“For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together, it’s no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule – the [...]

While you were sleeping

February 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

The federal government of Mexico has sent additional troops to a border city to quell violence caused by the drug cartels. This news escapes the notice of most Americans, those who do attend to it see it only in the shallow perspective of “immigration reform” and the problem of “illegal aliens”.
Ciudad Juarez is Mexico’s 4th [...]

This from the Archbishop of Boston:
“O’Malley on Monday called the Holocaust “the worst crime in human history” and pledged to move a Holocaust memorial to the Boston Archdiocese’s new headquarters”
Funny, I would think that a Catholic Prelate would consider the crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as the worst crime in history. It is a [...]

Textual basis: POPULORUM PROGRESSIO
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PAUL VI ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLES
MARCH 26, 1967
The Value of lndustrialization
25. The introduction of industrialization, which is necessary for economic growth and human progress, is both a sign of development and a spur to it. By dint of intelligent thought and hard work, man gradually [...]

The events of recent weeks stirs a great disquiet in my soul. Somehow it seems to me that the degeneracy of our times, the crumbling veneer of civility and order is accelerating and ushering in an epoch of high tech barbarism.
High tech barbarism, Neo-Visigoths with Facebook basically, perhaps I should not insult my ancestors of [...]

Traps of the Devil

February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Being a poor layman I can hardly speak authoritatively on such matters as Satanic snares, however given the propensity for the Catholic ordained to pronounce on matters outside their areas of competence – science and medicine and politics and law – I suppose in the greater scheme of things a lay person speaking on satanic [...]

It has happened sooner than I thought it would, that the love and peace Democrat dream of a New World Order freed from the perceived aggression and violence of the Bush 43 administration would rapidly unfold and replace the nightmare of the post 9-11 America would be rebuffed as so much naievte by the very [...]