The big news in American Catholic circles is the Obama administration’s “contraceptive mandate.” This latest unethical intrusion of big government stipulates that employers, including religious institutions, provide their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilizations, and specific abortifacients such as … Continue reading
Category: Politics and Society
Hungary Capitulating?
This, from RT: “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to revise the constitution that Europeans say has breached EU rules. The European Commission earlier this week mentioned curbs on the independence of the Hungarian central bank, the early retirement … Continue reading
New Italian PM Praises Pope Benedict and Stresses Europe’s Return to Christian Roots
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who assumed office in November, said that the Church’s Magisterium and the Christian roots of Europe are indispensable in facing the continent’s economic crisis. More on this here.
A Note on NH Pro-Life Victory
A little note about the pro-life victory in Saint Benedict Center’s home state. Read the following, from Lifenews.com: Michael Tierney, an Alliance Defense Fund-allied attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire who helped promote the language, added, “It is time to get … Continue reading
Another Hungarian Uprising, Another Invasion
This time it’s a kinder, gentler communist, the type who does everything in the name of democracy. From the Lew Rockwell Blog: Regime Change Express Surges Toward Budapest. Poor Tamas Fellegi. Hungary’s envoy to the International Monetary Fund had to … Continue reading
Nutter’s Colorful Remarks Hit Target
Concerning a roving band of 14-16 year-old youth whose mischief ended in a murderous shooting spree, Philly Mayor Michael Nutter had some choice remarks. While he chose to use profanity in expressing himself, he hit on an important truth. One … Continue reading
ADL’s Foxman: Christ the King ‘unAmerican’
Abraham Foxman, the pro-abortion, head of the ADL, recently proclaimed Our Lord Jesus Christ the King to be unAmerican. Religion, specifically Rick Santorum’s Catholic religion, has no place in American politics, according to Mr. Foxman. In a confused statement, the … Continue reading
London Targeted for Sharia Law
It may be coming next to a European — or American? — city near you. There’s Islamic leadership tension in Britain – with hardline Muslims trying to enforce Sharia law in London. From abstention to amputation, RT’s Laura Emmett’s been … Continue reading
U.S., U.K. to Make Another Anti-Christian Nightmare in Middle East?
It looks like the answer to that is yes. U.S. foreign policy has been dechristianizing that part of the world for years now (think Iraq and Lebanon), and now we’re all primed to smite Syria with our helping hand. From … Continue reading
Scott Brown: ‘Conserving’ Evil
We are often tempted to ask “What do ‘conservatives’ conserve?” In the case of Scott Brown, it would be the evil of homosexuality and the aggressive queering of the U.S. armed forces, not the lives of the unborn slaughtered by … Continue reading
The King and the ‘Lex Orandi’
Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King, the glorious Christian festival instituted by Pope Pius XI to remind the world of the truth taught by his own papal motto: Pax Christi in regno Christi (the peace of Christ in the … Continue reading