So, these “Catholic” workers have no problem putting children in care of homosexual couples “union-ed or married.” And, no surprise here, they will be funded by pro-abortion United Way. pjstar.com: With so many former Catholic Charities workers now in the … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
Sandra Fluke and Barbara Johnson: Two Peas in a Pod
Recently, two activists for sexual depravity have become media darlings. In both cases the Catholic Church was involved. In both cases the activist was professedly opposed to Catholic teaching and worked to advance a contrary agenda. In both cases they … Continue reading
White House Tells Bishops to Heed Voice of ‘Enlightened’ Liberal Catholics
Catholic Culture: The Obama administration has made it clear that it will not back away from a mandate requiring contraceptive coverage in health-care plans, reports Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, the president of the US bishops’ conference. Read more … Continue reading
This is Why We’re Losing
One needn’t be a great scholar to conclude that the Catholic Church is losing the culture wars. It seems as though we are addicted to losing. What we are presently facing in the arena of politics, with the Obama administration … Continue reading
Cardinal George Sees End of Catholic Hospitals in US Unless HHS Mandate Revoked
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
The Remedy: Catholic Teaching
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
Romney’s Record Not Much Different than Obama on Anti-Life Measures
In an interview with LifeSite News last week C.J. Doyle, who directs the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, said: “The injury to the conscience rights of Catholic hospitals was not done so much so much by the church’s ideological enemies … Continue reading
Is Catholicism Superior?
Another good Michael Voris video. The titular question is one that we would hope Catholics would not have to think about much before replying. Implicit in what he is saying is that there is no salvation outside the Church. He … Continue reading
‘Catholic Conspiracy’ on Contraception Exposed
Dr. William Fahey, writing for Crisis Magazine, exposes the folly of certain politicians’ implication that the Church is throwing around its weight in the political arena on contraception. New Hampshire’s own Jeanne “abort-em-all” Shaheen, a nominal Catholic, gets special mention … Continue reading
Rights, Duties, and the Contraception Thing
Something is being left out of the discussion surrounding the HHS mandate, which coerces employees to fund illicit sexual behavior via their insurance programs. While it is absolutely true that this governmental coercion, based upon lies, is a violation of … Continue reading
12 Attorneys General Plan to Sue Over Fed Health Mandate
Good news. Perhaps there will be more to join the case. CNA reports: Attorneys general from a dozen states say they intend to sue over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate that requires many religious employers to violate the teachings of … Continue reading
Obama’s ‘Unacceptable’ Compromise, and Lies
CatholicCulture.org and cnsnews.com both have coverage of the Bishops’ response to President Obama’s “compromise” on the HHS contraceptive mandate. Worth noting in the Bishops’ statement is their assertion that “coverage of sterilization and contraception, including some abortifacients” is …both unsupported … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Reproaches St. Egidio Community and 30Days Magazine for Honoring Schismatics
Asia News: Firstly I wish to declare my complete respect for the great zeal of my friends of the Community of Saint Egidio and my good friend Gianni Valente of 30Days for the Church in China. I also wish to … Continue reading
Restore Communion On The Tongue Only
Two priests, Fr. Andrew Wise and Fr. John Speekman, have started a petition effort on their blog called “Restore Communion On The Tongue Only.” They, and the 2484 (so far) signatories to their petition, are asking the Pope to restore … Continue reading