think of the Fourth of July, we may very well think of two of the most illustrious signers of the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who became America’s second and third presidents. On that same date in 1826, while the young country was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson and Adams passed away.The Fourth of July weighed heavily on Jefferson’s mind. According to his physician, Jefferson’s last words were, “Is it the Fourth?” On that same memorable date, John Adams’ last words were, “Thomas Jefferson still lives.” Once close friends, these two former presidents had become bitter rivals. Adams, however, was mistaken. Jefferson had passed…Continue Reading

Who Is Really Killing American Democracy?

June 26, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Who Is Really Killing American Democracy?

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN By a vote of 30-1 in the House, with unanimous support in the Senate, Juneteenth, June 19, which commemorates the day in 1865 when news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, has been declared a federal holidayIt is to be called Juneteenth Independence Day.Prediction: This will become yet another source of societal division as many black folks celebrate their special Independence Day, and the rest of America continues to celebrate July 4 as Independence Day two weeks later.Why the pessimism? Consider.Days before Congress acted, the Randolph, N.J., board of education voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. A backlash ensued, and the board quickly voted to rescind its decision.Still under fire, the board…Continue Reading

Why Sinners Persist… The Progressive Stages Of Sin

June 25, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Why Sinners Persist… The Progressive Stages Of Sin

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope wrote this article for his June 13 Daily Blog. It is reprinted here with permission. All rights reserved.) + + We are living in times when many are doubling down on their sin. As the darkness grows, many fiercely defend their sinful practices. This is especially evident in the matter of abortion. The science could not be clearer that there is a unique, beautifully formed, distinct human life in the womb of a pregnant mother, with a heartbeat, brain activity, alternating sleep and wake cycles, and the ability to feel pain.Despite this, many demand that all limits on abortion be removed. They “shout” and celebrate abortion, rejoicing in the dismemberment of…Continue Reading

As Many Hastily Attack The Church . . . Discovery Of Child Graves In Canadian Residential School Demands Further Questions

June 24, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on As Many Hastily Attack The Church . . . Discovery Of Child Graves In Canadian Residential School Demands Further Questions

By MICHAEL HAYNES KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) — The sad discovery of 215 unmarked child graves found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School has led to much sorrow and outrage, as well as stinging attacks against the Catholic Church.Despite this swift reaction, numerous questions still remain regarding the case. Canadian author Michael O’Brien, himself a former pupil at one of the residential schools, has warned of the danger of accusing the Church of murder before any real information is known about the recently discovered graves, including the context of the residential school period.Chief Rosanne Casimir from the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation, revealed May 28 that the bodies of 215 schoolchildren, some aged only three years old, had been discovered…Continue Reading

Notre-Dame Cathedral . . . Launches Appeal For Interior Restoration

June 23, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Notre-Dame Cathedral . . . Launches Appeal For Interior Restoration

PARIS (CNA) — The Archdiocese of Paris has launched a multimillion-dollar appeal to restore the interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral following the devastating fire in 2019.In a June 14 statement, the archdiocese said that Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris was launching the new appeal with a view to the cathedral’s scheduled reopening in 2024.The French government is overseeing the cathedral’s structural restoration and conservation, but the cathedral authorities are responsible for its interior renewal.“The program of interior improvements, which is entirely the responsibility of the cathedral, aims first of all to return it to worship — its primary function — and, more broadly, to offer a new tour to the six million faithful, pilgrims, and tourists who enter the cathedral each…Continue Reading

Conspiracies, Dead Ends, And Real Work

June 22, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Conspiracies, Dead Ends, And Real Work

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Conspiracy theories are in the news these days, perhaps more often than usual because sources once acknowledged to be trustworthy, more or less, have proven to be unreliable in recent years. That’s why Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway insisted on “alternate facts” — the “other side of the story” that the legacy media steadfastly refuse to report.In common parlance today, the term “conspiracy theory” is often used to discredit anyone and anything that the critic disagrees with. That’s how Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland employs the term as he perverts the Justice Department’s commitment to “equal justice under the law” to go after conservatives.But conspiracies have been around for a long time, and some of them are real.In…Continue Reading

European Public . . . Feels “Deep Disillusionment” Over EU, U.S., And COVID

June 21, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on European Public . . . Feels “Deep Disillusionment” Over EU, U.S., And COVID

By JOHN J. METZLER European majorities seem troubled and deeply disillusioned over the ongoing COVID pandemic, which has turned into a crisis of confidence in the European Union, and equally stirred lingering doubts about the United States as a partner and ally.This gloomy assessment is reflected in a current poll which “finds that confidence in the EU has collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic,” and that in countries such as Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, a majority of citizens now see the European project as “broken.” As dangerously, the report finds that “confidence in the United States is still low.”Equally, many Europeans view Turkey as a greater “rival” or “adversary” than the People’s Republic of China or Russia.The results were released…Continue Reading

The Future Belongs To God

June 20, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on The Future Belongs To God

By DONALD DeMARCO I have been living as a monk during the pandemic. Yet my computer is my window to the world. This morning I received two emails that are perfectly antithetic, one ideological, the other only too real.The one that conveyed something real was from the grandson of the distinguished pediatrician Eugene Diamond, informing me that his granddad had recently passed away. I had included a chapter on Dr. Diamond in my book Apostles of the Culture of Life. Gene had read it, according to his grandson and was touched by it. This latter bit of information was most gratifying to me.Dr. Diamond and his wife, Rosemary, who founded Birthright of Chicago, had 13 children, most of whom went…Continue Reading

All Is Hype For The Biden-Putin Summit

June 19, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on All Is Hype For The Biden-Putin Summit

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (Editor’s Note: Pat Buchanan’s column is dated June 15, one day before the meeting between Biden and Putin. The Wanderer went to press this week on June 17.) + + History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.Karl Marx’s comment came to mind as President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to equate their tete-a-tete at the G7 confab in Cornwall, England, to the Atlantic Charter conference of 80 years ago.Those were historic days, to which these days cannot compare.In August 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt met secretly on warships off Newfoundland to confer and commit to a set of principles that were to govern the world after…Continue Reading

A Priest’s Clear Response… Fr. James Martin Supports “Gay Pride”

June 18, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on A Priest’s Clear Response… Fr. James Martin Supports “Gay Pride”

By WALTER SANCHEZ SILVA BOGOTA, Colombia — Fr. Nelson Medina, a Dominican priest from Colombia, responded to the June 2 Instagram video posted by Fr. James Martin in which he maintained that a Catholic can celebrate “gay pride” month in June.This is not the first time that Fr. Medina has responded to statements made by Fr. Martin, who on other occasions has also expressed positions contrary to Catholic morality.On June 2, Fr. Martin posted a video justifying Catholics’ celebrating “gay pride” month in June, the same month the Church dedicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.In the video, the Jesuit considers two definitions of the word pride. The first is “the pleasure from your own accomplishments which can morph into…Continue Reading