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McMaken: The Rise of the State and the Fall of Natural Law

December 2025 marks the centennial of Pope Pius XI’s 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, which established the feast of Christ the King. Today, this feast is often commemorated by your average, milquetoast clergyman through calls to metaphorically embrace Jesus Christ as king and to have him “reign in our hearts.” That sort of thing has its place, … Read more

Links for International News of the Day

Links for International News of the Day

We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. China China, U.S. kick off new round of tariffs imposition in trade war. Reuters. Stocks shiver as new U.S.-China tariffs add to global gloom. Reuters. China takes … Read more

He’s Even Got That ‘New Pope’ Smell.

Francis I, the new leader of the catholic church, is likely to get more than a few liberals to jump back on their crazy-train.  That’s because he’s a Catholic.  No, not your Pelosi-Biden ‘garden variety’ left wing catholic, who claims to be catholic–Pope Francis is an actual C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C. Francis has this crazy idea that marriage has something to do … Read more

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