A Descent Into Hell

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A Review of Escape From Camp 14 Escape From Camp 14 is a modern-day horror story that spans 224 pages revealing the atrocities of the atheistic communist North Korean regime. Its facts are related by one of the few escapees who lived, Shin Dong-Hyuk. The testimony of a former inmate of the … Read more

Why Economic Culture Matters

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A review of Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and How America Can Avoid a European Future by Samuel Gregg (New York: Encounter Books, 2013) *          *          * It is not often that one finds refreshing nuance in books dealing with economy. Economics is not supposed to be about nuance. It usually presents itself in … Read more

The False Accusation Scandal

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When talking about the enormous decline in sexual abuse cases inside the Catholic Church in recent years, it is customary to preface the remarks by saying that even one case of the clerical abuse of minors is too many. Such a qualifier is completely justified. The sacred dignity of the priesthood demands … Read more

Guilty Until Proven Guiltier

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No one denies that some priests have terribly abused minors, and some bishops failed to act properly to stop this unspeakable harm. This is the qualifier that must be placed before any rational discussion of the sexual abuse scandals. However, there is a story that is not being told. In the hysteria … Read more

The Song Is Ended but the Melody Lingers On

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June 29, 2010 would have been the 71st Birthday of Colonel John Ripley. Although he is no longer with us, his memory, as Mary Susan Goodykoontz says so well in this book review of An American Knight, will live on forever. “While the world knew my brother John as a Navy Cross … Read more

Finding the Real Soul of the Apostolate

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The present scandals in the Church have many people looking for positive solutions to the multifaceted problems which beset the Bride of Christ, not realizing that the true solution will only come from Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, His life within us and fidelity to His teachings. The Soul of the Apostolate … Read more