Tag Archives: Obama Administration

Benedict XVI important address to US Bishops of Regions IV-VI about attacks on religious liberty in the public square

Posted on 19 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is important.
The US bishops are this year making their over-due ad limina visits.  The Holy Father generally gives an address to groups of bishops when they come.
Benedict XVI spoke to the bishops of Regions IV-VI in the USA.  He … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS unanimous decision upholding religious liberty, “ministerial exception”

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My mind returns to the moment in Pres. Obama’s State of the Union Address when he chose to scold the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, while they sat and, from decorum and custom, could do nothing … Continue reading →

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CL: The Obama Administration v. The Catholic Church

Posted on 29 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Catholic League:
CATHOLIC CHURCH VS. OBAMA SHOWDOWN
November 28, 2011
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the upcoming showdown between the Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Catholic Church:
On December 1, the House Committee on … Continue reading →

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USCCB Media Blog: anti-Catholic bias at HHS (Obama Administration)

Posted on 8 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the USCCB’s Media Blog, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has an interesting post.  Here is the first part.
This gives us another example of how the war on the Catholic Church is manifesting itself in the public square:

HHS Exec Rivals … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama objects to FDR’s D-Day prayer at the World War II Memorial

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader alerted me to the following.  I cannot say that I am surprised.
Obama Administration Opposes FDR Prayer at WWII Memorial
By Todd Starnes
Published November 04, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are expressing outrage after the Obama administration announced its … Continue reading →

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Pro-abortion catholics give support to Obama Administrations war on religious liberty

Posted on 21 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You might check out an article in the Washington Times about Catholic colleges/universities and the rapidly warming issue of religious liberty, abortion, etc.
Here is the first part of the piece, which gives you an idea of the parameters of the … Continue reading →

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Chiesa: Vatican II, continuity and/or rupture

Posted on 17 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am scanning some things on the web from my phone, which makes this clunky, but do check out the latest on Chiesa. A provocative paragraph:

A third development of the discussion regards a thesis of Vatican II that is … Continue reading →

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Irony. Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood addressed the KKK but the Obama Administration says that Catholics who defend marriage are like racists.

Posted on 1 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry I posted about Archbp. Dolan’s letter to Pres. Obama warning him and his administration to back off from their project to equate those who defend true marriage with racists, as if the proponents of same-sex unions held … Continue reading →

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Implications of Obama Administration’s move to force Catholic hospitals to provide “contraception” and sterilizations

Posted on 30 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A few days ago in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Fr. Peter Laird, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, had a good piece about the mandate from the Obama Administration (HHS) requiring that “contraception” and sterilizations be paid … Continue reading →

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New USPS stamp … surprise!

Posted on 30 December 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the now defunct but still relevant series The West Wing there is an episode in which the staff must chose figures for new US postage stamps.  Witty political correctness ensues.
At the time of the actual run of the series, … Continue reading →

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