New Faces of the Abortion Debate
A Good story on BustedHalo today about students from Boston who attended both the inauguration and the Pro-life rally. But the more telling perspective comes not from these two extremes,…
FOCA: Not to say I told you so but…
From CNS and a hat tip to Deacon Greg: Internet rumors to the contrary, no Catholic hospital in the United States is in danger of closing because of the Freedom…
Facebook and Following
If you like the conversation here… Simply follow my blog by clicking the link on the left hand side or come on over to Facebook where you’ll find imports every…
The Black Church & the Inauguration
I meant to blog this earlier in the week but…simply got busy. I enjoyed this take on Rev. Lowery’s benediction at the inauguration. A hat tip to Dr. Rachel Bundang…
Contraception, Legitimate Fear and the Church’s Wisdom
The Obama story below on contraception brought out some comments from people who questioned the church’s prohibition on contraception. I wanted to expound on that a bit as there is…
Pope Benedict Responds to SSPX
Rocco Palmo has the scoop: Pope Benedict’s thoughts then turned to the Shoah, the memorial of which was celebrated this week. He said “the memories and images of my many…
Obama asks Dems to drop Contraception Program from Stimulus Package
Perhaps this picture is not inaccurate? A huge hat tip to Deacon Greg Kandra here: A $200 million provision for contraception programs is being dropped from the $825 billion stimulus…
Commonweal on the SSPX statement
Grant Gallicho is right on the money here. Shrewd move, as far as it goes. I would have preferred something stronger (”ill-advised” doesn’t begin to describe what Williamson spews), sooner…
SSPX Superior to Holocaust Denier: Shut Up!
This just in from the National Catholic Reporter A statement from: Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (right): We have become aware of an…
SSPX: “Never really Excommunicated”
Deacon Greg puts forth a great resource today about the SSPX and the Pope’s reconciliation. Deacon Greg notes that the SSPX says they were “never really excommunicated” and they haven’t…