Monthly Archives: August 2012

THE COST OF THE CONTRACEPTIVE MADATE AND THE COST OF THE DOLAN DINNER

Posted on August 19, 2012 by abyssum

!!!!   New post on Boston Catholic Insider Dolan Dinner and the Cost of the Contraceptive Mandate by bostoncatholicinsider The controversy over Cardinal Dolan inviting Obama to the Al Smith Dinner continues.  There are so many excellent comments we would like … Continue reading →

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VIVA THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY

Posted on August 18, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! August 17, 2012, 5:50 p.m. ET THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Ryan’s Catholic Roots Reach Deep Use of Church Teachings to Justify Limited Government Puts Him at Odds With Some in Clergy By PETER NICHOLAS and MARK PETERS JANESVILLE, Wis.—Rep. … Continue reading →

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CHARITY CAN ONLY TRULY BE CHARITY WHEN IT IS VOLUNTARY, NOT COERCED

Posted on August 18, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! OPINION Updated August 17, 2012, 11:20 p.m. ET Paul Ryan’s Catholicism and the Poor Acts coerced by government, no matter how beneficial or well-intentioned, cannot be moral. By ANTONY DAVIES AND KRISTINA ANTOLIN Someone is twisting the Catholic Church’s … Continue reading →

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JESUS ATE WITH SINNERS, BUT NEVER WITH HEROD

Posted on August 18, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! http://www.churchmilitant.tv/daily/?today=2012-08-17

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ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, FOUR YEARS LATER

Posted on August 17, 2012 by abyssum

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/314349/above-my-pay-grade-four-years-later-stephen-p-white#more | Above My Pay Grade . . . Four Years Later By Stephen P. White August 17, 2012 3:59 P.M. Four years ago yesterday, on August 16, 2008, then-senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain joined Pastor Rick Warren … Continue reading →

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TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE FORCED TO SAY “MY DADDY’S NAME IS ‘DONOR.'”

Posted on August 17, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Surrogates and Their Discontents by Christopher White August 16, 2012 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/08/6137 Governor Christie’s recent veto of a bill that would lower restrictions on gestational surrogate mothers should prompt us to consider surrogacy’s harmful effects on mothers and children. Meet … Continue reading →

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AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

Posted on August 17, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Image 1 of 2 Dinesh D’Souza, author of the book The Roots of Obama’s Rage, tracked down George Obama and interviewed him for the film 2016: Obama’s America Photo: The Hollywood Reporter How I became George Obama’s ‘brother’ 
 By Dinesh D’Souza Published … Continue reading →

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PRIZING PRESTIGE OVER PRINCIPLE

Posted on August 17, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! August 16, 2012 Obama Roasts Cardinal Dolan By George Neumayr http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/08/16/obama_roasts_cardinal_dolan.html Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s geniality makes him ill-suited to head up an embattled church in America — a problem that the unfolding fiasco of the Al Smith dinner illustrates. … Continue reading →

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DEFENDING MARRIAGE IS NOW CALLED HATE SPEECH

Posted on August 17, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! When Defending Marriage is Called Hate Speech: Shooting at the Family Research Council By Deacon Keith Fournier 8/17/2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) There are few news reports concerning this incident using the word marriage for what it is, the lifelong … Continue reading →

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AN OPEN LETTER TO CARDINAL DOLAN

Posted on August 15, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! An Open Letter to Cardinal Dolan His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Archdiocese of New York 1011 First Avenue New York, NY 10022 Your Eminence, During the last week, there has been much written on diocesan websites and by other … Continue reading →

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