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More and More Chinese Citizens Lose Trust in CCP Leadership
A few years ago, in 2021, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated the centennial of its founding. It is the legacy of one of the most daunting world powers. While bursts of fireworks marked this celebration, a shadow of fear lingers over the people of China.
Today, China is ruled by an authoritarian government, and more and more citizens are losing faith in their leaders. The Party seeks to silence any dissidents, and it censors any information considered harmful to its endeavors. Despit...
5 Habits to Help Kids Be Happier Today
In the U.S. and other countries, we suffer the paradox of children losing their innocence at younger and younger ages, while we simultaneously demand less responsibility from them. The result is a generation of people who don’t know how to stand up for themselves or enact positive change in their lives and, instead, fall into the manipulation of social media algorithms, addictions, and instant gratification.
In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a statement suggesting caution ...
Chief Pontiac Signs Peace Treaty with British at Oswego, New York - July 25, 1766 (Email)
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Vladimir Lenin Orders the Execution of Tsar Nicolas II - July 17, 1918 (Email)
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March 21st, 2024 — Catholic Artist Connection
As we get nearer to Calvary, approaching the Lenten climax, we see Jesus ruffle more feathers than usual. His time to fulfill His earthly mission has come. In today's Gospel, the Jews attempt to stone the Lord. The readings at today's Mass highlight the importance of names and their meaning. Jesus’s audience grows angry as Jesus claims a name that captures his full identity.
‘Wicked’ and the Rise of the Villain Protagonist
On Super Bowl Sunday, we saw a trailer for the Broadway hit-turned movie, Wicked. The first installment of what’s supposed to be a two-part movie saga in a vein of the Oz franchise, Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, aka the “Wicked Witch of the West.”
When I first saw the title of the movie, the thought of Disney’s Maleficent, which hit theaters a full ten years ago, popped into my head. Here’s another movie with a female lead, about someone who was traditionally recognized as a villain,...
How ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Reveals the Worth of the Human Person
Compared to the previous four films in the franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes sagged in its opening weekend, bringing in a meager figure below $50 million at the American box office. Yet, with it, the entire Hunger Games franchise overshot $3 billion in the global box office. It touched the hearts of audiences and had teenage girls admiring how attractive young Coriolanus was.
It garnered mixed reviews from critics, with some calling it “good,” and others “bad.” I...
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St. Augustine and Shuri: Sorrow Over the Death of Our Loved Ones
Each year, the Catholic Church celebrates Hallowtide in autumn. This triduum of feast days includes All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween), All Saints’ Day (a holy day of obligation), and All Souls’ Day.
These are days on the liturgical calendar that call to mind our mortality, the joy of the Church Triumphant, and the need to pray for the faithful departed. Together, they kickstart the month of November, the month dedicated to the poor souls in Purgatory.
The idea of life after death is not exclusivel...
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
Birds are fascinating creatures. Their feats boggle the imagination. Hummingbirds can flap their wings 200 times per second, and the thick skull of a woodpecker can withstand slamming its head against an object at a force 1,000 times that of gravity.
These creatures have sparked fantasies in the hearts and minds of people who came before us – like the Phoenix or Halcyon of ancient mythology. Paleontologists point to the avians as modern-day descendants of the dinosaurs. But, like the dinosaur...
Book Reviews – January 2022
Legend has it that her mother named her Clara (light) knowing she would be a light to the world. The Papal Degree of Canonization opened with the phrase, “O how great is the vibrancy of this light.” It recognized her miracles and the graces she channeled, but it emphasized Clare’s special gift, that her denial of self was not based on her personal desire to live an ascetic life, but to glorify God. St. Clare can serve as a light to our paths as we come to know her better through this book tha...
Stephen Orgel, Wit’s Treasury: Renaissance England and the Classics.
Stephen Orgel, Wit’s Treasury: Renaissance England and the Classics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021, 216 Pages, $39.95 (hardcover) ISBN: 9780812253276.
If there are any preconceived notions of a poet who refrains from sassy defamation of a critic or an academic who manages not to say something controversial, Wit’s Treasury shatters such notions. At the heart of the book is the organic development of the understanding and appreciation of literary classics, many of them ap...
Gereint and Enid: A Tale of Fidelity and Trust
Gereint and Enid: A Tale of Fidelity and Trust
Several of the legends recounted in The Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh folktales developed and culminated in medieval times, include characterizations of King Arthur or “Emperor Arthur” who ruled over several sub-monarchs. In these legends, Arthur is not really the protagonist, seldom having even a prominent role in the stories. Yet, the stories themselves stand up well as rather typical chivalrous quests, and readers can find virtue in them i...