Q. I’m intrigued by the way President Obama performs on television. He may lie but he does it so convincingly he could pass a lie detector test. Is this style something new in politics or what? Take for instance his recent appearance on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. A. Understand, all politicians shade the [...]
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“All I’m asking — my gosh — is for specific language in the bill that prohibits federal dollars from being used to fund abortions.”
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — A Senate committee today voted against a critical amendment that would remove the massive abortion subsidies present in the Baucus health care bill. On a 13-10 vote, the Senate Finance Committee rejected amendments from Sen. Orrin Hatch that would have the bill conform to current federal law prohibiting direct abortion funding. [...]
View the tomb of St. Peter beneath the Vatican (Scavi site 360 degree tour)
Click here to view the ancient cemetery and see the tomb of St. Peter Read the whole fascinating story here
Vatican makes firm statement on sexual abuse (About time!)
The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was “busy cleaning its own house” and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger. In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN [...]
What is Sacred Tradition and why is it special?
Sacred Tradition is the means by which the Holy Spirit guides the Catholic Church, which constitutes the authentic People of God, from age to age. This is to be distinguished from all other forms and types of tradition … which are not holy or sacred … because they are not of God, but of man. [...]
Note to Dan Brown Fans: Freemasonry and Christianity Totally Incompatible
HUMANUM GENUS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON FREEMASONRY … the naturalists go much further; for, having, in the highest things, entered upon a wholly erroneous course, they are carried headlong to extremes, either by reason of the weakness of human nature, or because God inflicts upon them the just punishment of their pride. Hence [...]
Murdered Yale Graduate Student Annie Le Was Catholic
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and may perpetual Light shine upon her; may her soul and all souls, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Read the story
Florida Catholic Bishops Take a Powder On State Personhood Amendment
In an interesting twist, the Florida Catholic Conference said today in a statement that it will not support a controversial pro-life initiative. The “Personhood Florida” effort already faced long odds, needing to get more than 670,000 signatures collected by February to put a strict measure on the 2010 ballot that would constitutionally ban all abortions [...]
Relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux tour England and Wales
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Pope cites St. Anselm: “First, one must have faith!”
During the Pope’s General Audience yesterday, September 23, in Rome, Pope Benedict said that understanding God will never come from study alone — one must first believe. Theologians and Christians who wish to deepen their faith “cannot count on just their intelligence, but must cultivate a profound experience of faith at the same time,” he [...]
Explanation of Catholic teachings about homosexuality
Psycho-biological research on homosexuality leads to the conclusion that it is a vice, namely a disorderedbehavior, fruit of undergone or freely chosen disordered habits. From a sociopolitical point of view, the attitude towards homosexual persons must be full of respect, compassion and thoughtfulness, while – on the contrary – the homosexual vice can’t be and [...]
The Inquisition
The Inquisition arose at the end of Middle Ages proper as a Church’s answer to the excesses of the heretical movements that didn’t limit themselves to support deviations of strictly theological character – which had till then opposed on a doctrinal level and only by spiritual means – but were also deadly threatening society . [...]
Knights of Columbus leader named to Vatican bank supervisory panel
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The head of the Knights of Columbus has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to a five-member council that supervises the activities of the Vatican bank. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who heads the 1.7 million-member fraternal organization, was among three new council members announced by the Vatican Sept. 23. “I [...]
Critics Call for Defunding the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
In the midst of the ACORN scandal last year, the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus shared his concerns publically stating that the CCHD “has nothing to do with Catholicism, except that Catholics are asked to pay for it.” According to LifeSite News, Neuhaus called the organization “misbegotten in concept and corrupt in practice,” and went [...]
