For many Catholics, there is a sense that if the gates of hell are not prevailing, they are coming loose at the hinges, and bent at the bars. (Me, today) Even as I write this, more headlines are opening up, showing us the truly worldwide nature of the corruption within Read more…
I know I went on a little bit of a rant today about this, so it’s very heartening to see the statement just released out of the Diocese of Albany by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger. Here is the whole statement: August 6, 2018 Statement by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Read more…
This morning comes breaking news out of NCR, that Washington DC’s Cardinal Donald Wuerl has proposed a “national panel” to investigate any serious allegation made against Bishops. And the panel would be comprised of, wait for it…bishops. “Would we have some sort of a panel, a board, of bishops … Read more…
Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like Read more…
We often hear of how the laity, by virtue of our baptisms, have a share in the priesthood of the Church and the priesthood of Christ, but it’s not a well-defined “priesthood” and that’s a good thing because really, our priesthood is to be the hands, feet, eyes and ears Read more…
Well, it’s been very interesting watching predictable Americans react in completely predictable manners as regards President Trump’s latest SCOTUS choice, Brett Kavanaugh. Yes, reactions are utterly predictable, right down the line. For those whose sole concern for the Court is that Roe v Wade is overturned, Kavanaugh is not “enough”. Read more…
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleading. — Psalm 30:1-2 The anguish Letitia Adams is experiencing as she is trying to process a whole life of pain, a lifelong sense of Read more…
Last night a very bright political unknown named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez soundly defeated Joe Crowley, a 10-term member of Congress, in their New York primary elections and President Trump — who many have said would sail to re-election in 2020 thanks to rosy economic pictures and troubling social ones — may Read more…
A recent poll suggests a majority of Americans support the “zero tolerance” policy that separates children (ages 5 years old and up) from parents who cross our Southern boarders illegally, rather that through recognized processing centers. What sort of parent would do it — purposely separate their child from themselves, Read more…
?Within days of each other, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their own lives, and the world responded as the world always does, by trying to find the simplest answer as to why people commit suicide and then finding the fastest and most practical way to address it so they Read more…