Benedict XVI, the Great Augustinian

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  February 24th at 08:06 AM  | 

Not long ago, Pope Benedict XVI made a personal donation to the restoration of the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, the site of the ancient town of Hippo Regius, where the greatest theologian of the ancient church served as bishop from 395 to 430. It was here on September 26, 426, that Augustine met with his flock to name his successor as the | Read More »

SOTU: Democrats reject Benedictine reason and empirical truth

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  February 17th at 05:04 PM  | 

Liberal dogma makes envy, and greedy confiscation of the fruits of others’ labor, virtues for the funding of their non-reason-based  goals and power for its own sake. The juxtaposition of this past week’s resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the State of the Union address by President Barack Obama provided a stark contrast between humility and pretentiousness, but also between faith and reason in ways some | Read More »