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May 2016

May 18, 2016

On the HHS Mandate, We’re Approaching the Line of Departure REVISITED

I didn't know it at the time this was originally written, but the Little Sisters...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

The Bishops Respond To The Fear Mongering Of The Administration Over Religious Liberty

From the USCCB Blog, Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone , William Lori, Thomas Wenski, and...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Dodging The Bigotry Bullet, U.S. News and World Report Hosts Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Yesterday, longtime US News & World Report columnist Jamie Stiehm posted an anti-Catholic screed regarding the controversy...

January 07, 2014

Archbishop Kurtz: “We know that the Constitution and the law protect us from heavy-handed government demands that we violate our consciences…”

Though the present Administration doesn't see things this way. This thought was from an editorial...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

USSCB Chair to Secretary of State John Kerry: Use Diplomacy, Not Air Strikes

What follows is the letter addressed to the Secretary of State in it's entirety. Dear...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Marriage Equality: The Prosperous Pol vs. The Gay Pauper

I'm with the gay pauper on this one. And so is the Catholic Church. Think...

April 2013

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...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

To Do List: Mark Your Calendars, and Call Your Congressional Representatives

The first item is in regards to something that is happening on March 26th that...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Archbishop Lori Writes Congress Asking, Where is the Freedom of Choice to “Opt Out” of the HHS Mandate? UPDATED

Maybe we should write to them too. In the letter below, Archbishop Lori, whom I've...

February 07, 2013

Cardinal Dolan Speaks. Movement, But Not Enough on the HHS Mandate. UPDATED

When I was reading the HHS Mandate Rule proposal, I noticed a pretty big problem:...

February 02, 2013

Interesting Stuff I Found While Reading the New HHS Mandate Rules

Evening folks. Sorry I haven't posted anything until now, but I've been reading the 80...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

Cardinal Dolan, “We’re not violating our consciences.”

Regarding the HHS Mandate, Rachel Zoll reports from Baltimore, A top American bishop said Tuesday...

November 12, 2012

The Bloggers Meet The Bishops, On Tape, Via YouTube

You may recognize a few of the bloggers here. Take a look, Figures they'd catch...

November 02, 2012

New USCCB Website Launched to Inform the Culture on the Importance of Religious Liberty

One of the salient points critics of our bishops' stance on the HHS Mandate fail...

September 2012

September 02, 2012

Politics and the Priesthood: The Military Analogy UPDATED

In all the years I've sat in pews in the Catholic Church (eighteen as a...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Because the Catholic Church is Flying Under the Gaydar, and Way Over It Too UPDATED

In fact, she transcends homosexuality in the same manner that she transcends everything, be it...

May 15, 2012

Quote of the Week on the HHS Mandate…

‎"We believe that this mandate is unjust and unlawful – it is bad health...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

The Editors at Commonweal Think the Bishops Protest Too Much

Earlier today, I shared the latest from the USCCB's stance on religious liberty. Bishop William...

April 12, 2012

The Bishops Give Us A History Lesson On Religious Liberty And A Call For Prayer

You would have to have been living under a rock not to know that religious...

April 05, 2012

New Memo from the Bishops Says HHS Mandate “Radically Flawed”

From the National Catholic Register yesterday, details of a March 29 memorandum addressing the problems...