Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston South Haven, Michigan – As we enter more deeply into this Lenten season, many Catholics are shaken as it becomes undeniable that the call for sinful dysfunction is coming from inside the house. The Pope is a hot mess who calls for tolerance and inclusion as he stamps out any meaningful dissent […]
Read More In Spirit and in Truth: The Crisis in the ChurchBy Charlie Johnston West Middlesex, Pennsylvania – Sunday would have been the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the only approved apparition site I was aware of before I was received into the Catholic Church. The only reason it was not is because the Lord’s Feast Day always takes precedence. It was also the […]
Read More Concerning Luisa Piccarreta…By Charlie Johnston Laurel, Maryland – I am in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. right now. I haven’t been within the city limits since J6. Well, actually, a few days after J6. When I came for the great protest I stayed in Annapolis, about 10 miles east of Washington. A few days after the gigantic, […]
Read More Fire From Below – and Then From Above ((UPDATED))By Charlie Johnston Charleston, South Carolina – Last week I was interested to find out whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serious about protecting the state’s border in defiance of the Biden Administration. I used to joke that Abbott is always as conservative as voters force him to be. Now, I’m not sure it much […]
Read More As Texas Goes…By Charlie Johnston Niceville, Florida – I’m sorry I have been slow at posting of late. I have buried myself wrestling with some serious materials we must have going forward this year – and have been wrestling with a bug I have had since Advent. I will try to do better, Meantime, here are some […]
Read More Random Thoughts While on Border PatrolBy Charlie Johnston Many have commented that my piece going into the New Year was very dark. I understand how it might seem that way, but it actually was not. Every great crisis involving some sort of great dysfunction has roughly four stages: revelation, confrontation, conflict and resolution. Ever since I started writing publicly about […]
Read More The Hope of the New YearBy Charlie Johnston (As the mouthy ignorant and uninformed are busily trying to jettison the electoral college once more, I repeat a piece I first wrote for a secular publication long ago. I originally wrote this little piece on the Electoral College in 2008. It was first published in the Chicago Daily Observer and then, a […]
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A Sign of Hope 