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In The Mailbox: 12.08.25 : The Other McCain
Posted on | December 9, 2025 | No Comments — compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. The Feast of St. Nicholas was this weekend. OVER THE TRANSOMDirector Blue: A Single #2 Pencil Outsmarts the Entire Progressive Movement,…
Pope: Believe as Mary believed: Say ‘yes’ to God
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo encouraged the faithful to believe in God as the Blessed Virgin Mary did and thus give “generous assent to the mission to which the Lord calls us.” He reminded the crowd that Mary was…
Leading Mariologists publish scathing critique of Vatican note on Mary’s titles
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Tuesday, December 9, 2025 In a lengthy response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission highlights significant errors and omissions in the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal note…
Don’t blame Vatican II – The Catholic Thing
Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald Tuesday, December 9, 2025 It is commonplace to distinguish between the Council itself and the “spirit of the Council”. But it is equally clear that there are people on both wings of the Church who are unwilling to…
Baton Rouge bishop suspends Mass obligation due to ICE crackdown
Amid immigration detention sweeps in Louisiana (part of an ongoing nationwide campaign by the Trump administration), Bishop Michael G. Duca of Baton Rouge has issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass for those concerned for their…
Advent: Turning Point Universe – The Catholic Thing
A turning point is an event that inaugurates substantial change, such as the Battles of Saratoga and Gettysburg or the Eagles’ “Philly Special” trick play in Super Bowl LII. The change is decisive – the future takes an unexpected path that would…
Trump’s National Security Strategy “Justifies” Foreign Intervention
White House The Trump administration’s recently released National Security Strategy provides a window into how the president and his team think about domestic and foreign policy. On an encouraging note, this administration rightly…
Pro-Life Doctor Becomes New Louisiana Surgeon General
Louisiana Right to Life applauds Governor Jeff Landry’s appointment of Dr. Evelyn Griffin as the state’s new Surgeon General. Dr. Griffin’s appointment underscores Louisiana’s pro-life priority to care for pregnant women and babies, and…
Potential New Chauvin Trial Will Use Autopsy Report Showing Floyd Died of Fentanyl Overdose
AP ImagesDerek Chauvin If Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer wrongly convicted of murdering career criminal and drug addict George Floyd in May 2020, gets a new trial and is acquitted, the key piece of evidence will be the…
Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Pregnant Girlfriend and Her Unborn Baby
In October 2025, Donald Faison was convicted of first-degree murder with a firearm, killing an unborn child, and burglary with a firearm for shooting Kaylin Fiengo, 18, as she sat in her car at a Sanford park in 2022. She had refused to abort…