Archive for January, 2012
Now Obama has proved it: he really is an enemy of the Catholic Church
By William Oddie of CatholicHerald.co.uk: About a year ago, I wrote a blog entitled “Why Barack Obama has to be seen as an enemy of the Catholic Church”. This was picked up by quite a few American Catholic blogs, for example this one, which reproduced the piece in full; and it attracted much favourable attention: but [...]
Obama basically saying: “To Hell with you!”
From Diocese of Pittsburgh: By Bishop David A. Zubik It is really hard to believe that it happened. It comes like a slap in the face. The Obama administration has just told the Catholics of the United States, “To Hell with you!” There is no other way to put it. In early August, the Department [...]
Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan: HHS contraception mandate ‘un-American’
From USA Today: We share with those who are down and out. We salute excellence and the honest effort to achieve it. And something in our character draws us to the underdog. That’s why the new federal edict mandating sterilization and contraception coverage in all health care plans has set off alarm bells around the country. And [...]
Message from Bishop Morlino
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: I write to you today, with regard to a very, very serious matter which I cannot allow to go unnoticed. It cannot go unnoticed or left to inaction by any of us, because it negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and strikes at the fundamental right [...]
Outrageous HHS Final Ruling: Catholic Groups Must Cover Contraceptives
From Creative Minority Report: This is outrageous. HHS has issued its final ruling on exemptions from contraceptive coverage for health plans even in the face of religious obejctions. Too bad. And in what passes for compromise for the lunatic secular left currently running the country, they will give religious groups an extra year to comply if you [...]
Spiritual but not Religious?
From Fr. Longnecker: What’s all this “spiritual but not religious” claptrap? Saying you’re spiritual but not religious is like saying you love food, but hate cooking. Let’s take it further. You love food but hate cooking? That means you can’t be bothered to learn to cook. You can’t be bothered to study food and a [...]
Real Love Must Cost
(Part of the Church Militant Training Series. This follows from the post: Risking Spiritual Death) Pope John Paul II said, “Real love is demanding. For it was Jesus – our Jesus himself – who said: ‘You are my friends if you do what I command you’ (John 15:14). Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the [...]
Risking Spiritual Death
(Part of the Church Militant Training Series. This follows from the post: O.I.L. for Holy Spirit Fire) Military discipline and effectiveness is built on the foundation of obedience to orders. Recruits are taught to obey, immediately and without question, orders from their superiors, right from day one of boot camp. Military members who fail to obey [...]
O.I.L. for Holy Spirit Fire
(Part of the Church Militant Training Series. This follows from the post: God Strong) Recall Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-12), five of who were wise and five who were foolish. When the time came to meet the Bridegroom, and go in to join the festivities, the foolish ones did not have enough oil [...]
God Strong
(Part of the Church Militant Training Series. This follows from the post: One Thing Necessary) The U.S. Army ran a very effective “Army Strong” ad campaign to recruit soldiers. The key message was: “There is strong, and then there is Army Strong.” The commercial goes onto say, “It is a strength like none other. It is [...]
