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A Beacon Of Light . . . “God-Incidents” Happen All The Time

May 2, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . “God-Incidents” Happen All The Time

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON, Jr. A relatively young priest is in a hospital visiting some of his parishioners. He is walking down the hallway, and a nun stops him and says, “Father, can you go into this room? There’s a man on his deathbed. He’s been here for days. We’ve asked priests to go in, but he chases everyone away. He doesn’t want to talk about Jesus. But he’s dying. Could you please visit him?”The priest goes in and introduces himself to the patient. The guy erupts and starts cursing at him. He is so angry: “I don’t want anything to do with you. Get out of here!” The priest says, “Okay” and goes out into the hall. The…Continue Reading

Speaking Truth To Power… Where Has It Gone?

May 1, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Speaking Truth To Power… Where Has It Gone?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO Those who know me well know that long before I became a lawyer and long before I became a deacon, I was a newspaper editor and reporter. Journalism was the profession I chose. I majored in it at college and many of the lessons learned there have stuck with me over the years.Journalism in the United States has a long and, until recently, honorable history. It is a big part of the story of how liberty was nurtured through Colonial times to the present, and the men and women who have etched their names in its historic canons are truly patriotic heroes in their own right. But alas, if things don’t turn around, all of this,…Continue Reading

More Euthanasia

April 30, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on More Euthanasia

By BARBARA SIMPSON Most Americans are likely familiar with the term “euthanasia.”It means the deliberate killing of a patient by medical person, usually a doctor or nurse, although it can be done by a layman. Supposedly, it is done at the request of the “patient/victim” because they are in such pain or discomfort, they do not want to live. In virtually all cases, in this country, it is illegal — considered to be tantamount to murder.But there are places where acts like these are permitted but they usually apply just to adults. Belgium legalized euthanasia for adults in 2002 — the first country to do so. Then, in 2012, it approved euthanasia for children under 12 and has been the…Continue Reading

Leftist Leader Makes Her Move . . . Tucker Carlson Says “No Thanks”

April 29, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Leftist Leader Makes Her Move . . . Tucker Carlson Says “No Thanks”

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Last Sunday morning, April 23, Cong. Ocasio-Cortes (D., N.Y.) insisted on MSNBC that the government must shut down Fox News.The next day Fox News fired Tucker Carlson.It’s begun.AOC, as she is known, on that Sunday:“I believe that when it comes to broadcast television, like Fox News, these are subject to federal law, federal regulation in terms of what’s allowed on air and what isn’t, and when you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence.”Bear in mind that this is the voice of the future Democrat Party speaking, once the Octogenarian Caucus retires.AOC’s radical colleagues are stoking anger and violence among every Democrat…Continue Reading

In This Month Of May . . . Spreading Devotion To Mary More Needed Than Ever

April 28, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on In This Month Of May . . . Spreading Devotion To Mary More Needed Than Ever

By DONAL ANTHONY FOLEY May is the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady, and of course, it is also distinguished by the fact that the first apparition at Fatima took place on May 13, 1917. The following month, she spoke of how Jesus wanted to use the young seers, and Lucia in particular, to make her known and loved, such that devotion to her Immaculate Heart would be spread throughout the world — and this was with a promise of salvation for whoever embraced this devotion.During this month of May, then, one of the things we can do is to focus on how we can contribute to the spreading of this devotion, which given the state of the world, is…Continue Reading

Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . The Standard Needed For Conservative Politicians: Confront And Educate

April 27, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . The Standard Needed For Conservative Politicians: Confront And Educate

By STEPHEN M. KRASON As we approach a crucial national election year (2024), it is worth thinking about what kind of campaign should be conducted by candidates to seek to finally put the forces of cultural radicalism which dominate the Democratic Party on the defensive. Ultimately, of course, these forces must be defeated if Western civilization is to survive. It’s true that such survival will not depend entirely on politics, but it is obvious that the political and governmental arenas are crucial to the battle.What is needed — and the people who especially must get this message are the conservative-inclined Republicans running for national offices who can’t seem to understand that a “polite politics” doesn’t work — is both to…Continue Reading

The Condescension Complex

April 26, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on The Condescension Complex

By CHRISTOPHER MANION On October 5, 1979, I joined over a million of the faithful in Chicago’s Grant Park to attend a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. The most Polish city in the world outside of Poland celebrated with him.All of Chicago rejoiced. Police later reported that peace had reigned throughout the Windy City that day.Those days are over.“Be not afraid,” Pope John Paul told us.Now everybody is afraid.Last Saturday, a mob swept through that same Grant Park, attacking, rioting, and destroying, assaulting pedestrians, smashing cars, and trapping the passengers inside.Enter Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s newly elected mayor who assumes office next month.Johnson ran for office as a high-tax, high-crime candidate owned by the school unions. Those unions have…Continue Reading

Arizona’s Hobbs Just A Husk . . . Veto-Mad Gov Nixes Tamales But Exposes Naive Bishops

April 26, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Arizona’s Hobbs Just A Husk . . . Veto-Mad Gov Nixes Tamales But Exposes Naive Bishops

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Arizona’s veto-crazed left-wing Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs drew amazement when she even nixed a bill passed by a legislative supermajority to allow careful sales of home-prepared foods like the Latino favorite of tamales.However, pro-abortion extremist Hobbs demonstrated the naivete and futility of Catholic bishops who don’t understand that they can’t play nice with a politician whose basic goal is to have as many defenseless infants as possible killed, even if they survive abortion. The bishops lauded two vetoes of gun-related bills.Meanwhile, a number of ballots that still hadn’t been counted from Arizona’s 2022 general election encouraged the hope of Republican attorney-general nominee Abe Hamadeh that he might yet win the office that had been awarded…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light… The Loving Mercy Of The Divine Savior

April 25, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light… The Loving Mercy Of The Divine Savior

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON Jr. Throughout our lives God continually invites us to participate in His plan of salvation. We, however, are often distracted and lose our way. We begin with good intentions but along the way we encounter detours that lead us off the path of salvation. Often these detours are the cause of temptation and sin. The evil one, or Satan, is the master of detours. All he wants is for us to be continually distracted so that we can never find our way back. The evil one tricks us into thinking there is no way out; that we cannot reform our terrible ways. This is false and there is a way out!In the final days of…Continue Reading

It Matters What They Do… Not What They Say

April 24, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on It Matters What They Do… Not What They Say

By DEACON MIKE MANNO One of my earliest lessons in dealing with people came from my Dad. He told me to watch what people do, not what they say. Thus, I have grown with the belief that the true test of a man is whether he does what he says he will.We in this country are blessed with freedoms not found in many countries around the world; but freedom is only an abstract term unless society establishes and supports measures to ensure that concept applies to all persons equally.But that is not being done today. Despite official condemnation of violence against churches, people of faith, and attacks on pro-life centers, nothing (next to, anyway) is being done to apprehend those…Continue Reading