Tag Archives: POTUS

17 April 1970 – Odyssey returns to Earth

Posted on 17 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On this day 43 years ago, the Command Module Odyssey splashed down.
Apollo XIII

I remember – as if it were yesterday – being glued to the TV watching the coverage of this glorious disaster.  It was inspiring.
But we don’t have a … Continue reading →

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High-living, big-spending, bloated, decadent, parasitical, wastrel monarchy v. Citizen-executive of a republic of limited government

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Mark Steyn made an interesting point in his recent piece HERE:
[Pres. Obama] and his family are about to jet off on their Christmas vacation to watch America slide off the fiscal cliff from the luxury beach resort of Kailua. The … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty

Posted on 1 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

1 April… and I’m not foolin’.
Pres. Obama isn’t foolin’.
The US bishops are NOT foolin’ either.

Biretta tip: Sword of Peter!
 
 

Technorati Tags: 1st Amendment, HHS, HHS mandate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, POTUS, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, USCCB

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Obama gives Amish complete exemption. Catholics? Talk to the hand! Why? Why do you think?

Posted on 14 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A few days ago Sr. Mary Ann Walsh at the USCCB Blog posted this:
Friday, March 9, 2012
Amish, Ok. Catholics, No.
The Amish are exempt from the entire health care reform law. So are members of Medi-Share, a program of Christian Care … Continue reading →

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Common ground?

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Via the great Vincenzo:

Remember his promises at Notre Dame?  The hopes of Card. Cottier?  The excuses of Doug Kmiec? The panting of L’Osservatore Romano?
Don’t forget that Vincenzo has the Pius Clocks!

Technorati Tags: 1st Amendment, anti-catholicism, HHS, POTUS, Pres. Obama, religion

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Card. George writes about unity, Pres. Obama’s attacks, and Catholics who don’t stand with the bishops.

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Card. George of Chicago offers observations about the present situation we face as a Church in the United States even as the President of the United States attacks the Church.
He first speaks about the “ad limina” visit he is making … Continue reading →

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“If you are not on offense you are on defense.” So… what’s next?

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Obama Administration has to… has to… fold when it comes to the HHS mandate and their attack on the Catholic Church and the 1st Amendment.
While it is true that Pres. Obama is an ideologue, it is also true that … Continue reading →

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ACTION ITEM! White House PETITION to rescind the anti-Catholic HHS Mandate.

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of the White House a petition was initiated requesting that the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate be rescinded.
You have to create an account and sign in.
Click HERE.
The real resistance against Pres. Obama’s war on the Catholic Church will … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Carroll’s “Prayer for Government”

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

According to the barest reading of Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution,
“[The President] shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall … 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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