"Life" by Ronald Reagan This poem, written by Reagan when he was seventeen years old, was published in his high-school yearbook, 1928. + + + + + LIFE I wonder....

Blogworthies XVIII Because The Blog from the Core simply can't cover everything. Noteworthy entries @ The Mighty Barrister, Catholic Kerry Watch, HerbEly, That Liberal Media, Catholic and Enjoying It, Catholic....

Day One of the Novena of the Litany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim In prospect of the American bishops' meeting in Denver, June 14 through June 20,....

Texts for the Novena In prospect of the American bishops' meeting in Denver, June 14 through June 20, 2004. Prayers for the Novena Intentions for Prayer Vigil for Holiness Litany....

Prayers for the Novena To use, if desired, with the Litany and the Intentions. For the Universal Church God our Father, by the promise you made in the life, death....

John Kerry's "Catholicism" A dead-on column by James Gannon at (yes) USA Today, June 2: .... Now, 44 years later, another Catholic is about to become the Democratic nominee for....

"History Is Useful" Unless you are Democrats trying to defeat your political opponents in the upcoming general election, in which case history is harmful. John Keegan provides some desperately needed....

Mike S. Adams vs. Higher Academia Prof. Mike Adams (University of North Carolina - God help him - Wilmington) has published a few connected articles at TownHall in the past....

Holy Spirit Interactive Vide.

"Church's Ability to Evangelize Is Diminished" Really, your eminence? Lege. Confer "I come not to praise Caesar, but to bury him" (part 1, part 2) and I come not to....

"Anti-Kerry Veterans Group Protests Ad" Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCXIII The surprising thing about this story is not the story itself, nor even that it's a rather well-balanced story —....

Howell Raines Advises Kerry to be Flaming Hypocrite Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCXII What does the former NYT editor say John Kerry really needs to do? Why, try his best....

Happy Second Blogiversary to Bill Cork Vide.

On the Legal Fiction of Sodomite "Marriage" Though it had been approved by Pope John Paul II on March 28, 2003, and it wouldn't be promulgated until July 31, 2003,....

Standing Up to the "Smiling Usurpers" A statement from David Pence and the Ushers of the Eucharist. And there is a mighty fine writer amongst them. I don't know if....

Proposed Novena of the Litany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim II As I did two years ago, I am proposing a novena before the bishops' meeting in....

"Faith, Personal Conviction and Political Life" An address, May 25, by Most Rev. Donald Wuerl, bishop of Pittsburgh. Confer.

W.B. Ullathorne to J.H. Newman One hundred and forty years ago today, June 2, 1864, Rt. Rev. William Bernard Ullathorne, D.D., O.S.B., wrote to Rev. John Henry Newman, D.D., O.C.....

Like Father, Like Son Or, like father's sodomite partner, like son? Taking recruitment to a whole 'nother level. In my darker moments of speculation, Faithful Reader, I have sometimes pondered....

According to Her, She's Not Monica Alexandra Polier tells her side of the story. See Flashback: What Happens to Rumors About Republican Infidelity and John "F"... Clinton?

Maureen "Clueless" Dowd Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCXI The woman who has had a tactic of deception named after her — to dowdify — apparently had no clear idea what....

Kerry Honored by Vietnamese Communists Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCX Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July....

Evangelical Catholic Apologetics Vide.

Catholic Movie Poll Now accepting nominations: The National Catholic Register is seeking nominations for the top movies that celebrate Catholic life. We don't seek to repeat the excellent lists of....

The Peacemaker Memorial Day 2004 I Upon his will he binds a radiant chain,    For Freedom’s sake he is no longer free.    It is his task, the slave of Liberty,....

Lest We Forget Memorial Day 2004 II

Taking Chance Home Memorial Day 2004 III This was written by LtCol M.R. Strobl USMC who is assigned to MCCDC Quantico VA and served as the officer who escorted the....

Former American High Official Provides Rhetorical Ammunition to the Enemy Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCIX Al Gore has disgraced his country, his party, his state, his parents, his children, his....

Pentecost Sunday Lege.

Three by Kilmer III Three sonnets by Joyce Kilmer. Lionel Johnson (For the Rev. John J. Burke, C.S.P.) There was a murkier tinge in London's air    As if the honest....