Monthly Archives: December 2015

!!!! Monday, December 7, 2015 KASSIBLOG.COM Texas’ Advance Directives Act Is Being Used to Kill a Patient This blog as been almost entirely devoted to the Texas Advance Directives Act (“TADA”) because it is something that I think is so … Continue reading →

!!!!   CATHOLIC LANE Does God Hear the Theological Silence About Racism in Abortion? by Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D. Dec 08, 2015 [Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice] [ Emphasis in red type by Abyssum ] … Continue reading →

!!!! “Saint Anne and the Conception of Mary” by Jean Bellegambe, c. 1520 [Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai] “The Salvation Christ Would Bring” James V. Schall, S.J. THE CATHOLIC THING Tuesday, December 8, 2015 The Morning Prayer for today’s Feast … Continue reading →

!!!! http://www.ncll.org/news-from-the-ncll/293-terri-schiavo-follow-up Terri Schiavo Follow Up We have experienced a larger than usual response to our NCLL article on Terri Schiavo’s death in 2005. One of the questions readers have asked is: What evidence did you have that Terri was … Continue reading →

!!!! WELCOME TO BARACK OBAMA’S AMERICA: [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] In the wake of an Oval Office speech which went over so terribly that it has Politico openly wondering whether the entire form of … Continue reading →

!!!!   One city does not make a world By Dr. Edward A. Peters IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAW [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] The bi-annual papal blessing “Urbi et Orbi”—to the City (meaning Rome, … Continue reading →

!!!! Dr. Ben Carson Condemns Pro-Lifers, Pro-Lifers Return the Favor 11/30/2015 at 3:33 PM By Mary Anne Hackett CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS By Austin Ruse [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] Pro-Life leaders are furious with … Continue reading →

!!!!   OPTIMIST                                                           PESSIMIST Saint Augustine in His Study by Sandro Botticelli, 1494 [Uffizi Gallery, Florence] ********* [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] ********** On the Christian Mission by James V. Schall, S.J. THE CATHOLIC THING … Continue reading →

!!!! ….. Liberalism and the Future of Taking Rites Seriously Francis J. Beckwith THE CATHOLIC THING Thursday, December 3, 2015   There used to be a time when liberalism – at least as an intellectual movement – was associated with … Continue reading →

!!!! A Jubilee By Popular Acclaim Mercy for all except the hierarchical Church, too closed-off and backward to deserve the pope’s forgiveness. But in the meantime two cases with uncertain outcomes have exploded: the trial of Balda and Chaouqui and … Continue reading →