Author: Tom Faranda

Ahhh, that's good. Median Household Income Rose 1.8% in 2017, Census Bureau Figures Show Poverty rate falls to lowest level since 2006; some economists are puzzled wages haven’t risen faster The new data, which provide a broad look at U.S. economic well being, show that median household income increased to $61,372 last year, up 1.8%…

I hate today. Below is a posting I first put up in 2006. Tommy should be 47. I knew seven people killed on 9/11. But I only knew one of them real well. I knew Tom Knox (“Tommy”) because I coached him for five years at the North Jersey Rugby Club. He was a great…

From the Catholic Herald (UK) and sent to me by my friend Bernadette. In an interview with the Daily Caller, Trump said that the abuse scandal dated back 70 years, and was “one of the sadder stories ’cause I respect so much the Catholic Church.” Of the multiple abuse allegations against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, Trump…

A well-known Croton local lady. https://www.facebook.com/groups/364426883724529/permalink/1174890392678170/ This from her son Michael, owner of the Black Cow in Croton. Michael Grant Wake Thurs 4-7 at Holy Name of Mary Funeral Mass Fri 10am….Thank you Marie….xxoo  

Yes, her Feast – And this is a GREAT  book: her "dark night" – Latest Read: Mother Teresa – Come be My Light St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As…

Archbishop Carlo Vigano in the picture Sent to me by my friend Fran – in depth with some hypotheses which (I think) make sense about the controversy. Takes under ten minutes to read. Similarly, the word Viganò used -“sanction”- is understood almost exclusively by canonists to mean a technically imposed penalty following an established process.…

From Croton? Ahhh, San Francisco… Off the Babylon Bee … liberal activist Amber Fernandez, 34, screamed a quick explanation of the notion of tolerance to a man she had just called a “Worthless [expletive],” sources on the ground reported. “Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and decency, you [!#?@] [!#?@]!” she yelled, pumping her…

Another to the point, dead on analysis by Ed Mechmann. Takes six or seven minutes to read. The link is the last paragraph of Ed's posting. One thing is perfectly clear — in all of this, the truth is our most important ally. We are in a burgeoning crisis, and time is short. We have…

This is the local NBC station in Chicago. The link has an interview broken up into five short videos. Cardinal Blase Cupich spoke to NBC 5 about the explosive allegations of a former high-ranking church official who claims the Pope knew about charges of sexual misconduct against an American cardinal and says that cardinal was…

This is a famous bit – poem at the end – from The Confessions, his autobiography  – Urged to reflect upon myself, I entered under your guidance the innermost places of my being; but only because you had become my helper was I able to do so. … Accordingly I looked for a way to…