Showing posts with label Catholic Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic Church. Show all posts
Sunday, August 2, 2026

For Endurance, Capture The Culture

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     The remarkable Haretina Kukuri has produced a stunner of an essay about the longevity of the world’s oldest continuously functioning i...
Friday, May 8, 2026

The Sacred And The State

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. As you know, I’m a Catholic Christian, so the statements and deeds of prominent Catholic clerics are of co...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Valentine’s Day

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     I got nuthin’, as they say, so have a few words about the saint whose deeds inspired this day:      Saint Valentine, officially known ...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

For The Feast of Christ The King

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     [Today is the Feast of Christ The King, which falls on the last Sunday before Advent. It’s a unique holy day for several reasons, and o...
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Friday, August 8, 2025

Dissent Requires Courage

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     I have an admission to make, Gentle Reader: I'm not terribly courageous. There are times when I back away from saying plainly and e...
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Sunday, November 1, 2020

On Sainthood

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     “You have to be a very good, and usually very dead person to become a saint. And more importantly, you need to work three miracles.” – ...
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Friday, October 30, 2020

American Catholics, Take Note!

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     You will never read anything more timely than what follows. It’s an open letter from Archbishop Carlo Vigano, at one time the Apostolic...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

Unpleasant Necessities

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     As some Gentle Readers will already know, I had a Catholic grammar-school education. By and large it was a good one, though the authori...
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Sunday, February 9, 2020

New Dimensions In Terrorism

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     I wish I could honestly say I was surprised by this story:      Jacksonville police said a van crashed into a Republican party tent w...
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Sunday, November 3, 2019

On Charity: A Sunday Rumination

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     Imagine the following conversation: Charitable Canvasser: Give me money. FWP: Why? CC: I need it. FWP: And why should that conc...
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Friday, November 1, 2019

For All Saints’ Day

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     The Catholic Church has established many feast days in the liturgical calendar. Some are very well known; others have been obscured by ...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

A Prick To The Conscience

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     There aren’t many things I expect a priest to do for his flock. (There are a few things I expect him not to do, and woe betide his par...
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Sunday, February 10, 2019

A Poser For His Holiness

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     [As it’s Sunday, and as abortion has been much in the news of late, I thought I’d resurrect this old piece from Eternity Road, which f...
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