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June 2013

June 08, 2013

Do We Have the Will To Remove The Infrastructure of Tyranny We Have Erected?

I'm not going to waste a lot of your time recapping what you are already...

June 06, 2013

It’s Not Everyday That The New York Times Says The Obama Administration Has Lost All Credibility…UPDATED

But that's what The Gray Lady did this evening. It's kind of fitting that it...

June 05, 2013

The Holy Goalie Fearlessly Skated Across The Thin Ice Of Same-Sex Marriage In Arizona

Within the community of St. Blogs, folks have been amazed by the witness given by...

June 01, 2013

For Catholicism Or Casuistry? I Choose The Former (A Reply To The Archdiocese of New York Blogpost)

—Feast of St. Justin Martyr Pope Francis wants us to be joyful. He said so...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Archbishop Chaput: “The HHS Mandate Can Only Be Understood As A Form Of Coercion.”

Just in time for the long Memorial Day weekend, Archbishop Chaput's weekly column notes the...

May 22, 2013

Two Companies Challenging the HHS Mandate Seek Orders Barring Enforcement

Late last year, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. was awarded a preliminary injunction from enforcement...

May 21, 2013

Jesuits “Lied for Jesus” About This Priest For 40 Years…UPDATED

As you might guess, this turns out badly. It's timely that I posted something earlier...

May 17, 2013

What Does the Benghazi Scandal Have To Do With Religious Liberty?

Or the IRS and AP scandals? Well, just like the claims that people of conscience...

May 15, 2013

Billy Graham Ministries Audited by the IRS After Supporting Marriage Amendment in North Carolina

As the hours click off the clock, more and more folks are coming out of...

May 13, 2013

Is It Just Me, Or Has This Been A Tough Week For The Obama Administration?

I mean, it's so bad, even CNN's Piers Morgan is seeing the light. Benghazi, IRS,...

May 07, 2013

We Live On An Unusual Planet In An Unusual Solar System. That’s Two “Unusuals.”

Yesterday, I was going on about the Sun. Today, Robert Krulwich, of NPR's science desk,...

May 05, 2013

To Help Fr. Pontifex Make An Album? Absolutely

Before there was @Pontifex on Twitter, there was Father Pontifex, making music with the Spoken...

May 05, 2013

Like Only Nixon Could Go To China, Can Only Pope Francis Preach About The Devil?

Show of hands, how many of you have you heard your parish priest mention the...

May 05, 2013

Bishop O’Connell Accepts Resignations of Youth Ministers Who Enabled Fr. Fugee, And Of Parish Pastor UPDATED

The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news...

May 04, 2013

A Bible Verse For All Fathers Of Teenagers To Memorize…

You know, for when your kids roll their eyes when it's time for you to...

May 02, 2013

Archbishop Myers Accepts Resignation of Fr. Michael Fugee…

Effective immediately. The news came earlier this evening, via The Star-Ledger's Mark Mueller, The Roman...

May 02, 2013

Has Archbishop Meyers Lifted the Lifetime Ban From Ministering to Youth For Fr. Michael Fugee? UPDATED

It appears that this might be the case, if I'm reading the letter that Archbishop...

May 01, 2013

If This Happened In My Diocese, The Bishop Would Know My Eye Color Down to the Flecks…UPDATED

He would see them up close and personal when I asked questions like, "Isn't there...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

For All the Saints: Catherine of Siena

Fearless. Bold. Doctor of the Church. Poet. Mystic. Stigmatic. Correspondent of Popes and Royalty....

April 27, 2013

If Only I Could Get A Room At St. Martha’s House!

Then I could attend daily mass with Pope Francis. Of course, I can get the...

April 25, 2013

Preliminary Injunction Granted to Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company from the HHS Mandate Rules

Back on April 19th, a family owned lumber company in Pennsylvania received some good news...

April 24, 2013

The Archdiocese of New York Withdraws Subpoena Served on the White House…

Back on April 4th, the big news was that the Archdiocese of New York subpoenaed...

April 17, 2013

The Oldest Natural and Organic Food Company in North America Files Suit Against the HHS Mandate, Outraging A Vocal Minority

No, it's not Kraft Foods, or Mondelez International, or any of the other gigantic food processors...

April 16, 2013

And the Lawsuits Against the HHS Mandate Continue to be Filed…

Like this one by the the M.K. Chambers Company, a Michigan firm with 120 employees....

April 13, 2013

Anderson Cooper Tacks To Windward, Asks Hard Questions About the Gosnell Case

I'm not sure if you were able to see the telecast from his show last...

April 08, 2013

Mary Ann Glendon Wants You To Let Your Voice Be Heard on the HHS Mandate

Remember Mary Ann? Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard? She had a piece up...

April 07, 2013

Dawn Eden Discovers Something Important About Pope Francis’s #1 Detractor…UPDATED

Argentinean blogger, Marcelo Gonzalez? He's a Holocaust denier. Is there any better way to flush one's...

April 07, 2013

What’s Next on the Supreme Court’s Docket? Perhaps the HHS Mandate…

Laura Basset seems to think this may be in the offing. Back on Friday,the Huffington...

April 05, 2013

Joe Six-Packs’ Public Comment on the HHS Mandate, Part Deux

It's like déjà vu, all over again. Another year, another Joe Six-Pack penned public...

April 03, 2013

Do You Fly Much? The “Librarian in Black” Has Got Your Back

Sarah Houghton is her name, and she's the Director of the San Rafael Public Library,...