AN ITALIAN CATHOLIC has posted a petition online, addressed to the "Cardinals of the Roman Church," requesting the removal of the phony-baloney Marxist "Pope Francis" from the papacy. The elegantly-worded petition states: [I]t remains a theological truth of the divine law and ecclesiology, that no one who seeks to harm the Church in anything essential, such as Her fidelity to Christ's Magisterium, can be in communion with Her ...  Any such act by the Modernist cardinals to depose Francis is extremely unlikely (and the Cardinals do not have the authority to depose a pope.) In the meantime, Jorge Bergoglio is not, by virtue of his defection from the Faith, the pope. He is an impostor, who continues his revolutionary agenda at a breathtaking pace, with his wacky homilies denying the existence of God and extolling evolution and dictatorial decrees against Catholics such as the excommunication of anyone who receives sacraments from the traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X. As a commenter at one blog put it, "all the kooks and idiots are crawling out of the woodwork to jump into the lap of this pope." Here's one example.

THE New York City Fire Department may have found a way to achieve sexual equality.

The solution is to pretend men are women.

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CHRISTOPHER WHITE writes:

A recent essay in The New York Times tells the story of a lesbian couple in Brooklyn who used the sperm of one of their friends in California to conceive their son.

By happenstance, the sperm donor and his wife became pregnant shortly thereafter, and the writer cheerfully claims that it was their Californian friends’ willingness to serve as a donor that brought about good karma in the birth of their own child—or as the title of column states, “It Was in Giving That They Received.”

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  ANTHONY ESOLEN writes of "the economics of abortion": What is abortion among us but an economic deal? We purchase our hedonism, and our economic latitude, with the blood of the children we do not want. That is it, and with only a few exceptions, it is the whole of it.

TEXANNE writes:

As Mrs. H. points out in your recent post:  “Students have no respect for teachers; teachers have no authority over students, and in fact fear them. “

The same can be said for the feminist dad in your recent post.  He seems to believe that it is somehow manly to allow his child to make the decisions, while his role is simply to support her choices — with force if necessary.

The tragic fact of “feminist fathers” (and teachers as buddies) is that so many of them were raised by fathers who themselves had lost moral authority in their own families — having lost connection with their only source of authority, namely The Father.  It is likely that their parents were loving and dutiful and generous, and as children they were raised “correctly”, according to cultural expectations and with a certain degree of respect for parental authority and elders in general.

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  JEWEL A. writes: Your link to Reclaiming Beauty's article on Cleveland made me think of the trend in photographing dying cities, namely Detroit and Philadelphia, and the beautiful ruins left behind after years of fiscal mismanagement. Even in ruins, so much of what was once beautiful stands as a silent condemnation of the present culture that espouses ugliness. Here's a hastily made tourism video inviting you to visit Cleveland.

  AT Reclaiming Beauty, Kidist Paulos Asrat has posted fall images of Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

MATTHEW H. writes:

MIKE writes:

Maybe it’s a sign of a deep spiritual deficit, but I’ve never understood the point of view that the idea of a universe created by God is mutually exclusive to the idea of biological evolution. For the people who strictly put their belief in evolution, the theory isn’t and never will be broad enough to rule out a divinely created world or a personally interested God. The people that strictly put their belief in creationism overlook the fact that evolutionary theory has been accurate enough to make useful predictions about the world we live in. I’d be interested to read your thoughts on how and if it’s possible to reconcile the two opposing points of view.

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  Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. As a hart longs for the flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. ---- Psalm 42: 1

FRED OWENS writes:

Some of her views might coincide with what you advocate, but I doubt that you approve of her presentation.

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SVEN writes:

Thank you for your thought-provoking blog. It has been great reading looking through your archives after recently discovering your blog.

I was thinking today about how the 1950s are the benchmark years for many conservatives. It is natural, given that the ’50s preceded America’s most disastrous decade, and are remembered fondly as the last time America was “normal.” However, it seems probable that many of the sicknesses that would boil to the surface in the ’60s had their beginnings in the decade of “wholesome Americaness.” Perhaps conservatives should not idolize that decade so much, and should find a new era as an anchor point to represent a healthy traditional society. (more…)

  EMILY L. writes: FROM The Telegraph: Two young girls born through an informal sperm donation deal between a gay couple and a lesbian couple have been scarred for life by a bitter six-year feud after their two fathers and two mothers fell out, a judge has warned. Imagine that.

DON VINCENZO writes:

I would embark on a fool’s errand to repeat the details of the ongoing saga of the decline of the U.S. military academies, but my naiveté allows me to think that sanity will ultimately prevail. That hope of a change for the better dimmed recently when Prof. Bruce Fleming, the Naval Academy’s curmudgeon, revealed that he was once again threatened with expulsion from his 27-year teaching position because of his “insensitivity.”

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  W. W. writes: As a huge admirer of your blog, I write regarding a news event you might have missed. Netherlands is one of the most 'advanced' euthanasia-friendly societies in the world. We had a health minister in the 1990s, Els Borst, whose foremost goal in office was to legalize euthanasia, Europe's first major law permitting euthanasia. Upon succeeding she exclaimed, "Het is volbracht," or "It is done," the last words of Jesus on the cross. Perhaps it was a Freudian slip, perhaps a calculated jab at the moral convictions of those Christians who had been apposing her endeavours. On February the 10th of this year, Ms. Borst was discovered dead in the garage of her villa residence and appeared to have been bludgeoned to death. From The Week: [She] had spent a happy day out in Amsterdam on Saturday 8 February with her 17-year-old grand-daughter. “She was in good spirits, apparently.” On her return to Bilthoven, she picked up her car at the station and drove home. She had just driven into the garage and got out of the car when she was hit by someone who had evidently been waiting in the dark. The assailant struck with astonishing violence, caving in her skull with one blow. Her body was not found until Monday evening. The investigation is still ongoing but she seems to have fallen foul of a burglar. A Protestant minister who subsequently dared to raise the issue of  'Divine…