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October 2019

October 31, 2019

Biden update: diocese decree requires withholding communion from pro-abort pols

"Because support for pro-abortion legislation is gravely sinful, such persons should not be admitted to...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Out: Virginia state appointee resigns after uproar over anti-Catholic tweets

After she made headlines last week over her offensive tweets, the controversial appointee has quit: ...

July 2019

July 20, 2019

God What?: The OTHER Thing President Trump Said at That Rally

A few people have picked up on it, and The Charlotte Observer has details: The...

July 18, 2019

WATCH: House Chaplain Prays to ‘Cast Out Spirits of Darkness’ from Capitol

From CNN: You know things are bad in Congress when the chaplain's morning prayer on...

May 2019

May 13, 2019

Removing ‘So Help Me God’ from an Oath?

The New York Times has the scoop: The witness rose from her seat, raised her...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

President Trump nominates deacon to U.S. Court of Appeals

My friend and legal eagle Tom Zampino alerted me to this bit of news: President...

January 22, 2019

Alabama church gives grocery gift cards to furloughed workers

The other day, I posted on how Catholic Charities in Washington is helping federal workers....

December 2018

December 22, 2018

Senators question judiciary nominee over membership in ‘extreme’ Knights of Columbus

Details: Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have questioned a candidate for the federal bench...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

A pro-life Democrat writes: ‘Liberals, get a grip…’

In today's Washington Post, Peter Steinfels, former editor of Commonweal, affirms that there are, indeed,...

November 05, 2018

Brett Baier will begin Election Day with a prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

From an Axios interview with the Fox News anchor, who describes his Election Day prep:...

October 2018

October 15, 2018

Don’t believe everything you see: the astonishing advances of ‘deepfake’ videos

An amazing and disturbing glimpse at how technology is making fiction appear to be fact,...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

Montana dioceses restate policies on priests and political activity

After last week's news, some clarification from local church leadership. From CNS: Montana’s two Catholic...

July 09, 2018

BREAKING: President Trump nominates another Catholic for SCOTUS: Brett Kavanaugh

It became official tonight, when President Trump introduced him and his family during his announcement...

July 07, 2018

Catholic priests at Trump rally? — UPDATED

The above picture has started circulating around social media, a frame grab from President Trump's...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

Maxine and Martin: What’s love got to do with it? Everything.

This was Rep. Maxine Waters speaking at a rally Saturday, in a now-infamous diatribe against...

June 26, 2018

Churches may begin to feel pinch from new tax law

Here's something many people may not know about, via Politico: Republicans have quietly imposed a...

June 17, 2018

Kellyanne Conway criticizes border separation policy ‘as a mother, as a Catholic’

Details: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday “nobody likes” the Trump administration’s policy of separating...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’—UPDATED

From The New York Times: President Trump lashed out at undocumented immigrants during a White...

May 05, 2018

What kind of priest is House chaplain Father Patrick Conroy? This kind.

From The Washington Post, some very good reporting on a man who has been the...

May 03, 2018

House chaplain withdraws resignation; Ryan backs down, reinstates him

From The New York Times: The chaplain of the House of Representatives, who was recently...

May 02, 2018

Trump weighs ending funds to Planned Parenthood, fulfilling campaign promise

From Axios: The Trump administration is debating whether to cut off abortion providers such as...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Catholic chaplain for House of Representatives asked to resign—UPDATED

From The Hill: House Chaplain Patrick Conroy’s sudden resignation has sparked a furor on Capitol...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

New spending bill will continue to fund Planned Parenthood

In case anyone missed it, Catholic News Agency reports: The stopgap omnibus funding bill passed...

March 23, 2018

Cardinal Dolan: The Democrats have abandoned Catholics

The cardinal archbishop of New York has penned a blistering op-ed piece in today's Wall...

March 14, 2018

Larry Kudlow: from cocaine abuse to Catholic convert to CNBC to Donald Trump’s White House

From The New York Times: President Trump is expected to name Larry Kudlow, a CNBC...

March 14, 2018

Conor Lamb’s deacon connection—UPDATED

The man who has been dominating the political headlines for the last 24 hours—and is...

March 13, 2018

Mike Pompeo: ‘Jesus Christ our savior is truly the only solution for our world’

So, who is Mike Pompeo? It turns out, the man tapped to replace Secretary of...

March 01, 2018

Springfield’s Bishop Paprocki: ‘I hope Senator Durbin comes back to his roots’

Following up on last month's big news— in which Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield repeated...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

NY Times: Popular voice in DC? The pope

Will wonders never cease? Details: Shortly before leaving the Capitol for the holiday recess, Senate...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Obama: “Service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us…”

From the President's weekly address: So many people all across the country are helping out...