Friday, 17 February 2012

Vatican to be forced to pay taxes on schools, hospitals, hostels with chapels

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"This is a victory for public pressure," said Mario Staderini, the leader of the Italian Radicals party. "We've managed t...

Catholics Marginalized-Buchanan Out of MSNBC

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Thanks, Wiki Pat Buchanan will no longer be a commentator on MSNBS. Here is the story.

Directly from LifeSiteNews: double standard from Government regarding Occupy Washington and Priests for Life--Is anyone surprised?

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UPDATED: Catholic priest, pro-life activists arrested outside White House protesting Obama mandate Kathleen Gilbert Thu Feb 16 13:39 EST ...

When Does the Virtual Community Become the Real Community?

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I have been thinking of the need for blogging among Catholics. Pope Benedict XVI, when Cardinal Ratzinger, in 2001, reiterated an earlier co...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

Perfection Part Five in a Series: Children, Grace and Parental Duty

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The great Spencer has a chilling video on his site today. The entire episode reminded me of the Jesuit saying, "Give us a child in edu...

Prayer for Priests, Four

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Prayer for Priests of St. Catherine of  Siena I beseech You, direct the hearts and wills of the servants of Your Bride, the  ...

Prayer for Priests, Three

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Prayer to the Virgin Mary for Priests by Blessed John Paul II O Mary,  Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests,  accept this tit...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Santorum (Finally) Criticizes the "Christianity" of POTUS

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Brietbart.tv  has a clip of Santorum attacking Obama's connections to the Black Liberation Church in Chicago, which I have written about...

Catholics and the Media II: Edmund Campion

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Because I am thinking of the Catholic use of the media today, here is Campion's Brag . If you remember, he printed this up at Stonor Hou...

The Lack of Catholic Identity in Europe and Blogging for the Catholic Community

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Part I On Catholics and the Media Having traveled in Europe during the past year, I am struck again and again by the lack of Catholic iden...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Sweden is a Nation which Hates Families

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Chart is American Statistics for Home Schooling Excellence Homeschooling is illegal in Sweden, and if you are a Catholic, this could be ...

Voris on The Issue-not merely religious freedom, but a chance to condemn, nationally, contraception

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Apostles to the Slavs and Patrons of Europe

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Without Ss. Cyril and Methodius, I might not be Catholic. My ancestors came from the same areas, including Moravia, where the two "equ...
Monday, 13 February 2012

The Ruling Class as the Societal Norm is the Class of Subjectivity and Utilitarianism

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Gramsci noted in his prison notebooks, a new edition which came out last year, and in other earlier editions, that the ruling class will cre...

Follow up on Marriage Post...

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Once a King or Queen in Narnia, always a King or Queen. This post comes out of a response to the one on marriage below. In my years wo...

Bless the Lord all birds of the air...The little Benedictine bird, in her black feathers, has just sung one of the Hours.

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This morning I was awakened by the song of the Thrush commonly called the Blackbird. Like the American Robin,  Turdus migratorius , this  ...
Sunday, 12 February 2012

Pascendi Part Two: Gramsci and America

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Time for a Gramsci post. That Obama is the heir to Gramsci I have been trying to point out since 2007. However, few have listened, and the y...

The Death of the American Imagination

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Many years ago, I taught a class which the students called the "isms" course. It was really a history of ideas and a history of th...

One may never do evil so that good may result from it

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A painful family event in these days is the marriage outside of a Catholic or a Christian service of sons and daughter of practicing Cath...

With apologies to those who hate Valentine's Day

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Are my friends in Kent aware that some of the earliest poetry regarding St. Valentine's Day is from John Gower of Kent? Here is a snip...