Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic . . . never mind that it was the wrong way. She was ordained [sic] in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but isn’t officially recognized . . . That is to say itContinue reading “Delusion”

From here.

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele’s radical policy of imprisoning convicted murderers has resulted in them being prevented from committing additional murders. A consequence of such an unorthodox approach is that beleaguered country, which used to suffer one the highest murder rates in the world, seeing it drop drastically. Other crime-ridden countries and neighborhoods might wishContinue reading “A breakthrough in criminology”

Under Mayor Lindsay, it was “Fun City.” Under Mayor Mumdani, it’s “Done City.” But done can be fun! Come and watch the show! Thanks to APF.

Once again, the Catholic voters, who are 38% of the city population could have defeated the Marxist Muslim, if they had been more intelligent. And of course one can guess how Catholic Charities voted. — And, the friend of a friend, the estimable Bill Donahue, writes all that needs to be written about yesterday’s catastrophe andContinue reading “A priest friend writes tellingly of whom to blame for the dismal results of New York’s recent election.”

From the National Catholic Reporter news I somehow missed. A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday (Oct. 25) in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned after Pope Francis greatly restricted the ancient liturgy. A few thousand pilgrims, many ofContinue reading “Gloria in excelsis Deo”

Those who despise socialism will not be surprised when the next country rejects it, nor the next, nor the next, etc. It will only come as a surprise to red haters if the citizens of the United Kingdom reject the left, not because a substantial percentage of British citizens have long despised socialism with theContinue reading “News only surprising to the left”

How long can they co-exist? Thanks (I think) to GR.

What would we do without the New York Post? There’s probably some truth to this part, if you squint your brain. Though it is likely the incident has caused a bit of upset in Fr Simplico’s diocesis and to its ordinary, such bad behavior like this is hardly unique among leaders of the Church (andContinue reading “You probably won’t see this in Commonweal or the National Catholic Reporter”

Received recently from a scholar of religion is a prayer being used for a bookmark in an ancient volume from the Vatican Library. It has been diligently translated despite vigorous opposition from popish persons and self-conceited Brethren. AMDG Almighty God by whose sovereign breath frost is given and running rivers have been made solid (JobContinue reading “A prayer of old with an astonishing contemporary significance”