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Religious Exemptions… Not Always Popular With Some Elements

April 11, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Religious Exemptions… Not Always Popular With Some Elements

By DEACON MIKE MANNO During the past few years we have been overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic — or, perhaps it would be better rephrased as: over the last few years we have been overwhelmed by the governmental response to the pandemic.We have seen lockdowns, mask requirements, and other “public health” measures imposed by officials who were either working for the public good, to protect the population from the dreaded disease, or, as heard from many quarters, they were working to control and impose their own hidden agendas.That latter observation is bolstered by the fact that there were churches which were not only required to be closed while strip clubs and abortions facilities were allowed to remain open, but were…Continue Reading

The Attempt To Banish Nature

April 10, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Attempt To Banish Nature

By DONALD DeMARCO The central irony of feminism, which was founded in the interest of giving due respect to the special gifts of women, has logically led to the denial that there is such a being as a woman. “I understand,” writes feminist Julia Kristeva, “by ‘woman’ that which cannot be represented, something that is not said, something above and beyond nomenclature and ideologies.”Gender studies Professor Rebecca Jordan-Young, author of Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences, states that there is not even a singular biological answer to what is a female. Another gender expert, Sarah Richardson, author of The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects, argues that science cannot settle what are really social…Continue Reading

Revealing Thoughts From Joe Biden

April 9, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Revealing Thoughts From Joe Biden

By CHRISTOPHER MANION “It has been the project of liberal political and ethical theory to create just societies without just people, primarily by attempting to set in place social institutions and/or discover moral principles that ensure cooperation among people who share no common goods or virtues” — theologian Stanley Hauerwas (Notre Dame and Duke Universities).“To try to unify the country, that’s been the hardest thing so far. Not a joke. . . . You ultimately have to unify, as angry as I sometimes get” — Joe Biden to Trade Union conference, Wednesday, April 6, 2022Joe Biden finds it as difficult to think as it is to walk, but it is nonetheless revealing when we hear his thoughts uttered beyond the…Continue Reading

How To Evangelize

April 8, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on How To Evangelize

BY JOE SIXPACK Last week we talked about who needs to be evangelized. This week I’ll talk about how absolutely any Catholic can evangelize.For the faint of heart — those who are terrified of face-to-face evangelization, you really can evangelize and receive all the kudos, admiration, and adulation of any professional full-time lay evangelist. Well, actually you won’t get that from any human person, but you’ll get that from the only Person who really matters — God. How?Look, we work for the best Boss in the universe. Over the last 30-plus years, I’ve been used by the Holy Spirit to make hundreds of converts in one-on-one and small group venues, and I have 84 adult godchildren. Can’t see yourself doing…Continue Reading

Putin’s Attack On Ukraine

April 7, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Putin’s Attack On Ukraine

By DR. JOHN LAMONT (Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the Rorate Caeli blogspot on March 22. It is reprinted here with permission; all rights reserved.) + + Although wars are a temporal phenomenon, they often have religious repercussions or arouse religious passions and disputes. The Russian attack on Ukraine is no exception. One of its religious effects has been to provoke divisions among Catholics. Most of them have backed the Ukrainians in their self-defense against invasion. Some vocal Catholic traditionalists have, however, taken the Russian side to a greater or lesser extent — certainly to the extent of arguing that the Ukrainians should not be given assistance by other countries in their fight against the Russians, a step…Continue Reading

The Music Of Redemption… Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion”

April 6, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Music Of Redemption… Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion”

By PAUL KRAUSE Count me as one of those Christians who, during Easter, is particularly enraptured with the high aesthetic that has emerged from the Lenten traditions. The greatest, for me, is the sacred music associated with the death of Jesus Christ. None is as majestic, and powerful, as J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion.Truth, wherever it is found, belongs to God. Beauty is also a pathway to God. Beauty brings us to the Godhead and sits alongside the Trinity. That is the wisdom of our theological tradition.Bach was not a Catholic, but Bach’s music is as grand and reverent, soul-stirring, as anything composed by Catholic artists. Being German, Bach’s music belongs to the greatest tradition of music that the world…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . Understanding The First Commandment

April 5, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . Understanding The First Commandment

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + Today we will begin our study of the Ten Commandments. We begin by reflecting on the First Commandment which says: “I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any strange gods before me.”If we are to examine this Commandment, we first must know who God is. To help us understand who God is, let us return to the First Vatican Council. The First Vatican Council (Concilium Vaticanum Primum) was convoked by Pope…Continue Reading

Another Press Hoax…Or Is It?

April 4, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Another Press Hoax…Or Is It?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO One of the towering figures of American journalism was The New York Sun, 1833-1950. The Sun, under the direction of Benjamin Day, was considered to have ushered in the era of the penny press, where newspapers, mostly broadsides at first, were sold for one cent, showing publishers that news was a commodity which could be bought and sold.Just for reference, other notable editors of the era were James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald, and, perhaps the most famous of the group, Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune. The commercial expansion of the news business ultimately allowed newspapers to become weaned from their political sponsors, thus ending the era of the party press in…Continue Reading

The Theology Of The Body Revisited

April 3, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Theology Of The Body Revisited

By DONALD DeMARCO In December 1987, a group of distinguished Christian leaders, mostly evangelical, formed The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. An important factor that led to its formation was what these leaders perceived as “The widespread uncertainty and confusion in our culture regarding the complementary differences between masculinity and femininity.” The group’s first meeting took place in Danvers, Mass., and led to the production of a collection of 31 essays, appropriately called The Danvers Statement. Its final form was published the following year.The CBMW expressed the hope that “the noble Biblical vision of sexual complementarity may yet win the mind and heart of Christ’s church.” To this end, the group was committed “To study and set forth the…Continue Reading

Biden And Bishops Support Ukraine, Betray Americans

April 2, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Biden And Bishops Support Ukraine, Betray Americans

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Last Friday, Joe Biden told U.S. troops stationed in Poland that they would soon be in Ukraine. “You’re going to see when you’re there, and some of you have been there, you’re gonna see — you’re gonna see women, young people standing in the middle in front of a damned tank just saying, ‘I’m not leaving, I’m holding my ground’,” Biden told them.His remarks brought quick “clarifications” from White House staff. “The president has been clear we are not sending U.S. troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position,” a staffer explained.Last Monday, Biden tried to clarify his remarks once more. “I was talking to the troops. We were talking about helping train the…Continue Reading