UCANews: The main challenge facing the Church today is secularism, according to Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij of Bangkok, who boldly called the phenomenon the devil’s face in the modern world. “It is not just a challenge for the Asian … Continue reading
Tag Archives: secularism
Obama Says Religious Schools Are ‘Divisive’
BizPac Review: The Catholic media is up in arms over comments President Obama made during a speech while in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. Obama made what is described as “an alarming call for an end to Catholic education,” in spite of the … Continue reading
Canadian Secularists Trying to Stop Catholic School from Pro-Life Activity
The Canadian Secular Alliance and People for Education are expressing outrage that at least four teachers at a Catholic school in Mississauga, Ontario, have asked students to sign a petition in support of pro-life legislation. Read more here.
Bishop Jenky Joins Zubic and Warns Catholics to Fight the Secularist Powers in Illinois
Bishop Jenky: There are certainly some in our state whose commitment to [atheistic] secularism is so intense that they may well try to restrict the Church’s role only to the sacristy and sanctuary. Read more from the bishop’s Pastoral Letter … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke: Church and Faithful ‘Well on the Way’ to Legal Persecution in US
LifeSiteNews: In the interview published today, Cardinal Burke declared that “it is a war” and “critical at this time that Christians stand up for the natural moral law.” Should they not, he warned, “secularization will in fact predominate and it … Continue reading
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Objecting to Ban on Christmas Music in NJ Public Schools
Reuters News Service has story here.
Vatican Cardinal Accuses European Court of Christianophobia in Crucifix Dispute
CNA has report from Zenit News: The decision of the European Court of Human Rights to ban the crucifix from Italian classrooms is a result of the encroachment of “secularist fundamentalism” and “Christianophobia,” says the former president of the Pontifical … Continue reading
Catholic Education
(A Question or Two on Education) This fall, once again, all over the United States, Catholic boys and girls have enrolled in non-Catholic colleges. For the most of them their motives are simple and not too ambitious — a good … Continue reading
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican Addresses Secularism in Vatican Paper
It may be a first historically. But it is interesting that a United States ambassador would be writing an article for L’Osservatore Romano. Maybe Ray Flynn did when he had the job, but I hope not. Mary Ann Glendon is … Continue reading