Author: Tom Faranda

Who knows? Off Yahoo! Thanks to my friend Jessica for sending me this. Let’s hope and pray it works out for the little girl. A baby with a brain tumor underwent a miraculous recovery after a kiss from Pope Francis When Pope Francis kissed baby Gianna Masciantonio in 2015, some saw it as an encouraging…

"Calling sin by it's real ugly name." Indeed. An extensive excerpt below the link but Ed Mechamnn's entire column should be read. … I have been reading the Grand Jury Report from Pennsylvania. The Report documents the history of clerical sexual abuse in six of the Pennsylvania dioceses (excluding Philadelphia and Johnstown-Altoona, which have been…

The unemployment rate among young Americans fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years this summer, though the share of young people looking for work remained well below its peak in 1989. Of Americans between 16 and 24 years old actively looking for work this summer, 9.2% were unemployed in July, the Labor…

Very sad. This tribute is off the Wall Street Journal and I've excerpted part of it. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Dies The 18-time Grammy Award winner was 76 A church-trained pianist and organist who often accompanied herself on recordings and in concert, Aretha Franklin—thanks to her powerful, flexible voice and fierce delivery—was the…

Thanks to Jessica for sending me this. UPDATE: See the two minute video at the end. The Missouri Democratic Party made it clear pro-life Democrats are not welcome Saturday when it voted to remove platform language encouraging a “diversity of views on abortion.” The Riverfront Times reports the state party approved the language in July,…

This is really a great short essay. – 16 paragraphs in toto.  It was only when i got to the end that I realized I'd been in touch with this guy a couple of years ago when I bought some lapel pins and rubber bracelets (picture at end) off this website nasarean.org which he runs…

The author is Ed Mechmann, the Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of NY. I know Ed – great guy. Family man and graduate of Harvard Law School. It takes about ten minutes to read the whole article, which is a re-posting onto National Review Online. I urge anyone interested in this subject to…

I never get involved in local stuff, but this is interesting. Of course I am paying for this … As of two years ago the village population is 8,243. UPDATE: Here's another link if the one below doesn't work.  http://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2018/8/3/why-does-the-village-managers-base-salary-exceed-that-of-37-us-governors https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/photos/a.315869625236742.1073741828.315297801960591/1063865427103821/?type=3&theater The Village Manager’s contract is worth almost 2% of village tax levy in each…

  Sounds good. And should add to that, people who use the Shoprite express lanes with more than ten items. Whereas prior Church teaching allowed the death penalty in certain cases, the Catechism now teaches that the punishment is always impermissible. “Except,” said a Vatican spokesman, “for those reprobate souls who just hang out in…

UPDATE: Pope Benedict in 2011 – Pope Benedict XVI encouraged countries around the world to end the death penalty as a legal sanction at his Nov. 30 general audience. Couldn't be clearer. "John Paul the Great" "May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world." (Prayer at…