September 6, 2024 by frbillnicholas How Does Election Rhetoric Measure Up to the US Constitution? During Election Seasons there is a lot of soaring rhetoric by candidates for office, some hopefully, some doomsaying, some declaring what the candidate will or will not do if elected. Fr. Bill addresses some of the rhetoric and matches it against what is directed in the Constitution of the United States.
January 14, 2023 by frbillnicholas WHAT DO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE IN COMMON? Fr. Bill reviews the recent divisions within the Catholic Church as well as the recent, elongated, election of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and discusses how the dynamic of both is more similar than we realize, and how such a dynamic is, in fact, beneficial for both the Leadership of the Catholic Church, and the Governance of the United States.
November 12, 2022 by frbillnicholas VETERANS DAY, ST. MARTIN OF TOURS & ELECTION 2022 Fr. Bill threads the needle between the observance of Veterans Day, the Feast Day of St. Martin of Tours (celebrated on the same day) and the results of Election 2022. He draws upon history, even recent history to find a purpose in the direction our country is headed in light of the results of the 2022 Election, the sacrifice of our Veterans, and the example of such Saints as Martin, William of Gellone and other Saints who were Military Veterans.
December 27, 2019 by frbillnicholas IMPEACHMENT and the US CONSTITUTION Fr. Bill returns to the Brett Winterble Show on NewsmaxTV to discuss the Historical and Constitutional perspectives regarding the Impeachment of President Trump, and how the Constitutional framing of Three Co-equal Branches of Government plays out in an Impeachment process. Fr. Bill Nicholas talks Impeachment with his friend Brett Winterble on the Brett Winterble Show, NewsmaxTV