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Category Archives: The future and our choices
SCOTUS won’t block Texas law on abortion
Form Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion law (Reuters) – A split U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block implementation of a new abortion law in Texas that already has prompted a dozen clinics in the … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, SCOTUS, Texas
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13 Comments
GUEST POST: A 1st Traditional Latin Mass experience – at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, NYC
I received this from a reader: First of all, thank you for your blog. It has been tremendously instructive and encouraging for myself and many of my friends. I attended my first Traditional Latin Mass just over a year ago … Read More
Can anyone afford the “Affordable” Care Act? Not if you have religious principles.
There is an alarming piece at CharismaNews which confirms what we have known all along. Remember… it’s not really “Obamacare”… though his name, and party, are inseparable from this millstone. It’s really the AFFORDABLE Care Act. How is that “AFFORDABLE” … Read More
Archbp. Hart (Archd. Melbourne) fights for the Seal of Confession against anti-Catholic statists
From ABC: Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart stands by confessional despite abuse recommendationsThe Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has stood by the church’s stance [good grief] on keeping information on abuse gained through the confessional secret, despite a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry recommending withholding … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, Dogs and Fleas, Fr. Z KUDOS, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Archbp. Hart, Archd. Melbourne, clerical sexual abuse, confession, Seal of confession
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23 Comments
How AP reported SSPX disruption of a Kristallnacht interfaith service in Buenos Aires
From not-so-Catholic-friendly AP via not-so-Catholic-friendly (unless liberal) HuffPo comes this bizarre train wreck: Saint Pius X Catholic Group Protests Kristallnacht Interfaith Memorial In Argentina, Challenging Pope Francis BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Ultra-traditionalist Catholics [read: SSPX… but it is far more fun … Read More
Bp. Zubik refuses to facilitate a “moral evil”
Now that we have the fluffiest and most wonderfullest Pope ehvurr, Pope Francis, and now that bishops are supposed to be “pastoral”, liberals will start more and more often to claim that bishops should start caving in on the HHS … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Affordable Care Act, D. Erie, D. Pittsburgh, Obamacare, religious freedom, religious liberty
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22 Comments
Military chaplains harassed, mocked for quoting Scripture during chaplain training
From Citizen Link: Military Chaplains Sue Over Harassment, Attack on Christian Faith by Bethany Monk Those who serve our country often greet reveilles before the sunrise. They don the uniform. They represent our country, and they continue to make sacrifice … Read More
New NYC Mayor pledges to expand abortion, wipe out crisis pregnancy centers
From Breitbart: NYC MAYOR-ELECT DE BLASIO PROMISES TO WIPE OUT CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS The city in which 41 percent of pregnancies end in abortion has elected a new mayor who is pledging to partner with Planned Parenthood and other abortion … Read More
NCEA took money from Gates Foundation to promote “Common Core” in Catholic schools
There has been a lot of talk about Common Core. The Cardinal Newman Society has an interesting piece about this. EXCLUSIVE: National Catholic Education Association Gets Gates Foundation Grant to Promote ‘Common Core’ in Catholic Schools The Bill and Melinda … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Catholic education, Common Core, NCEA
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15 Comments
Fishwrap attacks Military Chaplains. ACTION ITEM!
At the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) there is a mean-spirited and wrong-headed opinion piece by someone who is described as “an arborist and a member of the Ithaca, N.Y., Catholic Worker community”. In this piece he says that the … Read More
