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June 2012

June 28, 2012

St. Thomas More and a Letter

Kathy Schiffer is using the Fortnight for Freedom to bring out some of the church's...

June 25, 2012

NY Daily News: Can’t we put aside politics to help people?

(Photosource) Would have missed this editorial in the New York Daily News, if not for...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Breaking: OSV, Notre Dame, Others File Lawsuit -UPDATED

Our Sunday Visitor announced this minutes ago: At 11 a.m. Eastern time today, 43 Catholic...

May 15, 2012

When Marriage is an “Office” Not a “Right”

Over at First Things, I'm wondering if perhaps we have been thinking about marriage, and...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

Douthat talks with Moyers on Bad Religion – UPDATED

I've been recommending Ross Douthat's book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics,...

April 18, 2012

You want to really talk about Christian Persecution?

We talk about it, and it's a serious issue, but how much do we really...

April 17, 2012

Catholicism and Bad Religion: a One-Two Punch

Last year, the book I spent more time urging you to read than any other...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Best Rally Sign I’ve Yet Seen! UPDATES

Photo Credit: Tom Crowe Grabbed off of Facebook, the best picture I've yet seen of...

March 23, 2012

Rally at Noon for Religious Freedom! Bring Saints! – UPDATED

It's a Friday in Lent -- what's better to do on a Friday in Lent...

March 17, 2012

“Thank Yourself, Catholic Charities Runs It”

The lie that the church "hates" women and wants to keep them down is an...

March 05, 2012

Dear Press: The Seniors Don’t Believe You Anymore

Yesterday we talked a little about the dialogue between David Gregory and Newt Gingrich, and...

March 04, 2012

No, David Gregory is not a Hack

I'm seeing a lot of remarks on Twitter about this exchange between Newt Gingrich and...

March 01, 2012

The Busy Servants of Moloch – UPDATED

When the "learning opportunity" of the Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle was taking place, I...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Congressional Performance Art – UPDATED

Oh, the humanity! Oh, the sudden outcry of the suffering!. This is my favorite part:...

February 28, 2012

We don’t need no stinking Bishops! – UPDATE

I guess this is like "smart" diplomacy, right? If you need to affirm your special...

February 21, 2012

All Your Conscience Are Belong to Us

My First Things column from today: Through its mouthpieces, the administration has already begun to...

February 20, 2012

Obama vs First Amendment Liberties – UPDATES

From Charles Kadlec at Forbes, the must read of the day! Before our very eyes,...

February 16, 2012

Pope Benedict: Faith and the Future

In 2009 Ignatius press released this prophetic little volume, written by our pope over 1969-1970...

February 15, 2012

Catholic Food Pantry, Surrender Your Conscience!

Some may remember that back in November, Mrs. Pelosi proclaimed her love for the church...

February 15, 2012

To Defend HHS Mandate: Look at Anything but Constitution

The vacationing Deacon Greg Kandra has still managed, between spending time with Mickey and Minnie...

February 14, 2012

The Stranding of the Catholic Left – UPDATES

Literally bleary with fever last night, boxing metaphors came tumbling out of my brain and...

February 13, 2012

Obama’s HHS: Bring on the Penal Laws! – UPDATES!

Sure and it begins to feel like Grandad's auld sod, what with the elites getting...

February 10, 2012

Bishops to ‘Bam: “Nice first step…” -UPDATED

Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia has it: BISHOPS STUDYING INITIAL WHITE HOUSE MOVEMENT...

February 10, 2012

Obama “Accommodation” Reactions

This morning I wrote what I had anticipated in the Obama "accommodation" and the reaction....

February 10, 2012

WH “Accommodation” Trustworthy? UPDATED

UPDATE::: Read Bishops first and second responses::: From Jake Tapper at ABC News, Obama to...

February 09, 2012

Epistle of Obama 1:10 (Formerly Ephesians)

Found this floating around twitter; wish I knew who to credit. As concerns the Obamacare...

February 09, 2012

Coupla Catholic Chicks, talkin’ Shop

Yesterday K-Lo at Large (aka Kathryn Jean Lopez) and I had an opportunity to spend...

February 09, 2012

Business Insider: Church is Right on Contraception

(Photo by Sergio Dionisio/Getty) Well, slap my face and call me Sally, what a surprise...

February 08, 2012

Did Daley leave WH because of the HHS Mandate?

Found over at New Advent (which you should be visiting every day!) there is this...

February 07, 2012

Axelrod: Might be room for “compromise” on HHS Mandate UPDATES!

UPDATE II: Steven D. Greydanus spells it out: Sure enough, in a press conference this...