I remember her. Dating myself… Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian actor once called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, has died at the age of 95. Corriere della Sera reported the news, saying she had been “hospitalised for some time”. After a series of roles in European films, including a Bafta-winning turn in Bread, Love … Read more
This is off Reason.com, a fairly influential libertarian website. Despite $80 billion in new funding, the agency is living up to its reputation of hassling low-income taxpayers over rich people. On Wednesday, Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) released data provided to it by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on audits performed by the … Read more
The Journal got it right. They agree with me! Pope Benedict – Great man, great mind Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died Saturday at age 95 at the monastery inside the Vatican where he’d been living since he resigned in 2013—the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. His reason for stepping down was straightforward: … Read more
As the Bishop says, "He was no lightweight". And here's a post I put up yesterday. Pope Benedict – Great man, great mind
Remarkable. An academic, a theologian participant at Vatican II, a Cardinal, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (responsible for explaining and upholding Catholic teaching) from 1981 – 2005. Of course a chief collaborator with Pope Saint John Paul II. And then Pope himself from 2005 until his resignation for health … Read more
Going back to 2019. In response to the Christianity Today editorial calling for his removal, Trump called the magazine a "left-wing rag" and said, "I have done more for Christianity than Jesus." "I mean, the name of the magazine is Christianity Today, and who is doing more for Christians today? Not Jesus. He disappeared; no … Read more
No purgatory, straight to heaven! We should get a t shirt commemorating … wait here is one! And Brigid’s comment “Tom how did you manage to squeeze yourself in the middle there?”
Was great! Everyone scrambling for their presents – Brigid wearing her husband-proof PJ’s… And then we all had White Russians, except I had a Black Russian as shown here – And hanging out. After a rest to recover from my Black Russian, a little after 1 o’clock I went over to Croton Point and got … Read more
MAR-A-LAGO, FL — Former and current President Donald J. Trump reportedly threw open the storm shutters of his Mar-a-Lago estate and proclaimed that, during the night he had been visited by the ghosts of January 6 past, present, and future, and that they confirmed what he already knew: He did everything perfectly. … last night's … Read more
From the Wall Street Journal. The Bishop won't mind I excerpted the whole thing. A hand-carved Italian Nativity scene on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, ., Dec. 23, 2020 There’s something about a baby. If introduced into a crowded room, everyone will want a glimpse. Conversations will … Read more