Daily Archives: 15 January 2014

RHODE ISLAND: WJAR reporter Katie Davis peddles bogus accusation as if true

From MediaReport: Rhode Island TV Outlet Touts Story of Old Abuse Claims Against Priests, Ignores All of the Bogus Claims WJAR, an NBC television affiliate in Providence, recently trumpeted a trove of documents it obtained from Rhode Island’s state police. … Read More

Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, Green Inkers, The Coming Storm, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , , ,
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California: 1st grade girl punished for mentioning Bible verse

With a tip of the biretta to my pal Vicki McKenna (Twitter), I share this tale of woe from FNC.  Todd Starnes reports: First-grader told to stop talking about Bible The parents of a 6-year-old girl said their daughter was … Read More

Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, You must be joking! | Tagged , , ,
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Should we be culture warriors or not?

Liberals think we Catholics should not be culture warriors.  We should just shut up and be good little statists, acquiescent in the face of social trends. I read at CNA today that the papal spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, said … Read More

Posted in Be The Maquis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill | Tagged
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Not exactly “Gather Us In”

At Catholic Education Resource Center I stumbled on a video of the great Tallis Scholars singing William Byrd, a Catholic composer who somehow survived and thrived during the reign of Elizabeth I. However, the article I found lead me back … Read More

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ASK FATHER: What to do if sermons are heretical?

From a reader. QUAERITUR: What does a laywoman do if the Priest or layperson (this has happened) giving the homily at a mission starts promoting so called “same sex marraige” or trashing the teachings of the Church? Walk out? Take … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Priests and Priesthood | Tagged , , , ,
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“Catholic” – It Means Whatever You Want

I am wondering what the rank and tenure committee at DePaul were smoking when they came up with this. From the Cardinal Newman Society: DePaul Professor Teaches Homosexual Politics, Defended Pedophile Incident A professor at DePaul University in Chicago, who … Read More

Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, You must be joking! | Tagged , , ,
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USA no longer in the world’s top 10

We all want a certain level of economic prosperity, which also is the only bridge for the poor out of poverty. To have economic prosperity, we have to have a basic level of rule of law.  There must be some … Read More

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