James Manning
James Manning

Archbishop Gänswein, Germany's most controversial Catholic prelate, remains unemployed

I feel like this is the equivalent of Paul VI sending Bugnini to Iran, but with a higher possibility of death by Russian soldier.
James Manning

Bishop Stowe Commits Diocese to Net Zero by 2030 – What About the Salvation of Souls?

It will be easy to achieve net zero if you let your diocese shrivel and die.
James Manning

Pope asks lay Catholics to prepare for synod's 'prophetic' stage

Didn't he set yet another meeting for 2025?
Welcome to the Perpetual Revolution, everyone.More
Didn't he set yet another meeting for 2025?

Welcome to the Perpetual Revolution, everyone.
James Manning

Buckle-Up: Pope Asks Laity to Prepare for Synod’s ‘Prophetic’ Stage

I feel like the Francis pontificate is a wildly malfunctioning mechanical bull, and we're all the poor saps holding on for dear life.
James Manning

For the First Time: Francis to Attend G7 Meeting

He's not even bothering to hide it any more.
James Manning

Perhaps he should be a shepherd of souls instead

@stanislawp - The climate changes. You don't need scientists to realize that. Just look at historical crop records. Massive crop failures throughout the world in 536 possibly caused by a volcanic winter, judging from East Asian records. During the "Medieval Warm Period", you could grow grapes in England. Then came "The Little Ice Age" and we see a shift to crops that were heartier in Western and …More
@stanislawp - The climate changes. You don't need scientists to realize that. Just look at historical crop records. Massive crop failures throughout the world in 536 possibly caused by a volcanic winter, judging from East Asian records. During the "Medieval Warm Period", you could grow grapes in England. Then came "The Little Ice Age" and we see a shift to crops that were heartier in Western and Northern Europe. Interestingly enough, those two periods were exclusive to the Northern Atlantic. Scientists don't know why. But the farmers that lived through them will tell you it happened.

The Green Movement is a total scam, though. Hands down.
James Manning

Expert Bergoglio Rants Again: These people "Are Foolish!"

The climate changes. It's complicated and is influenced by natural disasters and solar cycles. In late antiquity, the English could grow grapes. Then 536 happened. After a few years things warmed up again. Then came the Little Ice Age.
1816 was the Year Without a Summer in the US.
So climate change happens. The Green Movement is a scam, though, and the Pope has no business pushing that political …More
The climate changes. It's complicated and is influenced by natural disasters and solar cycles. In late antiquity, the English could grow grapes. Then 536 happened. After a few years things warmed up again. Then came the Little Ice Age.

1816 was the Year Without a Summer in the US.

So climate change happens. The Green Movement is a scam, though, and the Pope has no business pushing that political agenda.
James Manning

Perhaps he should be a shepherd of souls instead

I agree. The climate is changing. The climate changes over time. But what Francis proposes isn't a solution. It's just a means of subduing the masses for his masters.
James Manning

In a bizarre incident during an Easter Vigil ceremony, an Episcopalian 'bishop' ripped the clerical …

I used to play priest when I was a kid, too.
James Manning

Lipa Apparitions: "Not Supernatural"

@English Catholic - Oh, I'm not worried. The only reason I keep up on these things is because I'm the Catholic in my social circle (my wife, too, but her faith is much more childlike than my overly-rational mind will allow), so I field a lot of questions. But we shouldn't kid ourselves that Rome isn't aware that many Marian apparitions, rightly or wrongly, can be used as an argument to undermine …More
@English Catholic - Oh, I'm not worried. The only reason I keep up on these things is because I'm the Catholic in my social circle (my wife, too, but her faith is much more childlike than my overly-rational mind will allow), so I field a lot of questions. But we shouldn't kid ourselves that Rome isn't aware that many Marian apparitions, rightly or wrongly, can be used as an argument to undermine Francis. It just makes sense to go after them.
James Manning

CANADA: 14-Year-Old “Trans Kid” Performing For Tips At LGBT Bars In Vancouver

The groomers love to prey on autistic kids. They already feel weird in their own skin and tend to be too trusting, so they're low hanging fruit for those perverts
James Manning

Lipa Apparitions: "Not Supernatural"

@English Catholic - He's apparently working on a document regarding Marian apparitions. My tin foil hat theory is that this action is the opening salvo against all Marian apparitions - start with the false and dubious ones, then lump in the approved ones that are proving difficult for Rome, such as Fatima, La Salette, Akita, etc.
James Manning

PR Amateur Hour: SSPX and the Rostand scandal -

Kennedy Hall's knee jerk defense of the SSPX really turned me off. He strikes me as dedicated to truth until his sacred cow is in the limelight. It's as though he can't believe that SSPX priests are also human and prone to the same corruption that has plagued the wider Church.
James Manning

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I have found in this life that a brief nap and a snack can remedy a great number of negative emotions. (1 Kings 19:4-9)
James Manning

My Response to Jimmy Akin on @PintsWithAquinas w/ Matt Fradd (Aliens, Catholicism, the Catechism)

O'Connor is on point with his arguments against extraterrestrial life. I don't see how any thinking Catholic could fall for that nonsense.
James Manning

Remaining Faithfully Catholic Near the End of the Francis Pontificate

Chaucer said it best - how can a besotted shepherd keep his flock clean?
James Manning

Pfizer Admits mRNA Jabs Contain 'Nanobots' That Permanently Alters DNA

I find two things lacking:
1) How do the bots avoid detection from the immune system, and
2) How are they powered?More
I find two things lacking:

1) How do the bots avoid detection from the immune system, and

2) How are they powered?
James Manning

Real Jesus vs 'satanic science'

There isn't much beauty and majesty in His Passion.
James Manning

The Australian Bishop who was stabbed

If only more of our bishops had his courage.