Especially when the patriarch isn’t willing. Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco explains why he signed a letter that should never have had to be written. From First Things. [T]his week I signed A Fraternal Open Letter to Our Brother Bishops in Germany together with seventy other cardinals and bishops from around the world (and the number ofContinue reading “When the Children Misbehave, the Grown-Ups Must Step In.”
Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain
Pope Francis on the West: ‘We are Racists, We are Racists.’
Is publicly confessed racism the 21st-Century’s Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa? From Breibart: ROME, Italy — Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin. Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television. “There’s first class, second class,Continue reading “Pope Francis on the West: ‘We are Racists, We are Racists.’”
Noted with Pleasure, Charles Wood: St Mark Passion.
The relatively obscure St Mark Passion by Sir Charles Wood deserves more recognition. This setting of the St Mark Passion is by one of England’s finest choral composers, Charles Wood. It was commissioned by none other than the Rev’d Dr Eric Milner-White, who gave us the well known Ceremony of Nine Lessons and Carols, nowContinue reading “Noted with Pleasure, Charles Wood: St Mark Passion.”
Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing.
Faux-conservatives running for office in New York. In her column for Human Events, The Sidewalks of New York, Jacqueline Toboroff, a divorced mother of two gamely trying to raise her children in New York City, writes of a new effort by some of the City’s Democrats to separate themselves from the destructive policies of theirContinue reading “Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing.”
Noted with Pleasure.
From John Downland’s Third Book of Songs, this one is a delight, with the clever wordplay of the poem and of course its masterly setting. It was a Time when Silly Bees Could Speak Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex It was a time when silly bees could speak, And in that time I was aContinue reading “Noted with Pleasure.”
Defining Deviancy Down.
The pursuit of happiness? (Warning: naughty words below.) The New York Post reports: Lil Nas X executed an X-rated stunt during his Grammys performance Sunday, transforming his microphone into his penis, continuing the era of the on-screen peen. While rocking the stage alongside rapper Jack Harlow, 24, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the 22-year-oldContinue reading “Defining Deviancy Down.”
It’s Just Too Hard to Resist.
Kamala in fine form in her latest interview. Our Vice President has crafted more pearls of prose. Her atelier this time happened to be her own airplane, Air Force 2 and they took the form of an interview with ace, lick-spittle reporter Joy Reid, who asked the VP if she supported regime change in Russia.Continue reading “It’s Just Too Hard to Resist.”
There Will Always Be an England, Especially in Yorkshire.
Why are men being asked if they’re pregnant? 1 April 2022 SIR – I received my first Covid jab most efficiently as part of a cohort between the ages of 70 and 75 at the Grandstand on Epsom Downs. Following reception I was asked whether I was pregnant (Letters, March 31) and replied that, despiteContinue reading “There Will Always Be an England, Especially in Yorkshire.”
The Leftist Mob Turns Its Attention to Papal Bull From Half-a-Millennium Ago.
They will probably win. From The Hill: Members of the Assembly of First Nations on Thursday pressed Pope Francis to revoke 15th century papal orders used to justify colonialism. The decrees, issued in 1455 and 1493, approved of colonial explorers’ seizure of Indigenous land in Africa and the Americas and were used in the Doctrine of Discovery,Continue reading “The Leftist Mob Turns Its Attention to Papal Bull From Half-a-Millennium Ago.”
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