(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday encouraged the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay members and leaders, days before the group is expected to vote on the controversial and long-standing rule. Read more…
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N.H. School Choice Meets Resistance
This news is of local interest to the citizens of New Hampshire. It should also interest those beyond the Granite State’s borders, who are interested in education reform. This past summer, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives overrode a gubernatorial veto … Continue reading
Archbishop Gomez Praised for LA Removals
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 1, 2013 / 05:22 pm (CNA).- Archbishop José Gomez’s decision to relieve Cardinal Roger Mahony and Bishop Thomas Curry of their duties in the L.A. archdiocese is being welcomed as “the best possible thing he could … Continue reading
Cardinal Mahony ‘Stripped of Duties’ for Mishandling Clerical Predators
(BBC) A retired Los Angeles cardinal accused of mismanaging a child sex abuse crisis has been stripped of all administrative and public duties by his successor. “I find these files to be brutal and painful reading,” Archbishop Gomez said in … Continue reading
AFTAH Tells Parents, Churches to Urge Boy Scouts Not to Capitulate on Homosexuality
From AmericansForTruth.org. CHICAGO–Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH.org), issued the following analysis of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) reported capitulation to pro-homosexual activists—potentially rescinding its national policy on homosexuality and allowing local councils to set … Continue reading
Russia Seeks to Ramp Up Anti-Homosexual Laws
(Myway News) The legislation being pushed by the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church would make it illegal nationwide to provide minors with information that is defined as “propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism.” It includes a ban on … Continue reading
Crucifix-Wearing BA Worker Wins Case
AFP – A British Airways employee suffered discrimination at work over the wearing of a cross, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. Nadia Eweida, a 60-year-old Christian, took the airline to the European court after British courts … Continue reading
The Chesterton Review
The Chesterton Review, founded in 1974, is the quarterly journal of the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and has been widely praised for both its scholarship and the quality of its writing. It was founded to promote an … Continue reading
Docs: ‘A Generation of Deluded Narcissists’
(FoxNews) A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, … Continue reading
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of the Council
A book review, by Michael J. Miller, of The Second Vatican Council: An Unwritten Story, by Professor Roberto de Mattei, reprinted with kind permission of Loreto Publications. The famous black-and-white photograph of the Second Vatican Council in session, taken from a high balcony … Continue reading
Hobby Lobby Will Defy Contraception Mandate, Others May Follow
(The New American) With their legal options at an impasse for the time being, and with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against an emergency injunction on their behalf, the owners of the Oklahoma-based retailer Hobby Lobby have decided they will … Continue reading
A Clarion Call for the Implementation of Guilds
(RebuildingChristendom.com) If you are a craftsman/tradesman who makes/sells a product, offers a service, or can train people to do these things, consider forming a guild. There are books available on this topic; please read them. IHS Press currently offers a … Continue reading
Sotomayor Upholds ‘Emergency Contraception’ Mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby … Continue reading
Alfred Hitchcock Defended against BBC Smears
(The Telegraph) The portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator by the BBC has been criticised by leading ladies who worked with the iconic film director. Read more… [Hitchcock’s perseverance in his Catholic Faith, recently … Continue reading
Rental Space Near Saint Benedict Center
Third Order member wishes to share zoned duplex in Richmond. Second floor duplex has private entrance, bedroom, bath, kitchen/dining room, living room, laundry with washer and dryer, oil heat/hot water-baseboard. Apartment is furnished. Prefer single lady or quiet couple in … Continue reading
