Trump has signaled that he intends to carry his fight to overturn the election to Congress. He evidently wants to take a shot at overturning the electoral vote that occurred Monday by challenging that vote when Congress certifies it on January 6. My family members and I had talked about this. We expected Trump to carry his crazy as far as he could. Sure enough, as soon as the Electoral College elected Joe Biden the 46th President of the United... Read more
Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, Ark, has COVID-19. Bishop Taylor was formerly a priest in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City where he made a strong record of standing for the civil and human rights of immigrants. He was a reliable help when I was trying to pass pro life legislation, and he made a real and creative effort to support work to end violence against women. Bishop Taylor was one of the very first bishops to respond to the... Read more
We believe that every person is precious, that people are more important than things, and that the measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and dignity of the human person. USCCB, Life and Dignity of the Human Person. Well, they did it again. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Catholic Church in California doesn’t have to obey the health and safety regulations that the state has put into effect to stem the... Read more
Pope Francis wrote a most remarkable Op Ed for the New York Times this week. It is the voice of a loving shepherd, speaking to his sin-sick, spiritually ravaged American flock. I hope that every person, of every belief and ideology, will read it. I know that reading it was balm for my heart. Americans are suffering from the damage done to our souls by the leadership of a psychopath in the White House and the abject failure of so... Read more
I’m a Bible reader. For many years, I read through-the-year Bibles which are divided up into 365 readings that take you through the entire Scriptures. Then, I began reading straight through the Bible, a few pages or chapters every day. I like to read different translations. I read through one translation, then switch to another. Right now, I’m slowly wending my way through the New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. I’m on second Maccabees, deep in the Greek persecutions of... Read more
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, of the Diocese of Brooklyn NY, faces two accusations of child sexual abuse from former parishioners. Bishop DiMarzio is the same bishop who joined with Agudath Israel of America in a lawsuit challenging New York’s COVID-19 public health restrictions. The United States Supreme Court, which had earlier ruled in favor of such restrictions, reversed itself last week in favor of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America. I wrote a post yesterday about my strong... Read more
Which is lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill? Jesus Christ. Whaddaya do when your bishop is a quack? Let me use an example from my own life to illustrate what I’m asking. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. I spent a lot — and I mean a LOT — of time on the websites for MedPlus, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.... Read more
There was no fraud in the November 3 election. Biden beat Trump. Christopher Krebs, the man Trump put in charge of election security, said it. He got fired for saying it. Now, he has gone on national tv and said it again. There was no fraud in the November 3 election. Trump responded to Krebs’ statements as he always does, by showing us his crazy. He tweeted insults at Krebs and issued more of his daft claims that he, the... Read more
What does it profit a priest/preacher/bishop if they gain the world, but lose their own soul? Jesus Christ, paraphrased. Selling out Jesus Christ and the Gospels to Trump has led to a moral collapse among the American Christians whose leaders have misled them. This is why they’re turning to things like QAnon, why they approach Trump like he’s a messiah. They’ve lost Jesus Christ. They are seeking God in all the wrong places because they no longer follow the real... Read more
If you’re searching for insight into Joe Biden’s character, look no further than the people who worked with him for decades. Members of the Senate seem united in the fact that Joe Biden is a good person. Here is one of Trump’s choir boys, singing his praises for Biden. Ladies and gentlemen, I offer you Senator Lindsey Graham. Read more
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