Why do most “Catholic” politicians invoke their religion exactly when they are contradicting it in public?
Category: Columns
“Social Media” and Our Youth
From a Sunday bulletin… Because of the Center’s electronic publishing and online evangelical activities, I am somewhat familiar with the “social media.” The internet giant Facebook is now used by “901 million monthly active users at the end of March … Continue reading
Joseph Pierce on Roy Campbell
Joseph Pearce recalls the extraordinary life of Roy Campbell, who hid St John of the Cross’s letters from anticlerical Spanish militiamen. As you read Pierce’s piece, recall that here in the good old U S of A, people were led … Continue reading
New Jersey’s Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich and Michigan’s Bishop Baraga Declared Venerable
I was very much interested in the cause of Sister Miriam Teresa back in the late 1960s and early 70s. My aunt, Sister Mary Susan Boyle, was stationed at the Sister Miriam Theresa League House in Convent Station, New Jersey. … Continue reading
Ed Rogers Skeptical on Obama’s SS Marriage ‘Evolution’
The President says that his thinking about same-sex “marriage” has evolved. Writing for the WaPo, Ed Rogers suspects a cynical political motive: Reality check: Obama manipulated gay voters, kept them at a distance and hoped they would settle for the … Continue reading
Give Us This Day Our Supersubstantial Bread
In his weekly column for the Washington DC Archdiocesan website, Monsignor Charles Pope raises the question of the meaning of the word used by Saints Matthew and Luke in the petition for “our daily bread” in the Our Father prayer.
Liechtenstein: Prince Alois Threatens to Veto Abortion Law
Liechtenstein’s Hereditary Prince Alois, a Catholic, has threatened to use his constitutional powers to veto a law allowing abortion in his tiny Alpine nation. This has led some to call for a referendum to remove the Hereditary Prince’s constitutional veto … Continue reading
Gov: Drone Assasinations are ‘Ethical, Legal, and Wise’
The Obama administration is defending its use of drones to assassinate people outside of combat zones without due process. In the linked article, the organizations cited against the government’s position in the matter are all leftist (like, for instance, the … Continue reading
Pope Hopes Catholic Americans Will Revive the Church?
THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: “In a stunning announcement on Monday, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (via the apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano) has just laid the heaviest burden in 2,000 years on the shoulders of Catholic … Continue reading
Pope Against Women in Politics
Considering the age of the Church and that her visible head is bishop of the Eternal City, this news item is only slightly dated. The New York Times quoted the Holy Father saying some apostolically blunt words to an Italian … Continue reading
Harmony With Universe Retreat / Andale! Tickets Won’t Last Long
Live in the Los Angeles area? Well, be there or be square. And move fast. Be where? The Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino, that’s where. The channeling reverie, or whatever it is, begins at 5 o’clock California time TODAY. … Continue reading
Calling All Eastern-Rite Catholics!
Mr. Gregory Lloyd, a Ukrainian Rite Catholic, is the director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration. The Pilgrimage has been a very “Latin” event; i.e., all of the Masses and most of the faithful on pilgrimage are of the traditional Roman … Continue reading
Ireland’s Zionist Justice Minister Behind Drive Against Seal of Confession in Abuse Cases
Alan Shatter is an enemy of the Catholic Church. He wrote a book in 1979 mocking the Church’s teaching on birth control as it was once loyally implemented in Irish law by the nation’s ban on contraceptives — that was … Continue reading
Lady Marines to Front?
Chivalry may not be dead, but it’s in critical condition. (The New York Times) The Marine Corps, the most male of the armed services, is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer … Continue reading
Nyuck, Nyuck, and a Whiff of Brimstone
In the vast wasteland known as American popular culture, every once in a while — actually, quite frequently — something truly infernal comes to the screen (or the tube, or the airwaves), and makes particularly hellish mockery of the good, … Continue reading
