Yearly Archives: 2012

THE USCCB, LACKING EXPERTISE ON MANY SUBJECTS, DOES NOT HESITATE TO SPEAK WITH ‘AUTHORITY’ ON EVERY SUBJECT

Posted on May 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! USCCB statements on other political topics are harming the campaign for religious freedom By Phil Lawler | May 04, 2012 3:39 PM http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?ID=909 In March the US bishops’ conference (USCCB) announced that “we will not rest” until Congress ensures … Continue reading →

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THOMAS A BECKET BECKONS US TO MARTYRDOM, ARE YOU READY AND PREPARED?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!!         Msgr. Michael: The Red Blood of the Martyr St Thomas Becket and Father Gordon MacRae Posted: 08 May 2012 10:02 PM PDT Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post written by Monsignor Michael, J.C.D., P.H. … Continue reading →

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WHERE ARE OUR STANDARD BEARERS?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! The Standard Bearer’s Battle Hymn   By Rebecca Frech http://shovedtothem.blogspot.com/2012/01/standard-bearers-battle-hymn.html Armies everywhere used to march into battle with their standard bearer (the guy with the flag) right up front.  He was the visual proclamation of who an army was. … Continue reading →

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DR. DIANNE IRVING COMMENTS ON “GOOD GRIEF: NOW IT’S PEA PERSONHOOD”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! …………………………………………………………………………………….. Wesley – re your blog today, “Good Grief: Now It’s Pea Personhood” [http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2012/05/01/good-grief-now-its-pea-personhood/] — a real reductio ad absurdum:-)   What is really behind “movements” like this is gnosticism, especially ancient gnosticism (based on ancient mythology).  Various forms … Continue reading →

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GOOD GRIEF, COULD THAT BE PEAS PLEADING FOR MERCY? WHAT ABOUT HUMAN BABIES IN THE WOMB?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! GOOD GRIEF, PEAS JUST GOT PERSONHOOD by Wesley J. Smith Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/01/good-grief-now-its-pea-personhood/ Just when you thought things could not get any weirder: Last Sunday, The New York Times – of course! – ran a piece in … Continue reading →

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CNS, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN

Posted on April 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! April 25, 2012 Rosa DeLauro, CNS, and the Disoriented Catholic Left by George Weigel http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/rose-delauro-cns-and-the-disoriented-catholic-left One does wonder, sometimes, just what goes on at Catholic News Service (CNS), an agency that wouldn’t exist were it not for the U.S. … Continue reading →

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FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IS NOT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

Posted on April 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!!     Paul Ryan Challenged On Budget By Georgetown Faculty (UPDATED) Posted: 04/24/2012 1:31 pm Updated: 04/24/2012 4:00 pm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/paul-ryan-challenged-by-georgetown-faculty_n_1449437.html Follow: Paul Ryan, Video, Georgetown Faculty, Georgetown Paul Ryan, Georgetown University, Whittington Lecture, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholicism, Paul Ryan … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON VIRUS, NO. 89

Posted on April 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Jim McGovern’s war on the Constitution by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe April 25, 2012   http://www.jeffjacoby.com/11599/jim-mcgovern-war-on-the-constitution Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. US REPRESENTATIVE JIM MCGOVERN, a Worcester Democrat, generated some unwanted … Continue reading →

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YOU KANT SAY MUCH GOOD ABOUT KANT, UNLESS YOU BELONG TO THE FACULTY OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY

Posted on April 24, 2012 by abyssum

!!!!   Immanuel Kant (c. 1775) The greatest philosopher of the German Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was born in Königsberg (East Prussia) and spent his entire life there. His major works are contained in three treatises, or critiques: Critique of … Continue reading →

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NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO PARTAKE BUT THE MAN WHO BELIVES THAT THE THINGS WHICH WE TEACH ARE TRUE

Posted on April 23, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! This food is called among us Εὐχαριστία [the Eucharist], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that … Continue reading →

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