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CANDID REPORTS:

LEAVE POPE FRANCIS ALONE! - by Stephen Herreid

2/25/2015
Pope Francis is unwise in his insistence on accepting the left's policies while claiming to reject their basic worldview. The cultural and political mechanisms of the enemies of the Church are a package deal, which is why pro-life champion Ramesh Ponnuru has justly called the Democratic Party "The Party of Death." MORE....

ISLAMISTS FEAR ANTI-MUSLIM BACKLASH AFTER NEXT WEAK'S BEHEADINGS - by Stephen Herreid

2/5/2015
…Or maybe “IS Leaders Fear Islamophobia will Rise Following Planned 2016 Bombing.” I paraphrase a satirical headline from the mind of Mark Steyn. But satire is hardly satire anymore, with less and less daylight to be found between dystopian black comedy and the stone-faced social commentary of elites... MORE...

POPE FRANCIS OPENS THE DOORS TO PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH
- by Stephen Herreid

1/30/2015
His behavior exhibits a leftist hallmark: Though he vaguely condemns the ideas of violence and intolerance, he never seems to consider that some of those on the “very margins” of the church might be its enemies, waiting for an opportunity to infiltrate and attack.... MORE...

HOW TO FEND OFF FREELOADERS - by Stephen Herreid

10/24/2014
When we focus our energies exclusively in the abstract realm, on ideological battle-lines, we can be blinded to real, bad characters among us.... MORE...

MY BRUSH WITH THE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL - by Stephen Herreid

10/4/2014
This is the story of a coverup that went unpunished....
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CANDID BLOG:

THE FIVE STAGES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: A GRAPHIC - by Stephen Herreid

2/20/2015

JOHN ZMIRAK ON SYNOD: "THE DAMAGE IS DONE" - by Stephen Herreid

10/24/2014
That the Vatican seems to be in dialogue with those who wish to fundamentally change Church doctrine shows a deliberate decision to abandon the embattled faithful in favor of those who have learned to avoid trouble by conforming with the progressive social tide.... MORE...

THE (SEX) APPEAL OF JIHAD
by Stephen Herreid

10/4/2014
Over at Crisis Magazine, William Kilpatrick makes an important observation regarding the phenomenon of young Western men joining Islamist terror organizations.... MORE...