His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, President, and His Excellency Most Reverend William E. Lori, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, have released a very strong statement regarding the current status of […]
It’s hard to believe that the Garry Wills formerly known as an intelligent and elegant writer has sunk to a point so low and embarrassing that his “arguments” are on par, if just barely, with […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 22 February 2012 (VIS) – During his general audience this morning, the Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to the subject of Lent (which begins today, Ash Wednesday), the period […]
George Weigel first (and rightly) blasts the “ill-educated Catholics in Congress” and the Catholic Health Association, then discusses how “liberal Catholicism” has (not surprisingly, I must say) sold the baby and the bath water for […]
From the February 18, 2012, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: But on Thursday afternoon in Washington, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, told a panel of lawmakers in the U.S. […]
Blessed Marianne Cope and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha are two of seven to be declared saints this fall: The list of the seven people who will be declared saints ranges from a Filipino layman to European […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 18 February 2012 (VIS) – In St. Peter’s Basilica at 10.30 a.m. this morning, Benedict XVI celebrated the fourth ordinary public consistory of his pontificate, during which he created […]
From a February 16th statement issued by the Sisters of Life, “a contemplative / active religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor for the protection and enhancement of the sacredness of […]
Br. Thomas More Garret, a Dominican who used to work in law and as a Congressional staffer, discusses an overlooked, uh, feature of the HHS mandate: But there is an equally serious, largely unnoticed consequence […]
On the National Review site: (1) The first deception is that the president has issued a “contraception mandate.” It is not that; it is a presidential power grab. No state or other jurisdiction is trying […]
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