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Martyrdom: A Love Strong As Death For The Sake Of Truth

November 16, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Martyrdom: A Love Strong As Death For The Sake Of Truth

By JAMES MONTI In the Gospel of St. Mark, we read of our Lord solemnly affirming as the “first and greatest commandment” of the New Covenant what the people of Israel had been told to ingrain upon their hearts and keep ever before their eyes: “. . . you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30).Volumes could be written about the full meaning and implication of these words, but one particular aspect to consider here is just how absolute, just how unconditional, just how uncompromising these words are. What our Lord is commanding is a love for Him that knows…Continue Reading

A Beacon of Light… What The World Needs Now

November 15, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon of Light… What The World Needs Now

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON Jr. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn.) + + The world, as we know it, is deteriorating before our eyes and society is oblivious to this occurrence. So often we hear people discussing worldwide affairs and there ensues a debate of what the future will be like. In the end, the question that seems to linger in people’s minds is this: What does the world need today?The answer is quite simple, really. What the world needs is a return to the authentic belief of what it means to follow Christ. Finding what it means to follow Christ, requires knowing who Christ is. One of the…Continue Reading

Dad, Baseball, And The Phillies

November 14, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Dad, Baseball, And The Phillies

By DEACON MIKE MANNO As I write this, we are all awaiting the returns from the mid-term elections. When they come in, I’m sure there will be a lot of time to ponder what it all means, and I’m equally sure there will be pundits aplenty to explain it all to us.But for now, I’d like to go back to last week when we celebrated the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, and — at least for me — watched the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.Now you might wonder why a guy who grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, would be so excited about an East Coast team from Philadelphia. It’s very simple, both my parents were from…Continue Reading

The Reality Of Abortion… The Compartmentalization Of Women

November 13, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Reality Of Abortion… The Compartmentalization Of Women

By DONALD DeMARCO When I was young, growing up in a poor section of town, we had no central heating. When Winter arrived, we closed off the parlor to save heat. By midwinter, the parlor was like an icebox, but it’s chilly temperature did not affect the other rooms. Our apartment, like all apartments, was an aggregate of compartments, each one independent of the other.A human being, on the other hand, is a unity. One part cannot be eliminated from another without the whole organism being affected. Worry can prevent sleep. A headache or a toothache or a stomachache can make the whole person miserable. If our heart ceases to function, we die. We are psychosomatic beings, organisms that are…Continue Reading

Synodality? Or Sanity?

November 12, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Synodality? Or Sanity?

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Last January, the USCCB suggested “seven attitudes we can all adopt as we continue our synodal journey together.” These included “innovative outlook, inclusivity, open-mindedness, listening, accompaniment, co-responsibility, and dialogue.”“Which one inspires you the most?” the bishops asked.Samuel Gregg calls this missive “the tweet heard round the world” and he’s right — the response was a well-earned excess of derision. Dr. Gregg noted one response suggesting that the bishops might have done better by recommending the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, but alas, it was already clear a year ago that the bureaucrats had something else in mind.Two weeks ago we found out just what that was when the Vatican Press office announced the “Working Document for…Continue Reading

Darkness To Light

November 11, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Darkness To Light

By JOE SIXPACK A darkness has descended upon the whole Earth — the Church, the United States of America, developed “civilizations” in the West, and even the Third World. In all my years — from the ’50s until now — I’ve never seen things the way they are today. Right has become wrong, emotion dictates what passes as truth instead of proven principles, logic, and right reason, and it seems everyone is offended at the least little thing said or done.The only hope for our world is Jesus Christ, and He gave us the Catholic Church to act on His behalf in this crazy world. But now the Church is without credibility among the people, and there is corruption from…Continue Reading

Biden Pledges To Codify Mass Murder In U.S. Law

November 10, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Biden Pledges To Codify Mass Murder In U.S. Law

By CHRISTOHER MANION In recent years, America’s Catholic hierarchy has enjoyed an uneasy peace with pro-abortion politicians. Indeed, they were much happier with the political agendas of the pro-abortion Obama Administration than they were with those of pro-life Donald Trump — quickly followed by the mandatory caveat, “except for abortion,” of course.That uneasy silence continued through the first months of the Biden Administration, but the ice began to thaw last May when San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone publicly applied Canon 915 to U.S. Cong. Nancy Pelosi, a pro-abortion Democrat who lives in his archdiocese.As speaker of the House, Pelosi is the most prominent of the hundred or so pro-abortion Catholic members of the House and the Senate. In addition, our…Continue Reading

GOP Makes Plans For The 118th Congress

November 9, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on GOP Makes Plans For The 118th Congress

By CHRISTOPHER MANION As America looks forward to the 118th Congress that meets on January 3, 2023, priorities abound: Indict Hunter Biden! Impeach Mayorkas! Fire Fauci!Amidst the teeming multitude, Prufrock sighs: “And this, and so much more?”Yes, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary is a lying incompetent, Hunter Biden is as corrupt as his father, and the blending of Fauci and fire is appealing indeed.Joe Biden’s “death by a thousand cuts” has unleashed a flood of Deep State attacks on our freedoms that would tie up a thousand Federal Courts for a lifetime. But Joe Sobran was right: “The Hive” will continue to thrive if we devote our efforts to swatting one drone at a time.Inspired by Newt Gingrich’s successful…Continue Reading

A Beacon of Light . . . Suffer The Little Children To Come Unto Me

November 8, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon of Light . . . Suffer The Little Children To Come Unto Me

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON Jr. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn.) + + “Let the children come to me, do not prevent them. For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these” (Matt. 19:14).How many times we have heard these words of Jesus? In the midst of the crowds, as children were trying to see Jesus, they were rebuked and pushed away. Many saw the children as a nuisance and a bother to the Messiah. For Jesus, however, the children were very important and occupied a very special place. The children had a keen understanding of the Kingdom of God. In fact, several biblical commentaries refer to Jesus’…Continue Reading

Doubling Down Or Double Crossing?

November 7, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Doubling Down Or Double Crossing?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO One of the issues that I’ve been watching closely during the run-up to the mid-term elections had to do with children, their schooling, what happened to close the schools for so long, and how public schools and the teachers’ unions have reacted to, and possibly encouraged, young people in their care to consider transgenderism.In fact, while my radio program has been on the air for over six years, I think we have spent more air time on this topic in the last six months than in all of our previous air times put together. When we started, parental complaints and legal fights were usually over something we would consider mundane by today’s standards, for we have…Continue Reading