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Obama touts his “direct answer” about “marriage equality”, provides no argument

May 10, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

The following e-mail was sent out yesterday on behalf of President Obama: Today, I was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer: I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. I […]

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It is now, officially, “Saint Hildegard of Bingen”

May 10, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) – The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience he […]

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Pres. Obama invokes the Golden Rule in support of “same-sex marriage”

May 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From excerpts taken from Obama’s ABC News interview, on the WSJ site: I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when […]

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Legatus files lawsuit challenging the HHS mandate

May 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From the Thomas More Law Center: ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced it has filed a federal lawsuit challenging […]

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Melinda Gates: Poster billionaire for how a rotten Catholic education…

May 8, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

… ends up promoting and spreading the culture of death—worldwide. Via The Daily Mail: Facing backlash from the Catholic Church on an already controversial issue, Bill Gates’ wife Melinda announced this week that contraception will be […]

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Fr. Vincent Twomey: Cardinal Sean Brady needs to resign

May 6, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From the Irish Central site: Fr Vincent Twomey told Irish television that Brady has lost the confidence of his flock after failing to report Fr Brendan Smyth’s abuse to the authorities after a 1975 investigation. The […]

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Is the Obama administration just Biden time on “same sex marriage”?

May 6, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

  From “The Caucus” blog on the New York Times site: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Sunday that he was “comfortable” with same-sex marriages, a position that appeared to go beyond the “evolving” views that […]

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80-year-old Sister lashes out at Pope; boasts of support of abortion

May 5, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Yesterday’s edition of MinnPost.com has an interview with Sister Bridget McDonald, a nearly 80-year-old sister who (along with two biological sisters) is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.  The interview, about the […]

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Our Sunday Visitor celebrates 100th anniversary this weekend

May 4, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) marks its hundredth anniversary this weekend: On Saturday, Our Sunday Visitor will celebrate the centennial of the first issue of its now-nationwide Catholic newspaper, “Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly,” with a free […]

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Are psychology and religion fundamentally incompatible?

May 4, 2012 Carl E. Olson 4

From a recently posted Homiletic & Pastoral Review article, “Positive Psychology and Pastoral Practice”, by Dr. Christopher Kaczor: Are psychology and religion fundamentally incompatible? Certainly, some forms of psychology are inconsistent with Christianity, as Paul […]

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