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Word of the day - Mirandous – amazing; miraculous; wonderful, wondrous.
2 hours ago
No Minister

A Merry and Happy Christmas To You All - I was almost tempted to use the two stupid Christmas images generated by Google’s AI. But not on this day. After midnight Mass and present opening I didn’t...
6 hours ago
Kiwiblog

Merry Christmas - Happy 2029th birthday to Jesus. I hope everyone has a relaxing Christmas Day with family or friends. The post Merry Christmas first appeared on Kiwiblog.
16 hours ago
Uncoffined

Torque wrenches are awesome! - I’m a bit old school and usually do bolts up by ‘feel’, but yesterday, a torque wrench saved me a lot of grief. Some of the newer stuff out there requires ...
1 day ago
No Punches Pulled

JUDITH COLLINS NAIVETY - The recent fracas at Auckland’s Northern Club, involving Judge Emma Aitken, her medical specialist partner, and in a separate incident, barrister Michael R...
2 days ago
Not PC

"... a broader, decade-long 'crank realignment' in American politics." - *"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s transition from semi-prominent Democrat to third party spoiler to Donald Trump endorser is emblematic of a broader, decade-l...
4 days ago
PM of NZ

A small step in the right direction - *in the news...* *The PM will not attend the Waitangi shenanigans.* Baby steps. But I'd be ever watchful of his token native, one Mr. Potaka. In my op...
4 days ago
Lindsay Mitchell

What does society expect from fathers? - We live in a society utterly confused about parenthood and the role of fathers. The last Labour government made fathers increasingly irrelevant. In 20...
6 days ago
McBlog

Jacinda’s “Act” of kindness has increased abortions 23% - According to a Ministry of Health report released today, abortions have increased 23% since Jacinda’s ‘kind’ law was passed. And there was a 67% increase i...
1 week ago
StephenFranks.co.nz

Allow easy firing of dud bosses - Think about the impossibility of creating here a Google or an Amazon, or Microsoft, or an Apple or a Tesla or a Space X. A Steve Jobs or Elon Musk has to ...
4 weeks ago
The Paepae

Hayden Donnell raises my ‘grim’ Hamish to ‘furious’ Hamish - Delightful piece from Hayden Donnell at The Spinoff (how did I miss it?) — Huge opportunity: Could you be the guy standing behind the PM looking furious? ...
2 months ago
The Civilian [Satire]

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet - Tory Whanau has revealed that she’s struggling so much financially that she may have to part with her beloved mayoralty, that of New Zealand’s capital city...
3 months ago
The BFD

The BFD Daily Proverb - If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and ...
5 months ago
THE REDBAITER on Gab

UK Climate Activist Rejects Data from IPCC Report - Media, politicians and activists frequently promote positions on climate change that are at variance with those of the scientific community. This was a maj...
5 months ago
Imperator Fish

The Accidental Engagement - Anyone who more than occasionally visits this site will have noticed that I very seldom post. But that was not always the case.
6 months ago
Your NZ

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10 months ago
Contra Celsum

More Wilful Deception - *Trump Hit Piece Could Be Wrong* Atlantic Editor Concedes Central Claim Jordan Davidson The Federalist On Sunday, Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldbe...
4 years ago
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Lockdown Sceptics

News Round-Up - A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘cris...
3 hours ago
The American Conservative

Transcending Decline - What Trump’s second term could mean for a decimated industrial power. The post Transcending Decline appeared first on The American Conservative.
23 hours ago

International Catholic Blogs

What Does The Prayer Really Say?

ADVENTCAzT 2024 – 24 – Vigil of Christmas – Inside - A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we have a reflection from Fr. Troadec about the place where the Lord was born. Card...
8 hours ago
Archdiocese of Washington

A Summary of Our Salvation – A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent - On the Fourth Sunday of Advent we are close to the unfolding of the great mystery of the Word made flesh. It is easy for us to look right past it, but we...
4 days ago
Biblical Evidence for Catholicism

Baptismal Regeneration: Refuting Jason Engwer’s Attacks - This is a reply to the first section of Jason’s article, “The False Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration” (Dec. 1998). His words will be in blue. I use RSV f...
5 days ago
matt fradd

Don’t Be a Cringe Catholic - “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” — St. Francis of Assisi Hopefully, you’re passionate about the Catholic faith and want othe...
1 month ago
The Media Report

Church ‘Justice’ For Priests: Help Wanted - Imagine dedicating your life to the priesthood. Six years alone of seminary training. The formation. The sacrifice. The study. The love. But then comes a t...
2 months ago
Defenders of the Catholic Faith

This Evangelical Pastor is figuring it out – a short 2 minute video - It only makes sense that as Evangelical Protestantism is going through an age of confusion and compromise, that some are going to start figuring it out. ...
10 months ago
The Catholic Cafe

The Wedding At Cana - We continue with our multipart series of deep dives into the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. In this episode, we explore the second Luminous Mystery, the...
1 year ago
Shameless Popery

A New Era for Shameless Popery - Last month, a reader ended an unrelated e-mail by asking me, “Is Shameless Popery dying a slow death with Catholic Answers replacing it?” And the answer is...
2 years ago
Whispers in the Loggia

For Brooklyn, “Columbus” Day Comes Early – In NY Homecoming, Pope Taps Brennan to Succeed “The Czar” - *I*n the first Stateside move of the Vatican’s new working year, the most significant opening on the current US docket is off the table… and as Mets fans...
3 years ago
Conversion Diary

Amy Coney Barrett and the Weird Catholics | This Is Jen #39 - CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: WATCH EPISODE: Jen steps into her rightful role as queen of the weird Catholics to comment on Amy Coney Barrett, ...
4 years ago
Holy Post

Raymond De Souza: In this time of lament, a prayer for the people - This Passover, this Easter is a return home, to where it began. It is not a joyful homecoming, but a painful one, for we cannot gather to worship together
4 years ago
Catholic Light

A leak from the Medj study commission - David Murgia, a religion journalist who has produced a number of projects for national television networks in Italy, and who is also a supporter of the a...
4 years ago
In the Light of the Law

Ignoring law is not remedied by ignoring it even more - I have read with profit many columns by Dr. Adam DeVille but in his latest essay, “Relieving Rome’s burdens: A proposal for handling abuse cases” (CWR, 10 ...
4 years ago
Kneeling Catholic

- *WHY KNEELING CATHOLIC JOINED THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS (SCV)* *Because: going into cemeteries and removing memorials is a sin.* *(caption)* *CONFE...
4 years ago
Standing on My Head

Pachamama and the Pieta - Those who are following the Amazonian Synod in Rome will have heard about the furore over the feminine image first used in a tree planting ritual when the ...
5 years ago
These Stone Walls

Patron Saints for Struggling Souls - If you doubt the work of God in your life, seek a Patron Saint whose life’s struggles resonate with your own. Look for perseverance over piety, and then st...
6 years ago
daleoleary

SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY - The Psychopathology of “Sex Reassignment Surgery”: Assessing its Medical, Psychological and Ethical Appropriatenes The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterl...
6 years ago
Catholic Matriarch in my Domestic Church aka Catholic Mom

Love is... - Blue Lovers, Marc Chagall, 1914 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its o...
6 years ago
Insight Scoop

Defending Devotion to the Sacred Heart - Defending Devotion to the Sacred Heart | Timothy T. O'Donnell, S.T.D. | Introduction to Heart of the Redeemer I have attempted not so much to speak with au...
6 years ago
St. Joseph's Vanguard

Scrutinizing “Resisting Happiness” - Matthew Kelly sent me a copy of his new book Resisting Happiness, and I recently read it. New Words, Old Meanings This book is about the perennial human ...
8 years ago
Te Deum laudamus!

For Men: Holy League at Assumption Grotto - Assumption Grotto is initiating the Holy League for men on the second Saturday of each month. Beginning March 12, 2016, Fr. Perrone will lead a Holy Hour ...
8 years ago
God and the Machine

The End, and a Beginning - There have been a lot of changes for me this past year. Games Magazine, where I was Editor-at-Large for about 17 years, was folded into a sister publicatio...
9 years ago
Called to Communion

Lawrence Feingold: The Motives of Credibility For Faith - On November 6, 2013, Dr. Lawrence Feingold, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri, and author...
11 years ago
Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall

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