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- Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “The “FORMULA OF ADHERENCE” is basically the opening clauses from the 1988 protocol between Abp. Lefebvre and Cardinal Ratzinger. The…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “This whole “mess” should come as no surprise to all but a few. Our current pontiff is a nicer version…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Couple things I am unclear on: 1. If laity occasionally attend then they don’t incur excommunocation so why can’t they…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Does “regarding subsequent reforms” include Amoris laetitia, Fiducia Supplicans, or the revision of the CCC on capital punishment? If it…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “@Gregg, acknowledging LG 25 has been the request for 38 years; the formula is essentially what Ratzinger asked in 1988.…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Per Bishop Athanasius Schneider, there is no schism. https://mukwonago.wi.sspx.org/en/news/declaration-bishop-athanasius-schneider-sspx-consecrations-59783”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “A short funny video of the late, great Michael Davies on Canon 844. I have ran this past an old…”
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Tag Archives: Obamatax
A new/old model for Catholic health care? An interesting small clinic.
With all the interest in the global impact of the Catholic Church through the election of a new Pope, we need to remember the local impact of the work of good lay people, formed by the Catholic Church. Here is … Read More
USCCB to Pres. Obama: your supposed “accommodation” falls short
Today the U.S. Bishops issued a statement about the supposed “accommodation” proffered by the Obama Administration in regard to the anti-1st Amendment HHS Mandate. HHS Proposal Falls Short In Meeting Church Concerns; Bishops Look Forward To Addressing Issues With Administration … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, anti-catholicism, health care reform, HHS mandate, Obama Administration, Obamacare, Obamatax, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pres. Obama
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26 Comments
More about Obamatax – Will families be ready to pay $20k per year?
More about From CNSNews: (CNSNews.com) – In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Religious Liberty, The Drill
Tagged HHS mandate, Obamacare, Obamatax, Pres. Obama
30 Comments
30 Comments
White House “takes out the trash” in its fake HHS Mandate tweaks
On the TV series The West Wing you learn about “taking out the trash”. That is, the White House releases what might be potentially problematic news on a Friday, so that things can calm down over the weekend and other stories … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, anti-catholicism, anti-Christian, HHS mandate, Kathleen Sebelius, Obamacare, Obamatax, Pres. Obama, religious freedom, religious liberty
22 Comments
22 Comments
Sr. Keehan! Will the CHA have a banner in the March for Life in Washington DC?
First I found Pres. Obama declaring “Religious Freedom” Day. Now I find Sr. Carol Keehan openly defending the unborn? From CNS: Sr. Carol Keehan: Sandy Hook ‘Separate Issue’ But ‘Abortion Takes the Life of an Innocent Child’ By Patrick Burke … Read More
VP Biden’s last ditch effort to fool Catholics. Revolting.
From LifeNews: Pro-Abortion Biden Claims He’s a “Practicing Catholic” In New Ad by Steven Ertelt In a last-ditch effort to get Catholic voters to support pro-abortion President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, who also backs abortion, has released a new … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, Biden, can. 915, HHS mandate, Obamacare, Obamatax, VP Biden
62 Comments
62 Comments
Obama Administrations attack on Catholics in healthcare
In these digital pages we have seen on other occasions His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Vasa, now Bishop of Santa Rosa. He spoke recently at a meeting of the Catholic Medical Association in my native place, St. Paul. He raised … Read More
A reminder about Rep. Paul Ryan from 2010
Someone sent me a reminder about a moment in 2010 when Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), now the GOP VP candidate, was on Fox News Sunday across from Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), debating Obamacare… ObamaTAX… and abortion. She holds up “the nuns” … Read More
Rep. Ryan to Catholics: act before religious freedoms are eroded
From CNA: Paul Ryan urges Catholics to act before religious freedoms erode Presumptive Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says Catholics must act now to protect their right to religious freedom from being diminished in American society. “This is a … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Affordable Care Act, anti-catholic, HHS mandate, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Administration, Obamacare, Obamatax, preferential option for the poor, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Rep. Paul Ryan, Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, solidarity, subsidiarity
19 Comments
19 Comments
Federal court allows company to ignore HHS mandate
From The Hill: Federal court allows company to ignore birth-control mandate [When will these newsies get that this isn’t a “contraception mandate”.] By Sam Baker A federal court said Friday that a Colorado-based company does not have to comply with … Read More
Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
