Category Archives: The Last Acceptable Prejudice

Will 2013 bring some relief for Chinese Catholics?

Posted on 5 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I regularly think about times when the Church has been persecuted.  Has been? Nay, rather… is being persecuted.  I think it is a good idea to reflect on these matters frequently and even try to get your head around the real … Continue reading →

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Perhaps we should start calling him “Henry IX”?

Posted on 4 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Perhaps we should start calling him “Henry IX“, along with “The First Gay President”?
From FoxNews:
Obama calls Conscience Clause for Military Chaplains “Ill-Advised”
By Todd Starnes
Religious liberty advocates are concerned after President Obama said a conscience clause that would allow military chaplains … Continue reading →

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EWTNNews: Online petition to White House to label Catholic Church a “hate group”

Posted on 4 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From EWTN News:
White House petitioned to label Catholic Church a ‘hate group’
By Michelle Bauman
An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a “hate group” for its views on marriage is drawing criticism for generating unjust … Continue reading →

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Christmas vandalism

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Catholic League:
Christmas Vandals Never Quit
December 19, 2012
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Christmas vandals:
Every year at Christmastime, incidents of vandalism are rampant, and while this year was not as bad as last year, there still were too … Continue reading →

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Federal Appeals Court sides with Belmont Abbey against Obama Administration

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Catholic News Herald of the Diocese of Charlotte:
Government must rewrite HHS mandate by March 31, court orders
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has sided with Belmont Abbey College in its lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s … Continue reading →

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Catholic League about Hell’s Bible’s attack on Bp. Finn

Posted on 5 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If Christmas or Easter are on the horizon, we can be sure that Hell’s Bible (and the Fishwrap) will find someone in the Church to bash.  Right now, that would be Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. … Continue reading →

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It’s Winter Festival time!

Posted on 4 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was walking by a building in Manhattan last night and saw in their lobby a Christmas tree, a menorah, and an Islamic crescent moon.

“Where’s the parity in that?”, quoth I.

Technorati Tags: ACLU, winter festival

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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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Bp. Jenky (D. Peoria) required all priests to read letter from pulpit before election

Posted on 5 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The McClatchy newspaper group has not been, to my knowledge, very friendly toward the Catholic Church. At McClatchyDC we find this:
Bishop orders priests to read anti-Obama letter at Sunday sermons
CHICAGO — Joining the chorus of Roman Catholic clergy in Illinois … Continue reading →

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