From WorldNetDaily: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today blasted a court ruling that endangered homeschooling and homeschoolers statewide. “Every California child deserves a quality education and parents should have the right to decide what’s best for their children,” the governor said … Continue reading
There is plenty enough on New York governor Eliot Spitzer’s recent scandal in the media (e.g., “Virulently Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay NY Governor Admits Involvement in High-Level Prostitution Ring”). One of the many morals to be learned from this story has been … Continue reading
SPLC’s “Stop the Hate” campaign translates into Stop the Debate, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) regarding illegal immigration. [Full Story at JBS News Feeds] Regular Catholicism.org readers will not be surprised to discover that Morris Dees’ … Continue reading
This report comes from ANSA news via Rorate Caeli: Reciprocity: the Cardinal asks for it regarding the controversy in the Jewish world surrounding the change of the Good Friday prayer of the Tridentine Rite for the conversion of the Jews. … Continue reading
Have you seen headlines about “new deadly sins”? They commonplace the last few days. Phil Lawler does a perceptive unmasking of this latest sophomoric creation of the English-speaking secular press. An ordinary reader, basing his opinion only on the inane … Continue reading
Los Angeles, Mar 11, 2008 / 05:30 am (CNA).- A federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Planned Parenthood executive alleges that nine affiliates in California knowingly engaged in a criminal plot to defraud millions of dollars from state and … Continue reading
Here is another selection from John Allen’s observations on Friday. This is Allen’s explanation of Pope Benedict’s papal M.O. It seems to me that this explanation is more than plausible in assessing what makes this Holy Father tick. What should … Continue reading
Mr. Michael Matt, at The Remnant, considers the following paragraph from a recent La Civiltà Cattolica to be a semi-official termination of the controversy surrounding the new prayer for the Jews: This [the new GF prayer] contains nothing that is … Continue reading
One terrifying aspect of the current ecclesial mess is the crisis of the confessional. In Rome, measures are being taken… A crash course for priests who hear confessions is being held at the Vatican this week, as part of an … Continue reading
By Hilary White KIEV, Ukraine, March 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A committee of the Ukrainian Parliament is calling for a halt to the popularization of homosexuality that has become such a prominent feature of life in western European and North … Continue reading
In light of wicked legislation backed by Gov. Spitzer, John Zmirak at Taki’s Magazine recommends civil disobedience in the mode of Archbishop John Hughes — “Dagger John,” as he was known. There is some good history related here about the … Continue reading
This is from Mr. Allen’s NCRCafe column. We cannot agree with the “free market” assessment of religions matters, except to grant that it is a factor in the American scene. Neither can we share the journalist’s seeming lack of serious … Continue reading
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A society that lacks an interest in history, is one that can be easily manipulated by ideologies, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this today upon receiving in audience members of the Pontifical Committee … Continue reading
Mosul, Mar. 7, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A week after Archbishop Paulos Faraj Raho was kidnapped in Mosul, Iraqi Catholics are increasingly fearful for the prelate’s life. The bishop’s kidnappers have repeated their ransom demands, the AsiaNews service reports. But they … Continue reading
New Orleans, Mar 8, 2008 / 03:25 am (CNA).- Senator John McCain made efforts on Friday to do more than just distance himself from the anti-Catholic teachings of John Hagee by repudiating any comments made by the well known televangelist. … Continue reading
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