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Begins Friday: Pentecost Novena in Honor of the Holy Spirit

From The Crossroads Initiative: The Pentecost novena in honor of the Holy Spirit is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord Himself when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost. It is still the only novena [...]

The President, Gay unions, and the problem of selective Christianity

From the Archdiocese of Washington: The President’s disclosure that he now accepts so-called “Gay marriage” has received a good bit of political analysis. I am no political prognosticator and this is not a political blog. But when the President invokes Christ and the “golden rule,” to justify his decision, now I think we have something [...]

Antietam of the Culture War

By Patrick J. Buchanan: It took Joe Biden’s public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out. But after Joe told David Gregory of “Meet the Press” he was “absolutely comfortable” with homosexuals marrying, Barack Obama could not maintain his credibility with the cultural elite if he stuck with the biblical view that God ordained marriage as solely [...]

Cardinal Dolan: President Obama’s Remarks On Marriage ‘Deeply Saddening’

From Fr. Z: Timothy Card. Dolan, President of the USCCB on Pres. Obama’s endorsement of unnatural unions as if they were marriage. From the site of the USCCB with my emphases: Cardinal Dolan: President Obama’s Remarks On Marriage ‘Deeply Saddening’ May 9, 2012 WASHINGTON—Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following [...]

Obama the Theologian invokes Christ while endorsing unnatural sexual acts, same-sex “marriage”. Fr. Z rants.

From Fr. Z: With the endorsement of the amendment for the State Constitution of North Carolina, I thought that the true “ground zero” for the same-sex debate would now be Minnesota.  It will also now be every ballot in every state in November. From FNC: President Obama on Wednesday endorsed same-sex marriages, becoming the first [...]

Why are there not more miracles in our day as in Biblical times

From Archdiocese of Washington: As a pastor I get asked every now and then, “Why are there not more miracles in our day, like there were in the Bible?” I suppose there are two answers we could explore. One of the answers must surely be that we do not really expect miracles. Another answer is that when [...]