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2014-12-27T13:09:46-05:00

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Why the Secular Humanists Cannot Cope With Islam

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 1:09 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

In England the liberal left wing ideologues are shaking their heads with shame at the revelations coming from the town of Rotherham. In a huge scandal it has emerged that hundreds of children in state run children’s homes were systematically abused by gangs of Muslim men. More than 1,400 children were sexually abused over a 16 year period by gangs of paedophiles after police and council bosses turned a blind eye for fear of being labelled racist, a damning report... Read more

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2014-12-27T13:10:06-05:00

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Prepare for the Rise of the Right

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 1:10 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Ordinary people are fuming. Ordinary, decent, down home Mom and Pop types are frightened and fed up. In Britain and France, in the United States and Germany, in Scandinavian and Low Countries, in Spain and Italy ordinary, quiet citizens are angry and afraid. Check out this article reporting on the huge swing towards a new right wing party in Britain. The UKIP (United Kingdom Independent Party) will win its first parliamentary seat with a massive swing towards a candidate who switched... Read more

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2014-08-30T06:11:19-05:00

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Polygamy, The Feds and the Gas Chambers

Last updated on: August 30, 2014 at 6:11 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

A Utah judge has ruled against a legal ban on polygamy. Mark Gordon reports on the case here. The story is not that complicated. Kody Brown, who is a member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect is living with his four wives. The judge observes that if they were not married, but just living together in an adulterous relationship the law would have nothing to say about the situation. They’re only being prosecuted because they claim to be married, but it is... Read more

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2014-12-27T13:10:21-05:00

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Why Do Muslims Behead People?

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 1:10 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Are the brutal beheadings done by ISIS fanatics connected with their religion? Douglas Murray, writing here at the Spectator discusses the reluctance of any of the intelligentsia to discuss the reason for the barbarism of radical Muslims. Murray was on a BBC discussion program with a group of intellectuals who were debating the deteriorating situation in Iraq. Murray tried to make the point that there was a real link between the Islamic religion and violence. I was once again struck... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:52:26-05:00

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Powerful St Patrick

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:52 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Some time ago I had a dream in which I saw a young boy swimming in a river. As he was swimming happily downstream I saw that around the bend was a large crocodile. I watched in terror as the boy swept past the crocodile and the beast slipped out from the undergrowth where he was hiding to follow the lad. As he attacked I turned around to look for help. The croc had already devoured half of the boy.... Read more

2014-08-28T14:05:47-05:00

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Holy, Holy, Holy – How to Build a Beautiful Church

Last updated on: August 28, 2014 at 2:05 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Here is my latest article for Our Sunday Visitor on God’s blueprint for a beautiful and sacred church. God is not “the Great Architect,” and he doesn’t deal in blueprints and building committees, but did you know God told us how to build a church? It’s in the Bible. If we believe the sacred Scriptures are the inspired word of God, then we have to take seriously the passages in the Old Testament where God gives directions for building;... Read more

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2014-12-27T13:07:21-05:00

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O Lord, Make Me Happy, But Not Yet…

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 1:07 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Sister Mary Lucy was a Poor Clare nun who suffered greatly. She lost her eyesight and had a degenerative bone disease which caused her spine to crumble. The doctors could do very little to help her. I used to visit her regularly, but never once heard her complain. Instead she had a huge radiant smile. I asked her, “Sister, do you ever feel angry at the Lord because you have lost your sight?” “Oh no!” she’d exclaim, “I’ve seen such... Read more

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2014-08-25T08:05:20-05:00

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The Hilarious Evangelist – On Laughter in Religion

Last updated on: August 25, 2014 at 8:05 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I’m waiting for my ride at San Antonio airport. The car pulls up. A Latino fellow leans out the passenger window with a huge grin, “Hey Father Longenecker! I get to meet you at last! I read your stuff all the time man!” It was Catholic lay Evangelist Jesse Romero. I have had the pleasure of spending a weekend with Jesse and Dr Ray Guarendi at the Fullness of Truth Conference in San Antonio Both are dynamic Catholic lay evangelists and... Read more

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2014-08-24T07:09:08-05:00

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Encounters with Angels

Last updated on: August 24, 2014 at 7:09 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

What is our proper understanding and relationship with angels? This article outlines the answer Praise and Proclamation and Protection may not seem quite as exciting as “listening to the light within”, channeling your angel or summoning up dark spirits, but our faith is incarnational. The child in the manger reminds us that Christianity is real and practical — not esoteric and otherworldly. We have real bodies and live in a real physical world, and our religion does not help us... Read more

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2014-08-22T12:49:50-05:00

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On Traveling in Clericals and Ecumenical Movement

Last updated on: August 22, 2014 at 12:49 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I am on my way to San Antonio to speak at the Fullness of Truth conference, and as usual I am traveling in clericals. I usually do so when traveling to a speaking engagement because it makes me behave myself… Seriously, I like traveling in clericals because it is a silent form of witness. “Look! There’s somebody who’s trying to give himself to God!” Well, maybe. But I do get into good conversations. People call me “Father” and are generally... Read more

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