Category Archives: Dogs and Fleas

Nuncio Archbp. Viganò at Notre Shame talks about a concrete “menace” to religious liberty

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA about the address the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, gave at “Notre Shame”, aka “The Scene of the Crime”, with my emphases and comments:
Papal nuncio: Catholic division undermines religious freedom
South Bend, Ind., Nov 12, 2012 / 07:08 … Continue reading →

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UK: Legal path set to deny charitable status to Church which exclude anyone from Communion, sacraments

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tales of the Bizarre.
This is from LifeNews:
UK Catholics might lose charitable status for not offering communion to everyone
BY HILARY WHITE
LONDON, November 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative Party MP has accused the government’s Charity Commission of attempting to suppress Christianity … Continue reading →

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Your Excellencies: Tell the National ‘c’atholic Reporter to drop the term “Catholic”

Posted on 9 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I see the other day, election day, that The National Catholic Reporter – aka Fishwrap –  pandered for The First Gay President, effectively begging Catholics to endanger our nation and their souls by voting for him.  They have an editorial … Continue reading →

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VP Biden’s last ditch effort to fool Catholics. Revolting.

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From LifeNews:
Pro-Abortion Biden Claims He’s a “Practicing Catholic” In New Ad
by Steven Ertelt
In a last-ditch effort to get Catholic voters to support pro-abortion President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, who also backs abortion, has released a new web ad. In … Continue reading →

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“Barack and Simone gazed at each other ….”

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When the National catholic Fishwrap indulgences in its version of hagiography, the results aren’t pretty.
Their latest liberal panegyric is an attempt to transmogrify Sr. Simone Campbell, Democrat party activist, bus rider, into a progressivist’s alternative to Bl. Theresa of Calcutta.
Consider, … Continue reading →

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UN election monitors at US polling places?

Posted on 21 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If this is true, and not some urban legend, I shall be very cross.
This sounds also like a foreign policy matter that could be a topic of discussion at the presidential debate.
Did the White House get the UN involved in … Continue reading →

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Pro-abortion ‘c’atholic VP Biden fibbed during debate

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the USCCB:
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows:
Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human … Continue reading →

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Obama Administrations attack on Catholics in healthcare

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In these digital pages we have seen on other occasions His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Vasa, now Bishop of Santa Rosa.  He spoke recently at a meeting of the Catholic Medical Association in my native place, St. Paul. He raised … Continue reading →

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Catholics and voting

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is interesting.  And it is irritating.
From WND:
America’s salvation depends on Catholics
Exclusive: Anita Crane reveals mind-blowing number not registered to vote
by Anita Crane
“The religious group that seems to be figuring most prominently in the presidential election right now is the … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama’s record in regard to Christians and Biblical values

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The fight for our religious liberty is really just beginning.
Remember how Pres. Obama said at Notre Shame that he was interested in “common ground”?   Remember what he promised Card. Dolan?
I was sent this list by a reader.  It recounts … Continue reading →

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