Bangkok, the Capitol of the Kingdom of Thailand, is a city of about 8.5 million people.
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Knock and the Door Will Open: Divine Mercy in Bangkok Thailand
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The Catholic Press and the Shakedown of the U.S. Catholic Church
A California bill to retroactively abolish the statute of limitations for sex abuse claims targets the Catholic Church while public schools remain exempt.Not a single New Hampshire newspaper had anything to say in print about revelations regarding my trial and imprisonment reported on May 11 in The Wall Street Journal.
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The Catholic Press and the Shakedown of the U.S. Catholic Church
Freedom, Catholic Free Speech, and a Partisan IRS Scandal
As American Catholic identity and inheritance fades, evidence of a new weapon in the culture wars surfaces: Did the IRS scandal also target Catholic free speech?“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.”The above quote by American Colonial writer, Thomas Paine, is from his 1776 essay entitled “The American Crisis.” I quoted a longer excerpt from it last October in “Vatican II Turns Fifty Part I: Catholics in an Age of Discontent.” The excerpt of Paine’s essay and my brief account of its history are worth reading anew. Thomas Paine paid a price for his writings that challenged the secular powers of his day
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Butterflies Are Free, and that Dreaded Robin is Back!
“Saint Michael, Defend us in battle.” I do not write that in jest, but it’s Memorial Day weekend in the U.S., and I need all the help I can get. For readers unfamiliar with why this is such a dreaded event in prison, I wrote about the scourge of holiday weekends in “These Stone Walls’ Second Annual Stuck Inside Literary Award.” A three-day holiday weekend in prison means that all activities, classes, work, and access to the outside are suspended, and prisoners are, for the most part, locked up.I try to plan ahead with lots to read and write, but I live in a world of men with varying degrees of chronic ADHD
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What Father Among You: Bishops, Priests, and The Judas Crisis
In his last years, Father Richard John Neuhaus served the Church in the spirit of Saint Matthias. He saw The Judas Crisis for what it was, and named it.The elephant in the sacristy this week is, of course, that stunning May 11 article by Dorothy Rabinowitz in The Wall Street Journal entitled, “The Trials of Father MacRae.” In effect it brought the truth of one case of false witness to the public square for all to see, and the result is a far different story than what many in the news media have propagated to date.
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What Father Among You: Bishops, Priests, and The Judas Crisis
New In The Wall Street Journal: The Father Gordon MacRae Case
Editors Note: In a major development in the case of wrongly imprisoned priest, Father Gordon MacRae, the nations largest newspaper has once again taken up this story. Dorothy Rabinowitz, a pulitzer prize winning journalist on The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, published a riveting article on the Father MacRae case on May 10 entitled, “The Trials of Father MacRae.”Dorothy Rabinowitz analyzed Father MacRae’s 1994 trial as well as the issues and newer evidence in the current appeal effort now underway.
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Mother’s Day Promises to Keep, and Miles to Go Before I Sleep
I want to thank Father George David Byers of Holy Souls Hermitage and Ryan MacDonald of A Ram in the Thicket for stepping in for me on These Stone Walls over the last two weeks. I hadn’t gone anywhere
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Mother’s Day Promises to Keep, and Miles to Go Before I Sleep
The Story Buried Under the Fr. Gordon MacRae Case
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Ryan A. MacDonald of A Ram in the Thicket.A troubling back story in the trial and lawsuits against Father Gordon MacRae has been in open view for two decades, but overlooked by both Church and State.In an article I wrote last September entitled “Judge Arthur Brennan sentenced Father Gordon MacRae to Die in Prison,” I aimed a spotlight at the glaring injustice of the 1994 prosecution of Father Gordon MacRae.
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Pope Francis and The Judas Crisis
This guest essay written by Father George David Byers, of Holy Souls Hermitage, compares four points of Cardinal Bergoglio’s pre-conclave speech with four scenes of betrayal and evangelization of the dark peripheries of Gethsemane: The Judas Crisis & TNCRRG.It is with sweet and comforting joy that we thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, for being the Papa of our Catholic Family of Faith.
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Why the Catholic Abuse Narrative Needs a Fraud Task Force
A decade of disasters and a surge in fraud led the Justice Department to form the Disaster Fraud Task Force, but who investigates fraud against Catholic priests?“‘Well, if you want to accuse a priest of something, I can have $50-grand in your account by the end of the year – a $100,000 settlement split fifty-fifty.’ Randy was shaking with enthusiasm as he stood at my door.
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Strike the Shepherd! Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope
A month into his papacy, a campaign of venom lurks below the surface of media focus on Pope Francis. The lessons of history and psychology make it highly suspect.I resist the occasional depiction of TSW as “a blog about falsely accused priests.” Though it might not seem so to readers, I actually only rarely write about my own plight.
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In the Company of Saints and Villains: The Work of Divine Mercy
“Let the greatest sinners place their trust in My mercy. They have the right before others to trust in the abyss of My mercy .
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In the Company of Saints and Villains: The Work of Divine Mercy
Pope Francis, the Pride of Mockery, and the Mockery of Pride
The very presence of Pope Francis makes a mockery of pride, and calls for a most vital Catholic reform: a reform of our hearts to atone for the worst of our vices.“It is a terrible thing that the worst of all vices can smuggle itself into our religious life . . .
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Pope Francis, the Pride of Mockery, and the Mockery of Pride
Pope Francis Can Call the West Out of the Sandbox of Self-Absorption
As the vernal equinox opens a Catholic Spring, many asked what Catholics hope to see in Pope Francis. Let’s instead ask what he hopes to see in us.Habemus Papam!
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What Evil Sorcery Is This!? (An Editor’s Note)
As you you know, These Stone Walls is a finalist for the Catholic About.com Best Catholic Blog award, and we are grateful for your overwhelming support. This has been a bit surreal for me as the editor, because three of my daily blogs of obligation are finalists.
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On the Successor of Peter Amid the Wind and the Waves
In the papal Conclave underway this week, Cardinal electors have but one central task: to discern the successor of Peter the Holy Spirit has already chosen.“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.” (Luke 22:31-32) “The future is ours; the future belongs to God.” (Benedict the Beloved, Pope Emeritus)I am struggling to write this post. In fact, we very nearly didn’t have one this week
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Sede Vacante: The Sky is Not Falling on the Catholic Church
If the media focus on the Vatican were a floodlight and not a spotlight, it would be clear that the story of religion in free fall is cultural and not Catholic.Even in Lent, I am hard pressed to find many perks in my current state in life. As a prisoner with no online access at all, I really struggle to write
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Pope Benedict XVI: The Sacrifices of a Father’s Love
Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Chair of Peter amid debate about what his decision means for the Church. Above all else, it is an act of fatherly love and sacrifice.We are all prisoners of our own perception.
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Giving Up Resentment for Lent: Calisthenics for Your Soul
Resentment and retaliation are a toxic mix, concocted for another but ending up in your own tea.
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Forty Days of Lent in the Practice of the Presence of God
Reliving the past can be an obstacle to grace. The present is the only place where we can encounter God.
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