Whether the researcher was perfectly accurate in her examination of the discharge records of 176 Catholic hospitals in seven states is debatable; what is not debatable is that sterilizations were commonly performed at a large number of these hospitals. Whether … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Warning that the Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” as “freedom of conscience and of religion become a memory from a happier past,” Cardinal Francis George of Chicago observes that “the Catholic Church in the United States … Continue reading
Three homosexual women beat up a homosexual man in Massachusetts. Is it a “Hate Crime”? ACLU says it could be; the women’s lawyers say it can’t. Cases like this show the oddity of hate crime laws. Read about it, if … Continue reading
NEW YORK (USA Today) – Behind the mainstream Wall Street happy talk about more stable financial markets and an improving economy are grim warnings of tough times ahead from a small cadre of doomsayers who warn that the worst of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A group of liberal Catholic nuns has filed in amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in defense of the Obama administration’s health-care program. Read more here.
The state of Texas is defying attacks form the Obama administration in the form of threats to revoke federal funding if the state cuts of its funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. More on this here.
The solemn fast of Lent is intended to convert us, to renew us, and to conform us more and more to Jesus Christ. This happens through the three means of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving — which are most powerful when … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Seven states–Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas–have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services in an attempt to block its mandate requiring insurers to cover contraception, sterilization, and some abortion-inducing … Continue reading
LifeNews: Yet another link between the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the Girl Scouts has come to light and it is giving pro-life advocates further pause about their involvement in the organization. Indiana Right to Life has learned the city … Continue reading
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How sad it is that so many of us Catholics take our gift of Faith for granted! After reading the astonishing story of Joseph Fadelle and his wife, I am sure, like myself, your soul will feel shaken over its … Continue reading
I do not expect that the following argument is going to win a Protestant to the Catholic Faith. I have learned from St. Thomas Aquinas that reason has its limits in persuasion, and when reason reaches the wall, Grace is … Continue reading
Michael Voris, reporting on location, speaks of the current effort to legalize contraception in the Philippines. Sadly, much of the pressure to do this comes from the United States. As Father Michel Rodriguez has pointed out, it’s not “religious liberty” that … Continue reading
Quoth the Congresswoman: “Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age that are Catholic use contraception. So, in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn’t … Continue reading
Washington D.C., Feb 21, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA).- In response to the claim that most women do not oppose the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, journalist Kathryn Jean Lopez published a long list of notable women who object to the new rule. … Continue reading
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