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August 3, 2018

McCarrick and His Proteges. The Miraculous Career of Cardinal Farrell

By di Sandro Magister, L'Espresso - But what seems even more rash is the decision of Pope Francis to call to Rome as head of the dicastery for the family a character like Farrell, who had one after another as his villainous mentors the serial predators Maciel and McCarrick, and moreover presents himself today as a proponent of the legitimization of homosexual amours.
August 2, 2018

Paul Kengor: ‘A Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism and Socialism’

By Emilie Cochran, CNSNews - In his presentation, “A Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism and Socialism,” Kengor aimed to give the students attending the conference the education they will not get at their liberal universities… Marx (1818-1883) acknowledged that communism, particularly its views on property, were contrary to the “social and political order of things,” Kengor said. This view, along with the fact that communism seeks to “abolish the present state of things” and believes there are no moral absolutes, is the opposite of conservatism…
July 26, 2018

Msgr. Charles Pope: “Strange but Rich Verses” File: What Does Acts 1:4 Mean by Saying that Jesus was Eating Salt with Them?

By Msgr. Charles Pope - There is an unusual verse that occurs in the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, describing a gathering of Jesus and the apostles after the resurrection but before the ascension. For the most part, modern translations do not reveal the full oddity of the verse. The verse in question, as rendered by the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, is this: And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father (Acts 1:4).
July 21, 2018

The Value of Mistakes

By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing - None of us is perfect, so we will make mistakes.  And if we venture out into new areas beyond our current experiences, we are even more likely to make mistakes.  So learning from our mistakes is an important way of developing prudence. Too often people try to hide their mistakes or shy away from difficult assignments where they might make a mistake. 

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