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March 2014

March 25, 2014

Voris Doesn’t Disrespect the Pope, Either

I recently posted a statement that if you want to disrespect the Pope, you...

March 25, 2014

Religious Freedom: Will the Supremes Let Us Keep It?

Today’s the day in which the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Sibelius...

March 25, 2014

So, a Guy Who’s Not Especially Devout is Going to a Friend’s Wedding …

March 24, 2014

Join the Religious Freedom Tweet Storm

Join tomorrow’s Religious Freedom Tweet Storm. From Stand Up For Religious Freedom: Tomorrow is the...

March 24, 2014

Teaching Us to Drink Hemlock Kool-Aid

This is a casual grouping of You Tube videos demonstrating the push to normalize both...

March 24, 2014

Bodies of Aborted Babies Incinerated to Heat UK Hospitals

And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to...

March 24, 2014

Pope Francis: March 29-30 Will Be a Day of Reconciliation

Pope Francis has set aside this coming Friday as “24 hours for the Lord.”...

March 24, 2014

So, a Yankees Fan Goes to Heaven

March 22, 2014

Adult Stem Cells Offer Ethical Hope for Lupus Sufferers

Dr David Prentice, Senior Research Fellow at the Family Research Council, wrote an article for...

March 22, 2014

Pope to Mafia: Convert, Hell Awaits You if You Continue on This Road

The first godfather movie was something of a watershed in American culture. It wasn’t the...

March 22, 2014

God is Not Dead Opens this Weekend

God is not dead opens this weekend.

March 22, 2014

So, There’s a Devout Catholic Who’s Hiking

March 21, 2014

Shame on Everybody: Michigan Senate Race Debate Over Abortion

Shame on everybody. I would love to single out one of the mud-slingers and...

March 21, 2014

What is Bill Maher’s Problem?

What is Bill Maher's problem? Kevin Sorbo, the star of God is Not Dead, responded...

March 21, 2014

So, There’s a Priest and a Rabbi …

March 20, 2014

Did We Really Need a Bishop to Tell us that Verbally Sliming Other People is a Grave Sin?

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, England, evidently felt that the people in the pews (not...

March 20, 2014

Cardinal O’Malley: The Church Won’t Change Its Teaching on Marriage

Cardinal O’Malley, who is a member of the Papal G8 that Pope Francis appointed to...

March 20, 2014

Let There be Light: The Religious Significance of the Big Bang Echo

My eleven-year-old son put it better than anyone I have ever heard. Homeschoolers socialize with...

March 20, 2014

So, a Group of Cloistered Carmelite Nuns …

March 19, 2014

Pope Francis: The Sign that We are Far from Christ is Hypocrisy

March 19, 2014

If You Want to Disrespect the Pope, You Need to Go to Another Blog

Public Catholic discusses any number of controversial topics. Sometimes, the conversation gets blunt. There are...

March 19, 2014

New Blood Test Allows Better Targeting of Which Babies to Kill

Doctors can now target which babies to kill with even greater accuracy. A new blood...

March 19, 2014

Future Priests Embrace Celibacy

"The priesthood is too serious a call, not to have guys who are 100% committed...

March 19, 2014

Harassing the Elderly: What Would You Do?

If you saw someone harassing an old person, what would you do? I have to...

March 19, 2014

So, Jesus of Nazareth is in front of the woman caught in adultery …

March 18, 2014

Kentucky’s AG Refuses to Defend Marriage. Governor Forced to Hire Private Law Firm.

This story is a couple of weeks old, but I’ve been too busy to take...

March 18, 2014

The Big Bang has an Echo … Echo … echo

The Big Bang has an echo, which is what you would expect from a “bang”...

March 18, 2014

So a very devout Christian woman has a heart attack …

March 17, 2014

Actor Chris O’Dowd Says Religion is a Cult and Obama is Not a Christian

Chris O’Dowd, who evidently stars in one of those cable series I’ve never watched called...

March 17, 2014

God is Not Dead, the Movie

Son of God is still in the theaters. If you haven't seen it, I encourage...