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November 2019

November 16, 2019

Pope Francis–Don’t Be A Litterbug!

  Pope Francis Wants to Include Ecological Sins in Catechism At an international conference of...

November 09, 2019

Francis: The Pope We Need

The RadTrad Heresy grows exponentially with its Jansenistic emphasis on the pernicious nature of the...

September 2019

September 22, 2019

THE RAD TRAD HERESY: RESISTING TRUTH

A Heresy For Our Times Once, it was just grumpy alt-right conservatives complaining about the...

September 04, 2019

MAKING PEACE WITH POTTER

Don't Worry About Harry Harried a bit by the evil in the world?  Make peace...

August 2019

August 17, 2019

JESUIT ACTOR IN “EXORCIST” MOVIE ACCUSED OF ABUSE

Morally Compromised NY Governor and Legislature Destroy Reputations There has been no investigation, yet.  There...

August 09, 2019

VIOLENT AMERICA–THE REASON

  TIME FOR A LITTLE REALITY: EL PASO SHOOTER---WHITE SUPREMACIST DAYTON SHOOTER---LIBERAL SOCIALIST CHICAGO SHOOTERS---ANGRY...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

RACISM OR TRUTH IN BALTIMORE?

  Baltimore ecumenical leaders including Archbishop Lori, responded to President Trump’s tweets on the rat...

July 19, 2019

BISHOPS EMBRACING SLOTH–MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS PART THREE

  Becoming CEOs of the institution and ceding the Church to lawyers rather than to...

July 01, 2019

ST. JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN–TO BE CANONIZED ON OCTOBER 13

If you don’t know this man you should. He is one of the most famous...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN–HOMEWARD BOUND

HOMEWARD BOUND If you find it’s me you're missing If you’re hoping I’ll return To...

June 24, 2019

SHEPHERDS THROWING PRIESTS TO THE WOLVES–MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS PART TWO

So they lawyered up.  That was the first mistake the bishops made in the sex...

June 15, 2019

MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS–PART ONE

The U.S. Bishops had an unimpressive week at their biannual meeting.  That means this first...

June 15, 2019

NO HARD HAT BIRETTAS–THE CHURCH HAS FAILED AGAIN!

NO HARD HAT BIRETTAS? THE CHURCH HAS LET US DOWN AGAIN. Picture from the Daily...

June 10, 2019

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS CARDINAL BURKE DOING?

What in the world is Cardinal Burke doing?  What can he and his compatriots be...

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