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November 2015

November 21, 2015

HuffPo’s Latest Anti-Catholic Screed Ignores the View of Faithful Catholics

The Huffington Post has sunk to a new low in inviting the director of Dignity,...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

Cultural Madness, Catholic Sanity: If You’re Anywhere Near Michigan, You’ll Want to Hear This

America is adrift on some rough seas. "Catholic Truth remains a lighthouse," says Al Kresta,...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

Pope Francis’ Seamless Garment. HE’S RIGHT–But Does It Hurt the Pro-Life Cause?

Euthanasia, abortion, the migrant boat tragedies, malnutrition, terrorism, war, violence and on-the-job accidents. All of...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

What Could President Obama Possibly Have to Offer the Catholic Health Association?!

"Delighted and honored." That's how Sister Carol Keehan, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic...

May 06, 2015

A “Suicide Bear”? Japanese Invention Lets You Choose Suffocation, Asphyxia or Lethal Injection

How would you prefer to die: By lethal injection? suffocation? helium asphyxia? Japanese engineers are...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

San Francisco’s Dissident Catholics Just Won’t Give Up–Now Publish Open Letter to Pope Francis

A group of more than 100 dissident Catholics in San Francisco have published an "open letter...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

“The Poor You Will Always Have With You”: An Atheist Misunderstands Pope Francis, Again

Matthew O'Neil, writing on Dan Arel's Danthropology blog over on the Atheist Channel, has written what he...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Legatus to Announce New Speakers for Annual Summit, After LGBT Bullies Drive Big-Name Speakers Away

Legatus, the international organization of Catholic CEOs, has completed the roster of speakers for its...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Liberal Blog’s Diatribe Against the Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus are too Catholic. That's the charge issued by ThinkProgress, the liberal political...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Saints and Social Justice. Yep, Says Brandon Vogt, They Go Together.

What amazes me most about Brandon Vogt's excellent book Saints and Social Justice: A Guide...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Pope Francis: “Children Need a Mother and a Father”

"We must reconfirm the rights of children to grow up in a family with a...

April 01, 2014

Happy Are We: Father Robert Barron Unpacks the Teachings of Jesus

“Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68)...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

What Did Cardinal Bernardin’s “Seamless Garment” REALLY Say About Abortion?

Cardinal Bernardin was not, as some have alleged, soft on abortion. This week the cardinal's...

February 07, 2014

Feminist Chutzpah: HuffPo Columnist Scolds Pope Francis For His Catholic Faith

Not content with Pope Francis' washing of women's feet on Holy Thursday or phoning up...

January 2014

January 25, 2014

Supreme Court Extends Injunction for Little Sisters of the Poor

The Supreme Court has extended a stay imposed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor on December 31,...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

Hesburgh and Hyperbole

Father Theodore Hesburgh is one of “four great Americans”—along with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

I Read Your Mail—and I Still Support the CCHD

How my ears have been burning! After yesterday’s column encouraging my readers to support the...

November 16, 2012

Hope and Change at the CCHD

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development has been a flashpoint for controversy in recent years;...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

100 Best Catholic Speakers Series: Dr. Janet Smith Tackles Life Issues and Bioethics

I think contraception is an insult to women…. [W]omen basically apologize for their fertility. "I'm...

September 26, 2012

FAITH OPENS OUR EYES… Respect Life Month Theme Reveals a Consistent Ethic

You’ve heard the criticism, haven’t you? Pro-abortion protestors insisting that people who oppose abortion don’t...

June 2012

June 05, 2012

The Walker Recall, Labor Unions and Catholic Social Teaching

So the labor unions lost tonight. Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker will remain in office, and...