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October 2026

October 15, 2026

Pope Leo has Lung Cancer. We Need Him in this Dangerous Time

I’ve been caught up with a conundrum in my own life and haven’t written anything...

July 2026

July 23, 2026

There is a Difference Between Damnation and Salvation

There is a difference between doing an immoral thing and not having any morals at...

April 2026

April 16, 2026

Trump Attacks Church. Jerks Catholic Charities Funding.

Trump has mis-used his power to broaden his attacks on the Catholic Church. Catholic Charities...

April 03, 2026

We murdered God on a Friday. Why do we call it “Good?”

It was Friday. In a few hours, the Sabbath would begin, and along with it,...

March 2026

March 10, 2026

God Warned Us About Trump. We Have No Excuse.

God has warned Christians repeatedly about their idolatry of Donald Trump. God allowed the Hollywood...

January 2026

January 15, 2026

Archbishop Coakley Meets Herod. Did He Speak for Christ?

Archbishop Paul Coakley, the current president of the United States Coalition of Catholic Bishops, met...

November 2025

November 17, 2025

Vatican Says No to Calling Mary “Co-Redemptrix.”

Mary is the Mother of God, but she is not the “Co-Redemptrix" or "Mediatrix of...

October 2025

October 16, 2025

Trump Got a Jet and a Golf Course. We Got a Lousy Red Hat.

Your rulers are rebels and partners with thieves; They all love bribes and chase after...

October 06, 2025

Jesus Will Come Again. We Don’t Know When. Do His Will Now.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,...

August 2025

August 18, 2025

On 8/18/1920 Women Got the Right to Vote. Can We Keep It?

On this day in 1920, the state of Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the...

March 2025

March 05, 2025

Choose Christ over Trump this Lent

Satan has those of us who choose Christ over Trump caught in a crossfire. On...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

Who do You Say that I Am?

I Am. I Am that I Am. Moses needed a name. God was sending him...

February 24, 2025

Jesus Christ is your God. Or Trump is your god. You chose.

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God. You shall...

January 2025

January 09, 2025

If You Follow the Devil, You Belong to the Devil.

I don’t say this about every politician, but I have no doubt that Jimmy Carter...

February 2024

February 15, 2024

It’s been Four Months since Everything Changed.

It’s been 4 months since everything changed. I woke up. It was around 3 am....

October 2023

October 11, 2023

God help us to conquer the menace of evil.

We are swimming in a sea of evil. The pillars of civilized society are shaken...

October 09, 2023

Israel, America and the Price of Political Chaos

Israel has been attacked and hundreds Israeli citizens are dead. Many others have been taken...

June 2021

June 15, 2021

Render Unto to Ceasar … What Did Jesus Teach About Church and State?

“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

If You’re Been Sexually Assaulted by a Powerful Man, It’s Your Fault.

"If you’ve been sexually assaulted, your only real recourse is not to have been sexually...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

The Pope has Spoken and I Accept It.

I’ve been standing on the sidelines, watching the hate-Pope-Francis movement tear into the fabric...

December 05, 2016

Come Out of the Cold This Advent

I need Advent this year. I think we all do. I wrote this post, concerning...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

History Repeats in USA, But Evil Will Never Triumph

What happens when evil appears to triumph? I wrote about that for CatholicVote. Here's part...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

What Do You Put on the Altar of Your Heart?

Pro life people must not confine their pro life thinking to the tiny intellectual boxes...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Pope Francis Condemns Arms Dealers. Duh.

Deal Hudson is all agog because Pope Francis had the temerity to condemn international...

June 17, 2015

Cafeteria Catholics Wear Red as Well as Blue

It was a rout. They knocked one another down, running away from Him. The temple...

June 15, 2015

Belgian GPs “Killing Patients Who Have Not Asked to Die.”

Evidently, the greatest danger to an elderly person in Belgium is their doctor, a fact that...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Under Attack for Saving Lives

Two days ago, the California Assembly passed a bill attacking crisis pregnancy centers. Among other...

May 12, 2015

Christianity Declines Sharply in America. Here’s the One, Two Three of It.

Recent polls show a seven percent drop in the past eight years in the number...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

The Murderers Got Away With It.

Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians? Adolph Hitler The murderers...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Jill Stanek: “I Expect that From the Democrats.”

We have two goals today. First of all, in our own way we want to...