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Category Archives: The future and our choices
21 February 2012
An edgy video about Pres. Obama’s lies
Fr. Leo Patalinghug, who does some cooking now and then, has a good video commentary on how Pres. Obama is undermining the 1st Amendment and, well, lying to us.
This is the sort of video that could appeal to young people, … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Lighter fare, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Fr. Patalinghug, HHS, mandate, Notre Shame, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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Catholics and Public Life: toward a response to Pres Obama’s Act of Supremacy
There is a thought provoking piece at The Catholic Thing by Fr. James Schall, SJ, a professor at Georgetown. He muses about a future in which we will have to withdraw from participation in public life, or at least in … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Fr. James Schall SJ, Henry VIII, NEA, Pres. Obama, St. Thomas More, Treason Act of 1534
32 Comments
For what it’s worth…
This popped into my head this morning.
For what it’s worth…
Technorati Tags: Buffalo Springfield, religious liberty
Posted in Religious Liberty, The future and our choices
Tagged Buffalo Springfield, religious liberty
11 Comments
Religious Persecution and Martyrdom
A reader sent me this.
It contains comments made by His Eminence Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago.
In 2010, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago outlined the degree to which he believed religious freedoms (in the United States and other Western societies) … Continue reading
20 February 2012
Ash Wednesday, Fasting, Abstaining, and You.
According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, Latin Church Catholics are bound to observe fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday.
Here are some details. I am sure you know them already, but they are good … Continue reading
Holy See – Irish “relations”
The Irish government has confirmed a decision to close its embassy to the Holy See.
Thus, the Irish Times.
They are sticking to their excuse of budget cuts. Thus, AP.
I would remind the Irish that there are more Catholics in Los Angeles … Continue reading
17 February 2012
Sickening example of what is happening in the USA at the highest levels of government
I felt a bit physically sick as I read this whole thing. I give only a part of it, below.
Part of what makes me sick is the manifest death of reason together with ethics. It seems that liberal politicians today … Continue reading
Posted in De Novissimis: Four Last Things, Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices
Tagged Cardinal Newman Society, CNS, HHS, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Rep. Elijah Cummings
31 Comments
Card-To-Be Dolan addressed the College of Cardinals and Holy Father
From CNA comes a report of what Card-To-Be Dolan of New York said to the College of Cardinals about the New Evangelization.
[Read the whole thing here.]
My emphases.
Vatican City, Feb 17, 2012 / 12:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In remarks to the … Continue reading
Sec. Sebelius already barred from Holy Communion under can. 915
I want to remind everyone of something that The Canonical Defender wrote on his fine blog.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a major proponent of the Obama administration’s push to mandate contraceptive coverage regardless of religious conviction, is already barred from holy Communion as … Continue reading
16 February 2012
USCCB: “Seis cosas más que todos debemos saber sobre el mandato del departamento de salud y servicios humanos (HHS)”
From the USCCB Blog, the Spanish language version of what they have previously posted in English.
1. La disposición que ha creado tanto alboroto no ha cambiado para nada las cosas, sino que todo ha terminado como estaba. [...]
2. La disposición … Continue reading
Catholic League on Sebelius’s admission before a Senate committee
Yesterday I saw video clips of Kathleen Sebelius, catholic Dem who as Pres. Obama’s patsy is implementing his anti-Catholic agenda, testifying before a Senate committee. She admitted that the Administration did not to any significant degree consult with the … Continue reading
15 February 2012
Sr. Keehan backtracks?
Sr. Keehan! GIVE BACK THAT PEN!
It seems that Sr. Keehan’s Catholic Health Association, which in abandoning unity with the bishops gave cover to catholic dems so they could vote for Obamacare and get us now into the mess that has … Continue reading
G. Weigel gets it about the Magisterium of Nuns and
On the site of National Review George Weigel has a piece about the bishops and Pres. Obama’s attack on the Catholic Church and the 1st Amendment rights of all Americans.
Among other things he wrote:
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In his appearance on Fox News Sunday … Continue reading
14 February 2012
Pres. Obama’s war on religious principles
Did you see what the Food and Drug Administration did to an Amish farmer? The Washington Times reported, and I saw it again tonight on the news:
The FDA won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amish, FDA, HHS, milk
46 Comments
Washington State unnatural “marriage” bill will force churches to accommodate ceremonies or face penalties
In finem citius?
From LifeSite:
Washington governor signs gay ‘marriage’ bill
February 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gov. Christine Gregoire of Washington State has signed into law a gay “marriage” bill that will force church-owned facilities to accommodate homosexual ceremonies.
Gregoire, a lame-duck Democrat [A … Continue reading
