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Category Archives: The Drill
Paul VI: “danger of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law”
The pontificate of Paul VI produced many a disaster, in my opinion, but when it came to a crucial turning point, in the face of diabolical opposition Paul VI issued Humane vitae. I suspect many of you have never actually … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Emanations from Penumbras, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged artificial contraception, HHS, Humanae vitae, Paul VI, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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Bp. Slattery (D.Tulsa) on Pres. Obama’s “Plan B”
His Excellency Most Rev. Edward Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa, has issued a response to Pres. Obama’s latest “accommodation”, which I liken to his taking the “Plan B” pill. Text below, but here is his VIDEO! [wp_youtube]JLWnl1P4slg[/wp_youtube] Bishop Slattery responds to … Read More
Glendon, George react to Obama’s “morally obtuse”, “insult to the intelligence”, and “cheap accounting trick”
CatholicVote has been doing us all a great service these days in tracking Pres. Obama’s attack on the Catholic Church and on the 1st Amendment rights of all Americans in his pursuit of power and his agenda. The following letter, … Read More
Pres. Obama’s “Plan B” compromise, Sr. Keehan, and the Magisterium of Nuns
Even before Pres. Obama made the announcement that he is taking his “Plan B” pill, an exponent of the Magisterium of Nuns, Sr. Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association (which – against the US bishops – gave cover to … Read More
Planned Parenthood’s sacrament
I have sometimes said, and I am not alone in saying it, that in the religion of liberalism abortion is like a sacrament. I just read this on LifeNews.com about the new head of Planned Parenthood’s abortion super-store in Texas. … Read More
GUEST ENTRY: Pres. Obama, Bishops, and the Kulturkampf
Here is a perspective on what is going on offered by my old friend the great Roman Fabrizio: First of all thank you for mentioning me in the same entry where caffè corretto alla sambuca is mentioned. It always moves … Read More
Dr. Peters (canonist) on Nancy Pelosi (public abortion absolutist)
The mighty Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has posted on his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law a comment about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) statement that, as a Catholic, she will stand with the Obama Administration against the … Read More
Pres. Obama’s Axelrod says Catholics should SHUT UP AND COMPLY.
From WaPo and AP I just learned that Pres. Obama’s campaign director David Axelrod has said something revelatory about the administration’s ultimate goals. Obama’s senior political adviser urges all sides in birth control fight to ‘lower our voices’ [Get that? … Read More
Nancy Pelosi: ‘I am going to stick with fellow Catholics’ in Pres. Obama’s war on Catholics. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), catholic and openly an abortion absolutist, is from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, but she spends most of her time in Washington DC. She has at least quasi-domicile in the Archdiocese of Washington DC. She is Archbishop … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", 1983 CIC can. 915, Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged apostacy, Archbp. Niederauer, Archd. San Francisco, Archd. Washington DC, can. 915, Card. Wuerl, Nancy Pelosi, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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98 Comments
Starting to smell the coffee: Doug Kmiec writes to Pres. Obama
Richard III to Buckingham: Because that, like a Jack, thou keep’st the stroke Betwixt thy begging and my meditation. I am not in the giving vein to-day. (Richard III IV,ii) Dcn. Keith Fournier obtained from former Amb. Doug Kmiec, Kmiec’s … Read More
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