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Category Archives: The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Make popcorn, then read! Ed Peter’s eviscerates Maureen Dowd.
The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has drawn the ire of the Id of the Washington Beltway, the atrabillious Maureen Dowd. My emphases and comments: Sunday, June 19, 2011 Oh no! Maureen Dowd doesn’t seem to like me! America’s 43rd … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, One Man & One Woman, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Ed Peters, Maureen Dowd, NYT
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Fishwrap owes Bp. Finn an apology for their insulting analogy
The writers and editors of the National catholic Fishwrap owe Bishop Robert Finn an apology. Columnist Phyllis Zagano, whose skills in reading carefully and thinking through argument haven’t been entirely evident to me (for example in this), drew a moral … Read More
D. Kansas City-St. Joseph: press release about controversies
The secular press in Kansas City, MO and the ultra-liberal, doctrine-dissenting, KC-based National catholic Reporter have been busy trying to tear the guts out of the diocese and Most Rev. Robert Finn, bishop, but not yet martyr. From the site … Read More
Archbp. Nienstedt and the defense of true marriage
In this week’s number of The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper and site of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, His Excellency Most Rev. John Nienstedt has a column about the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, that is, a defense of real … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Archbp. Nienstedt, Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Defense of Marriage, marriage, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, same-sex unions
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It is hard to believe that people can be this dumb.
Via CMR (you can read the rest there): Freedom of speech is DOA in the USA folks. A federal judge has ruled that nobody at a high school graduation can use religious terms like “prayer” and “Amen.” So, remember that … Read More
A concrete reminder of how quickly things can go wrong: an English Catholic “recusant” house
I would like to redirect your attention to a fascinating post over at Damian Thompson’s place. He has written about a … well… here is the first part as a tease to get you to go over there and read … Read More
Support Bishop Finn: proposal for prayers, penance against the attacks of Hell.
Again, in regard to the dust up in the Diocese of Kansas City -St. Joseph, over at SERVIAM there is a very good proposal, couched in the no-nonsense language we like around here at WDTPRS. In Support of Bishop Finn … Read More
The storm building in the D. of Kansas City-St. Joseph
You have probably seen news about the case of a priest in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph who had photos from different sources, some he took, of children. Bp. Robert Finn is taking some heat about Fr. Ratigan, a … Read More
Dust up in UK over anti-Catholic legislation
From CNA: Royal row breaks out in UK over anti-Catholic legislation London, England, Apr 25, 2011 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the week of the Royal Wedding, a centuries-old law banning British monarchs from becoming or marrying a Catholic … Read More
Gregorian chant v. folk music. A parish in Toronto. Fr. Z rants.
Pope Benedict has proposed what I have called his “Marshall Plan” to renew Catholic identity. This must involve a reading of the Second Vatican Council in continuity with all the other Councils, not as a point of rupture. That goes … Read More
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