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Former Worker Says Chicago Catholic University . . . Makes Life Uncomfortable For Some So Others Feel Comforted

August 19, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Former Worker Says Chicago Catholic University . . . Makes Life Uncomfortable For Some So Others Feel Comforted

By DEXTER DUGGAN The former chapel and ministry coordinator at a historic Catholic university in Chicago told The Wanderer that some traditional practices and viewpoints were restricted or forbidden by officials at the school, St. Xavier University, founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy as the city’s first Catholic university.Often the reason given for limiting or censoring, she said, was to avoid offending others.Mary Rita Insley, formerly coordinator of the Mercy Ministry Center, said that among the restrictions, she was instructed to remove a photo of a U.S. flag that had a white cross shape showing through the blue field of stars. Also, she said, the distribution of pro-life information and of seminarian prayer cards was discriminated against.“I was…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . Sacraments Of Service To Others: The Sacrament Of Marriage

August 18, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . Sacraments Of Service To Others: The Sacrament Of Marriage

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He is currently the parochial vicar of St. Andrew Parish in Colchester and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Lebanon. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + There are two sacraments devoted to service. The Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders are ordered toward the service of others. Today we will discuss the Sacrament of Marriage.The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines marriage as: “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the…Continue Reading

Are The Dominoes Starting To Fall?

August 17, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Are The Dominoes Starting To Fall?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO, JD I noticed something a couple of weeks ago that relighted my faith in common sense. Writing a weekly column and prepping for a weekly radio program, I’m always scouring the media for stories that might interest my readers and listeners. Thus I’ve spent a lot of time on social media, taking in the lay of the land.One thing I’ve noticed about social media, especially Facebook since that is about all I use, is that there are a lot of folks on the platform with a lot to say. Many seem like nice and genuine people, some are morons, and a significant amount are just plain wrong in what they say and go off on political…Continue Reading

Bad Pick By Biden . . . What Worse To Come From Harris Who Raids, Grills Christian Foes?

August 16, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Bad Pick By Biden . . . What Worse To Come From Harris Who Raids, Grills Christian Foes?

By DEXTER DUGGAN The faction of Democrat-friendly Catholics in cassocks now faces a worse challenge. They’ve been saying it’s divisive or angry for parishioners to recognize the facts about the abyss between official Republican and Democratic Party stands on the fundamental life issues.Trying to promote Dem Joe Biden as an acceptable presidential candidate despite his rejection of the fundamentals of the Catholic faith became even harder when Biden embraced an activist anti-Catholic as his running mate on August 11, the failed presidential hopeful and brass-knuckles ideology enforcer Kamala Harris.Brass knuckles have a way of getting in the way of her hands when she’s trying to shove poison down society’s throat, but without the brass knuckles she couldn’t do it at…Continue Reading

Will The Vatican Renew Secret Agreement With Chicoms?

August 15, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Will The Vatican Renew Secret Agreement With Chicoms?

By CHRISTOPHER MANION The Dog Days of August are upon us, but the news keeps happening.Steve Mosher tells The Wanderer that “The Sino-Vatican Agreement, under the terms of which the Vatican would collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the appointment of bishops, is up for renewal.” This is not good news, he says.“The CCP has used the agreement as cover for extinguishing the Underground Church in China, while at the same time intensifying its control over the so-called Patriotic Church. And yet the Vatican, as a high-ranking prelate recently signaled, was prepared to extend the agreement for another year or two. Looking at the increasingly dismal situation on the ground in China for believers of all faiths, it…Continue Reading

Untamed Tongues

August 14, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Untamed Tongues

By JOE SIXPACK One of Farmer Jones’ neighbors came to him one day and said, “Johnny Little took a wagon load of apples from your orchard.”“Did you see it?” asked the farmer.“No, but Joe Williams told me about it.”Farmer Jones went to Joe Williams and asked him, “Did you see Johnny Little take a wagon of apples from my orchard?”“Heavens, no! What I heard was that he took a wheelbarrow full of apples. It was Henry Anderson who told me that.”When Farmer Jones asked Henry about it, he replied, “All I said was he took a pocketful of apples. Nancy Adams told me that.”Farmer Jones asked Nancy Adams, who said, “Johnny Little was talking to me the other day and…Continue Reading

How To Restore Hope in America . . . Fr. Michael P. Orsi

August 13, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on How To Restore Hope in America . . . Fr. Michael P. Orsi

This Weeks . . . The Bishop Strickland Hour . . . A Message For Our Time

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AOC Attacks Fr. Damien . . . Catholic League Demands: Apologize To Catholics And Hawaiians

August 13, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on AOC Attacks Fr. Damien . . . Catholic League Demands: Apologize To Catholics And Hawaiians

By PEGGY MOEN NEW YORK — Catholic League President Bill Donohue in an August 3 letter demanded that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) apologize for her attack on Fr. Damien.AOC (D., N.Y.), according to Catholic News Agency, in a July 30 Instagram story, asked why there were not more statues honoring women historical figures, at the U.S. National Statuary Hall Collection. The collection includes statues honoring historical figures from all 50 states, which are chosen by the states and sent by them to Congress for display.“Even when we select figures to tell the stories of colonized places, it is the colonizers and settlers whose stories are told — and virtually no one else,” the congresswoman posted, with a picture of Fr. Damien’s…Continue Reading

Bishop Stowe, You Are Fake News!

August 12, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off on Bishop Stowe, You Are Fake News!

By JOSEPH MATT During a webinar dated July 31, hosted by the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Ky., publicly criticized President Donald Trump, saying: “For this president to call himself pro-life, and for anybody to back him because of claims of being pro-life, is almost willful ignorance.”For a Catholic bishop to attack President Trump on the issue of pro-life is totally dishonest and a disservice to all Catholics and an insult to those who consider themselves pro-life. Attacks like this from members of the clergy embolden and give a false impression to those Catholics who think they can be both practicing Catholics and “pro-choice.”President Trump can be criticized on many levels, but…Continue Reading