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Prayer to Mary Immaculate for the United States
At this critical time, readers may want to join in a novena to the patroness of the United States, Our Lady under the title of her Immaculate Conception.
A fitting brief prayer may be found...
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Blessed Terence O’Brien and Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez
This penultimate day in October - all hallowe'ed eve's eve - is the memorial of the Irish bishop and martyr, Terence O'Brien (1601-1651), put to a brutal death on October 30th for his hand...
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Untrammeled Immigration: A Reply to a Reader
A reader sent in the following comment:
Your stated goal “endeavours to foster the *culture of life* by reporting truthfully, critically, contextually, and … guided by a *cultural vision inspired by Catholic doctrine*” yet you...
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Bill Gates on the Hot Seat
There's more than a little schadenfreude in seeing Bill Gates put through his paces by this doughty interviewer. The commentator is right when he says, 'she'll never be invited back'. Gates storms off in...
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Tallis, and Verily, Verily I Say Unto Thee
As we commemorated the other day the 'Forty Martyrs of England and Wales' - chosen amongst the countless host put to death for their Catholic Faith during the Protestant revolt - here is a...
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Kamalogorrhea
An intriguing clip, with Kamala Harris facing an interviewer who at least tries to get her to answer a direct question about the number of illegal and unvetted immigrants. Even Brett Baier's dogged perseverance...
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Neptune, Voyager and Where No Man Has Gone Before…
On this day in 1846, astronomer William Hessel discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, just 17 days after Johann Galle discovered the gas giant itself. Rather an impressive feat, for home-built...
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Feckless FEMA and Finding Our Own Way
Feckless:
Lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
As another hurricane hurtles towards Florida - possibly a catastrophic Category-5, and this after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene...
