Year: 2020

Communion on the Tongue: Corona-hysteria’s Tragic Victim

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Communion on the Tongue: Corona-hysteria’s Tragic Victim

The panic surrounding the Chinese virus is claiming an impressive list of victims. These include social relations, the ability to receive standard medical treatment and the world economy. All these have suffered greatly due to ill-conceived restrictions put into place because of hysteria over the spread of CoVid-19. However, none is as … Read more

A Terrorist-Friendly Archbishop

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A Terrorist-Friendly Archbishop

The Archbishop of Cali, Colombia, Most Rev. Darío de Jesús Monsalve, has had many setbacks when exercising his controversial pastoral mission. Zeal for defending the sheep of his flock should not be a problem since the Gospel says that a true shepherd must defend his faithful from the many enemies of the … Read more

Refuting Leftist Myths About Saint Junipero Serra

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Elizabeth Bruenig’s New York Times op-ed “A Saint’s Sins” was a lengthy indictment of the character and actions of Saint Junipero Serra. It is tempting to refer to it as a masterpiece of character assassination, except that it is not masterful. It recycles modernist and old anti-Catholic attacks that ignore the historical … Read more

Civilization and Tribalism Clash in Ventura California

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Civilization and Tribalism Clash in Ventura California

In the early morning hours of July 23rd of this year, city officials in San Buenaventura (commonly referred to as Ventura), California hired an anti-Catholic crane company to remove a statue of Saint Junipero Serra that had stood in the city for just shy of a century. This move came after a … Read more

China Embraces Hong Kong—Like a Boa Constrictor

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China Embraces Hong Kong—Like a Boa Constrictor

All leftists clamor for dialogue, tolerance, free speech and the right to protest—until they are in power. The most recent example of this contradiction is Communist China that has lowered the boom on the freedoms once enjoyed in Hong Kong. The city once had a free-market economy and autonomy from the communist … Read more