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*Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues via 'Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 20, 2009, 11:20 am
(Hat tip: HotAir)From The New York Times:Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples.'We pledge to each other, and to our fellow believers, that no power on earth, be it cultural or political, will inti
*St. Edmund of East Anglia, King and Martyr - 20 November [UPDATED] - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 20, 2009, 8:01 am
(Originally posted in November 2005)"I have vowed to live under Christ, to live under Christ alone, to reign under Christ alone". - St Edmund, King and Martyr Today, 20 November, is the feast day of the martyr St. Edmund, King of East Anglia. Many assume St. George is the patron saint of England. However, St. George is actually "Protector of the Realm of England" and patron saint of the English Crown. St. Edmund is the "real" patron saint of England. See also Joanna Bogle's excellent A Book of F
*Digest of Today's Posts (20 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 20, 2009, 6:59 pm
St. Edmund of East Anglia, King and Martyr - 20 NovemberWhite House at Odds with Bishops Over Abortion Coverage in Reid "Health Care" Bill(Digest of Yesterday's Posts (19 November 2009))
*White House at Odds with Bishops Over Abortion Coverage in Reid "Health Care" Bill - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 20, 2009, 3:48 am
(Hat tip: Tito at The American Catholic)Here we go again:WASHINGTON ' The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.A top Obama administration official on Thursday praised the new Senate health care bill's attempt to find a compromise on abortion coverage — even as an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Sen. Harry
*"Pro-Life" Harry Reid Strips Stupak Language from Senate ObamaCare Bill - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 19, 2009, 8:00 am
Ed Morrissey reports.One Vox Nova contributor reacts: "Harry Reid kills health care reform"
*Sen. Inhofe Sticks Fork in Global Alarming Hysterics - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 19, 2009, 10:31 am
Once again, the intrepid Ed Morrissey reports:A moment of fun here for Senator James Inhofe, who declared victory over the global-warming hysterics this week in a speech covered by the Tulsa World. Inhofe got a few laughs from a nearly-empty room by telling Barbara Boxer that the failure of the dire predictions of disaster from last decade to come to pass showed that he had been right all along, and that they could now 'stick a fork” in the effort to hobble American productivity through the re
*Digest of Today's Posts (19 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 19, 2009, 6:59 pm
Sen. Inhofe Sticks Fork in Global Alarming Hysterics"Pro-Life" Harry Reid Strips Stupak Language from Senate ObamaCare BillNew Blog: Almost Chosen People(Digest of Yesterday's Posts (18 November 2009))
*New Blog: Almost Chosen People - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 19, 2009, 5:03 am
And now for some news about a blog where the writers actually know something about which they write.I am happy to announce that my friends Don McClarey, Dale Price, and Paul Zummo will be collaborating on a blog effort covering a subject that is near and dear to my heart: American history up through the War Between the States.I'll let Don explain:Announcing a new blog, Almost Chosen People. It is a blog dedicated to American history up through Reconstruction. I am one of the contributors. A fair
*Digest of Today's Posts (18 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 18, 2009, 6:59 pm
I'm Sure Sarah Palin is Just Crushed ...Epic Fail: Legal Hack Toobin Relies on Falsified Source for Abortion "History" in Article Against Stupak AmendmentA Matter of Perspective: "Most Livable" Cities?(Digest of Yesterday's Posts (17 November 2009))
*I'm Sure Sarah Palin is Just Crushed ... - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 18, 2009, 8:21 am
... that she has failed to receive the much-coveted Shea endorsement. The expert political pundit that pontificates at Catholic And Enjoying It has deemed Gov. Palin not qualified to be President of the United States. On what basis he makes that assessment, he doesn't really say.But this turn of events is devastating, nonetheless. I mean, if Gov. Palin can't win the Shea vote, then ...... well, it proves she's not completely looney tunes, so she must be doing something right.
*Epic Fail: Legal Hack Toobin Relies on Falsified Source for Abortion "History" in Article Against Stupak Amendment - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 18, 2009, 6:55 am
Ramesh reports:Jeffrey Toobin starts his New Yorker brief against the Stupak amendment with a quick sketch of the history of abortion. "Abortion," he begins, "is almost as old as childbirth. There has always been a need for some women to end their pregnancies." This claim is at best misleading. Joseph Dellapenna's comprehensive history of abortion goes to some trouble to show that before the nineteenth century, abortion was rare because the available methods were ineffective, dangerous, or both.
*A Matter of Perspective: "Most Livable" Cities? - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 18, 2009, 3:54 am
MSN has ranked what it considers the 10 most "livable" cities (taking affordability into account) in the U.S. Not surprisingly, at least not to me, Columbus, OH made the list. I love Columbus and would definitely consider it one of the most "livable" places in the country.However, I found it somewhat interesting that what makes Columbus most "livable" to MSN is one aspect of the Ohio city that I find least "livable":... And it is surprisingly liberal, with a low number of people describing thems
*Charlie Crist Caught Lying About Support for Porkulus: Exposed by Rolling Stone - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 11:32 am
Ed Morrissey reports:... Dickinson posted the transcript of that question and answer yesterday at Rolling Stone:Rolling Stone: Just a final question: Had you been in the Senate, would you have voted with the other Republicans for the stimulus package?Crist: Absolutely.Why did Dickinson decide to post this? He objected to Crist's 'going wobbly” on Porkulus, but it goes beyond wobbliness. Crist attempted to tell CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he never endorsed it at all:'I didn't endorse it, I didn't e
*Another Candidate for Don's "Know-Nothing" Series - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 11:10 am
Pro-abort Congresswoman (and Chief-Deputy Whip) Diana DeGette:The Hill writes up an ABC interview:She also said that religiously-affiliated groups like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had pushed for the Stupak provision, should be shut out of the process."Last I heard, we had separation of church and state in this country," she said. "I've got to say that I think the Catholic bishops and all of the other groups shouldn't have input."[More]Hat tip: Opinionated Catholic, who has eve
*Digest of Today's Posts (17 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 11:20 am
Another Candidate for Don's "Know-Nothing" SeriesStupak Warns Democrats Not to Mess with Anti-Abortion Health Care LanguagePolitico Says Catholic Church Racist and SexistObama's Favorite Union Goes Nuts Over Eagle Scout ProjectDeath Panel Preview? Influential Federal Task Force Recommends Against Routine Mammograms [UPDATED]
*Politico Says Catholic Church Racist and Sexist - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 8:42 am
Writing at Creative Minority Report, Matthew Archbold highlights an opinion piece at Politico that seems a prime candidate for Don McClarey's new series on "Know-Nothingism":I present to you as a gift the most ridiculous and just laughably bad attempt to slime the Catholic Church by The Politico in weeks.But this attack on the Church is just so poorly done that I literally laughed out loud on reading it. You've got to check it out.[Read the whole thing]
*Stupak Warns Democrats Not to Mess with Anti-Abortion Health Care Language - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 9:18 am
Ed Morrissey reports:After the House adopted the Pelosi Plan for ObamaCare with the Stupak amendment barring any federal funds for abortion coverage, Democrats attempted to assuage pro-abortion advocates by committing to changing the language in conference committee. Even the White House got in on the act, with David Axelrod promising that Bart Stupak's language would be 'adjusted” before any bill came to the Oval Office. Today on Fox News, Stupak threatened to kill the bill entirely if Democr
*Death Panel Preview? Influential Federal Task Force Recommends Against Routine Mammograms [UPDATED] - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 7:39 am
Sound medicine with a basis in health-related concerns, or cost rationing?Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests.In its first reevaluation of breast cancer screening since 2002, the independent government-appointed panel recommended the changes, citing evidence that the potential harm to wom
*Obama's Favorite Union Goes Nuts Over Eagle Scout Project - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 17, 2009, 7:56 am
Union thug threatens action against Eagle Scout for volunteer project:In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson [no relation], 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic act would put him in the cross hairs of the city's largest municipal union.Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the unio
*The New Know-Nothings and the Reprise of a Major Award for "Outstanding" Achievements in Anti-Catholicism - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 13, 2009, 4:38 am
My friend, Don McClarey - the unofficial court historian for The American Catholic - has unveiled a new series on on modern-day anti-Catholic know-nothingism.After giving a brief history on the rise of know-nothingism during the 19th century, Don notes that this particular form of bigotry seems to raise its ugly head even in today's times, and he intends to point such instances out when they do occur:Unfortunately, some current politicians are attempting to follow in the footsteps of the Know-No
In Honor of Those Who Served: "In Flanders Fields" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 11, 2009, 4:06 pm
In Flanders FieldsLieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian ArmyIN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead.Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us
*Bishop Tobin to Rep. Patrick Kennedy: "Your Position [on Abortion] is Unacceptable to the Church and Scandalous ... Makes You Less of a Catholic" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 10, 2009, 4:36 pm
At The American Catholic, my friend Don McClarey posts the text of a letter from Bishop Tobin of Providence, R.I., to Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy:Dear Congressman Kennedy:'The fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” (Congressman Patrick Kennedy)[...]'The fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” Well, in fact, Congressman, in a way it does. Although I wouldn't choose t
*Digest of Today's Posts (10 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 10, 2009, 6:59 pm
Bishop Tobin to Rep. Patrick Kennedy: "Your Position [on Abortion] is Unacceptable to the Church and Scandalous ... Makes You Less of a Catholic"Because Blaming the Minority Opposition Party is Easier Than Owning Up to Having Aligned Yourself With a Party For Whom Abortion is a SacramentMusic Review: Sting's If On a Winter's Night
*Because Blaming the Minority Opposition Party is Easier Than Owning Up to Having Aligned Yourself With a Party For Whom Abortion is a Sacrament - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 10, 2009, 4:02 am
Our old friend Tony A (a.k.a. Morning's Minion) just can't help himself when it comes to waving the partisan flag. It seems he wants to pretend that the Republicans are the biggest roadblock to ensuring that the pro-life Stupak Amendment is part of whatever final health care reform package might come out of a House-Senate conference:... So, where do we go from here? I think the pro-choice groups were in shock after Sunday's vote, but they are rapidly regrouping. This is not over. There is, howev
*Music Review: Sting's If On a Winter's Night - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 9, 2009, 7:00 pm
Buy this.Unless, that is, you're looking for a Christmas recording with clappy happy Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, and other songs of merry-making. This CD is just the opposite. Spare. Introspective. Contemplative. Quiet. Almost melancholy. Probably more fitting for Advent in both mood and song selection.Highlights include:A jazzy yet medieval feeling version of "Gabriel's Message" (originally recorded by Sting in a more synthesized version for the 1987 album A Very Special Christmas);"Soul Cake
*A Big Pro Ecclesia Thank You ... - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 9, 2009, 7:51 am
... to Congressman Stupak, Congressman Boehner, and the pro-life Democrats and pro-life Republicans who worked together to pass the Stupak amendment to the Pelosi health care bill, providing a pro-life show of strength and handing the pro-aborts a significant defeat.Now hold the leadership's feet to the fire and make sure this important pro-life measure is not stripped from whatever health care bill passes a House-Senate conference committee.The pro-abort deatheaters certainly don't plan on givi
*Cranky Con: "Ignore That Conservative Behind the Curtain" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 6, 2009, 4:18 am
The Cranky Conservative skewers The Washington Post's post-election hypocrisy:The Washington Post before the election: Bob McDonnell is a scary, extremist conservative who wants to chain women to the house and give all of your money to the rich.The Washington Post after the election: Yeah, that guy's just a moderate. Just ignore all that stuff we said before.[...]Errr, so McDonnell and the House Republicans have promised to cut taxes, cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, expand the death penal
*Remember Remember the Fifth of November - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 5, 2009, 4:01 am
[Originally posted on 5 November 2007, and updated on 5 November 2009] The "Gunpowder Plot" ConspiratorsRemember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treasonShould ever be forgot... Today is Guy Fawkes Day - the traditional day for engaging in all manner of anti-Catholic / anti-Popery activities in the U.K. (mostly bonfires these days, which seem to have lost much, if not all, of their anti-Catholic connotations).Still, there are certain pocket
*Bill Donohue: "Big Night for Catholic Values" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 4, 2009, 5:33 pm
From The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights:November 4, 2009Catholic League president Bill Donohue offers the following observations on yesterday's electoral results:The Catholic Church led the fight in Maine against those seeking to reinvent marriage, and won: the vote was 53-47 to repeal the state's gay marriage law. Bishop Richard Malone deserves credit for fighting against those who sought to restructure this vital institution. Those who favor the right of two men to marry are no
*Deal Hudson on the Role Social Conservatism Played in Yesterday's Election Results [UPDATED] - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 4, 2009, 4:52 am
Despite the assinine assessment of the blogger referring to himself as "Allahpundit", it is clear that yesterday's election results were ANYTHING BUT a repudiation of social conservatism. Deal Hudson writes on the subject today at InsideCatholic:... It's important, as well, that the GOP notes the kind of candidates who won in New Jersey and Virginia -- pro-life, pro-family, and aligned with religious conservative groups, both Catholic and Evangelical.Bob McDonnell, the new governor of Virgina, i
*Digest of Today's Posts (4 November 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 4, 2009, 6:59 pm
Deal Hudson on the Role Social Conservatism Played in Yesterday's Election Results [UPDATED]Same-Sex "Marriage" Loses Whenever the People DecideHotAir's Strange Assessment of the Virginia GOP Electoral Juggernaut [UPDATED]
*Same-Sex "Marriage" Loses Whenever the People Decide - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 4, 2009, 3:52 am
Thomas Peters writes at The Corner:Guilty confession: My favorite part of last night's election coverage was watching Rachel Maddow's demeanor go from exuberant, to smug, to infuriated over the results of the marriage referendum in Maine. And then she seemed to lose interest.It now appears highly likely that, when all the votes are counted, Maine will join every other state in the union (which has had a popular vote on the issue) in rejecting gay marriage.This result comes despite Maine being a
*HotAir's Strange Assessment of the Virginia GOP Electoral Juggernaut - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 3, 2009, 7:16 pm
Leave it to a God-hating, anti-Catholic, self-described "squishy on abortion" libertine like "Allahpundit" to view the results of yesterday's elections and come away with this ludicrous reality-impaired assessment:One interesting footnote to this race in case you haven't followed it is that Deeds did his level best to paint the Republican as a hard-right culture warrior while McDonnell, wisely, ran on jobs. Just one more bit of evidence that fiscal conservatism, not social conservatism, is the G
*American Papist Reports: Bishop Who Drafted Faithful Citizenship Doing Robocalls for Pro-Abort, Anti-Marriage Politician - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 3, 2009, 6:26 am
Is this for real?
*Jeffords, Chafee, Specter, Scozzafava - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 3, 2009, 2:15 am
See a pattern here? Yeah, me, too.Each of these people received significant amounts of campaign dollars and on-the-ground assistance from the national Republican party during their last election campaigns - sometimes even in Republican primary fights against more conservative GOP challengers - only to gladly take the money and then run away from the party and collude with the Democrats when things didn't go their way.I don't really blame them. Like the proverbial scorpion who stung the frog, it'
*NEVER Believe a Press Account that Begins "Vatican Says ...", "Vatican Declares ...", or Especially "Vatican Condemns ..." - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 3, 2009, 1:55 am
Tito has the story at The American Catholic.
*Already Spinning Tomorrow's Elections - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 2, 2009, 10:59 am
The election hasn't even taken place, and already the spinning has begun.Associated Press, for example, assures us that even a Republican sweep of tomorrow's 3 highest profile races would be all but meaningless:WASHINGTON ' For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast w
*NY-23 a Test Case for 2010 Florida Senate Race - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 2, 2009, 9:26 am
No doubt about it, New York-23 has been a good-old-fashioned proxy war over the future of the GOP. It also sets the stage for an even bigger showdown in next year's Florida GOP Senate race:... Right now, the power, the energy, the momentum — and the results — are on the side of the conservative activists.The newest incarnation of confrontational conservatism — driven more by animosity toward government and Obama than by the social passions of the 1990s — has plenty of energy and bodies t
*Frum Sees Writing on the Wall: Dreams of "New Majority" Created in His Image and Likeness Dashed - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 2, 2009, 5:51 am
David Frum, self-appointed arbiter of who belongs in the "big tent" and who doesn't, has changed the name of his virtually-unread-except-by-liberals blog from the wishful thinking of "New Majority" to the alliterative (and self-promoting) but otherwise mundane "Frum Forum":... We consulted at length with a brilliant friend of mine, one of the nation's leading experts on branding. Her advice was direct and powerful: ”Nobody knows what the ‘next majority' will look like. Maybe President Obama
*Sarah Palin, Gamechanger - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Nov 1, 2009, 5:23 pm
Matthew Archbold writes:A few weeks ago nobody had ever heard about Dede Scozzafava. And then Newt Gingrich endorsed her for the House seat (NY-23) for which she was already endorsed by the local Republican Party.But then Sarah Palin, who Katie Couric recently referred to as a "sideshow" on the "fringe" of the party, endorsed a little known third party conservative candidate.And then everything changed. Hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into conservative Doug Hoffman's coffers. National pu
*Stupak Still Fighting Good Fight: Says He Has 40 Democrat Votes to Stop Health Care Reform Over Abortion Coverage; Says President Being Disingenuous - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 28, 2009, 6:02 am
Ed Morrissey reports:... from The Hill, which reports on the way Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) has made himself into the fly in the ObamaCare ointment. While Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-NC) tries to whip 218 votes out of the Democratic caucus, Stupak claims to control 40 of those votes, thanks to the federal funding of abortions in the House plan. Stupak now threatens to collaborate with Republicans on a procedural motion that will kill ObamaCare for the session unless Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Nancy Pelosi all
*More from Archbishop Dolan on "Bishop Tobin and Representative Kennedy" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 28, 2009, 6:19 am
New York's Archbishop Dolan writes on his new blog:Over this past weekend, several people mentioned to me Representative Patrick Kennedy's blast at bishops for allegedly dividing the nation on the issue of healthcare; you can view the video here. His remarks were sad, uncalled-for, and inaccurate.The Catholic community in the United States hardly needs to be lectured to about just healthcare. We've been energetically into it for centuries. And we bishops have been advocating for universal health
*Mo Do Attacks My Bishop - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 26, 2009, 6:19 pm
Maureen Dowd, the house embittered spinster at The New York Times, has written another unhinged screed attacking the Catholic Church for ... well ... even a Catholic "progressive" like Michael Sean Winters can't quite figure it out:... I read Maureen Dowd's column in the New York Times yesterday in which she attacks the Catholic Church for - well, it is hard to tell exactly what she is attacking the Church for because her brushstroke is so wide...What is clear is that dear Mo not only attacks th
*Speaking of Bishop Blair: "Sense and Nonsense" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 26, 2009, 7:01 pm
Toledo Bishop Leonard Blair writes in the October 25, 2009 issue of The Catholic Chronicle:Sense and nonsenseWritten by Bishop Leonard P. BlairMonday, 26 October 2009... Far from being immune from this trend [of separating out one's "spirituality" from organized religion], it would appear that Catholics form a significant part of it. Throughout the country we see things that earlier generations of believers would find incomprehensible from the perspective of both faith and human reason.In the sp
Bee-Yotch. Slapped. - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 26, 2009, 6:10 pm
Hugh Hewitt takes down David Frum in a radio interview. Read the transcript. It's a thing of beauty.
*Alfred the Great, 26 October - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 26, 2009, 8:30 am
(Originally posted 26 October 2006)From the Medieval Saints Yahoo Group:Alfred the Great, King of the West-SaxonsAlso known as ÆlfredDied: October 899Commemorated: October 26In art, he is shown as a King in full armor with a crowned helmetALFRED the GREAT, KING OF THE SAXONShttp://www.request.org.uk/main/history/saxon/alfred01.htmAlfred was a remarkable man. A brave and hardened warrior, he had grown up fighting the Danes at the side of his father and brothers who had been kings before him. A g
*A Kennedy Spits at the Church, and His Bishop Responds Harshly - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 23, 2009, 2:05 pm
(Hat tip: Creative Minority Report)Congressman Patrick Kennedy thinks he knows more about Catholic Social Teaching than the U.S. Bishops:nnedy (D-R.I) told CNSNews.com that the Catholic Church is doing nothing but fanning 'the flames of dissent and discord” by taking the position that it will oppose the health-care reform bill under consideration in Congress unless it is amended to explicitly prohibit funding of abortion.'I can't understand for the life of me how the Catholic Church could be a
*House Democrats Block Vote to Cut Abortion From Health Care Bill - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 23, 2009, 11:25 am
LifeNews reports:Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- It appears House Democrats will likely not allow a vote on an amendment that would strip abortion funding from HR 3200, the legislation that will meld the three health care "reform" bills into one. Although a coalition of pro-life Democrats is hoping for a vote, it appears none is forthcoming.Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat from Michigan, has been leading the way in an attempt to get an amendment that would remove the massive abortion fundi
*Michael Sean Winters: "Deceitful Bogeyman" of the Catholic Left - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 14, 2009, 12:29 pm
Recall, if you will, a few months back when Michael Sean Winters declared:'I have never voted for a Republican in my life. My mother told me my right hand would wither and fall to the ground if I did. But, if the President or my representatives in Congress support federal funding for abortion in any way, shape or form, I will never vote for them again and I might risk my right hand in the next election by voting for their opponent.”At the time, I gave him 'pro-life kudos” for that declaratio
Digest of Today's Posts (12 October 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 12, 2009, 7:59 pm
Fresh On the Heels of His Nobel "Peace" Prize ...BBC Asks "What Happened to Global Warming?"
*Digest of Today's Posts (13 October 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 13, 2009, 7:59 pm
President Goes to War Against Marriage and the Catholic Church: How Will the Bishops Respond?Rachel Living in the Real World; The View Hags, Not So Much [UPDATED](Digest of Yesterday's Posts (12 October 2009))
*President Goes to War Against Marriage and the Catholic Church: How Will the Bishops Respond? - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 13, 2009, 7:31 am
(Hat tip: The Opinionated Catholic)Deal Hudson writes:President Obama, the man trusted by the USCCB to do the "right thing" on health care, has declared war on marriage and, by implication, the Catholic Church.Speaking to the nation's leading homosexual rights lobbying group, the Human Rights Campaign, Obama said:You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman.As Deac
*Rachel Living in the Real World; The View Hags, Not So Much - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 13, 2009, 4:03 am
I am a little embarassed to admit that there was a time in my life when I watched MTV's The Real World - more out of car wreck curiosity than anything else.Of all the cast of characters that filtered through that show during its several seasons, Rachel Campos of The Real World San Francisco was one of my favorites. For obvious reasons. Not only was she a beautiful Latina woman, but she was an unapologetic spokesman for conservatism and traditional values (not that she always lived up to them in
*Fresh On the Heels of His Nobel "Peace" Prize ... - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 12, 2009, 6:28 am
... Obama achieves sainthood.Kathryn Lopez reports on the Vatican announcement:An e-mail:K Lo, I turned on the TV this morning, and the news woman, going to commercial said , " Next, the Vatican announces five new saints. Find out why people in Hawaii are celebrating." You can guess where my mind immediately went! Update: The actual five-saints story.The surprise decision to bypass the usual formalities of canonization in the case of the newly minted President St. Barack - just 9 months into his
BBC Asks "What Happened to Global Warming?" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 12, 2009, 4:45 am
(Hat tip: Ed Morrissey)The right-wingers at the British Broadcasting Corporation engage in a littel global warming "denial"./sarcasm
*Nobel "Peace" Prize Officially a Joke - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 9, 2009, 4:49 am
The Nobel "Peace" Prize has, to some extent, been a politicized joke for many, many years. The award of the prize to, first, Jimmy Carter and then to Al Gore as overt slaps at former President Bush by the Nobel Committee might have been the icing on the cake ...... but for this ginormous pantload of leftist Euroweenie excrement:President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace PrizeOSLO (AP) - President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen inte
"The Rose Hotel" by Robert Earl Keen - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 8, 2009, 7:47 am
Terrific! Excellent! Outstanding! Awesome!Buy it.(In style, "The Rose Hotel" reminds me a lot of "Picnic". So, if you liked "Picnic", you'll love "The Rose Hotel". Even if you didn't particularly like "Picnic" (or if you've never even heard of "Picnic" or Robert Earl Keen, for that matter), buy "The Rose Hotel" anyway. You won't be sorry.)center>Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:Back from San AntonioThe Road Goes on Forever and the Party Never EndsRobert Earl Keen [UPDATED]
Rest in Peace, Patti - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 8, 2009, 5:04 am
Ave Maria by Franz Biebl - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 8, 2009, 5:12 am
*Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (Patronal Feast of the Diocese of Toledo) - 7 October - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 6, 2009, 8:00 pm
Cathedral of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy RosaryToledo, OHToday is the patronal feast of the Diocese of Toledo. It also marks the beginning of the 2-year-long celebration (from October 7, 2009 through October 7, 2011) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Catholic Diocese of Toledo in 1910.The festivities kick off at 12 Noon today with a televised Mass from Rosary Cathedral that will be aired internationally on EWTN:October 7, 2009Feast of Our Lady of the RosaryPr
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From Catholic News Agency:... Regrettably and unintentionally, Cardinal Cottier's articulate essay undervalues the gravity of what happened at Notre Dame. It also overvalues the consonance of President Obama's thinking with Catholic teaching.There are several key points to remember here.First, resistance to President Obama's appearance at Notre Dame had nothing to do with whether he is a good or bad man. He is obviously a gifted man. He has many good moral and political instincts, and an admirab
*Do the Catholic Bishops Really Mean What They Say? - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 6, 2009, 8:55 am
Writing at the First Things blog, On the Square, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Kenneth D. Whitehead asks "Do the Catholic Bishops Really Mean What They Say?":... Asked by NCR if there were any other bishops who agreed with him, Archbishop Sheehan replied, 'Of course. The majority.” This majority, he said, only remained on the sidelines so as not to start a public internecine fight.Thus, if Sheehan is correct, a majority of the American Catholic bishops opposes the official polic
*Pope Awards Highest Honor to EWTN Founder Mother Angelica - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 5, 2009, 4:33 pm
(Hat tip: PewSitter.com)From LifeSiteNews:IRONDALE, AL, October 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI has awarded EWTN foundress, Mother Mary Angelica, and Deacon Bill Steltemeier, Chairman of EWTN's Board of Governors, the Cross of Honor for distinguished service to the Church. The medal, officially known as "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" (literally "For the Church and the Pope"), is the highest honor that the Pope can bestow upon laity and religious.The acknowledgement of Mother Angelica
*Catholic Bishops: All Current Health Care Bills in Congress Would Permit Federal Funding of Abortion - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 5, 2009, 4:53 pm
From Cybercast News Service:(CNSNews.com) ' The health care bills currently under consideration in the House and Senate do not bar federal funds from being used to pay for abortion, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) explains in a Sept. 30 letter sent to members of the Senate.'So far, the health reform bills considered in committee, including the new Senate Finance Committee bill, have not met President Obama's challenge of barring use of federal dollars for abortion and maintaining
*Digest of Today's Posts (5 October 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 5, 2009, 7:59 pm
Catholic Bishops: All Current Health Care Bills in Congress Would Permit Federal Funding of AbortionPope Awards Highest Honor to EWTN Founder Mother Angelica
Movie Producer Weinstein: "Hollywood Has the Best Moral Compass" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 2, 2009, 4:04 am
Big-time Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein - whose production companies are noted for producing such virtuous gems as "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" (no wonder he thinks rape is no big deal), "Madonna: Truth or Dare", and "Pulp Fiction" - is not only more politically "enlightened" than the rest of us, but he is just oh so morally superior to you and me:... In an opinion piece in London's the Independent, Weinstein Co. co-founder Harvey Weinstein, who is circulating
*Garrison Keillor's Final Solution: In Order to Stop Being "Distracted" by Abortion, Let's Kill Off Republicans - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 1, 2009, 6:27 am
Untalented hack on the NPR government dole writes:... Thirty-six years of bitterness over Roe vs. Wade and what has it gotten us? If the decision were overturned tomorrow, not much would change. The question would revert to the states, and some would permit the termination of pregnancy, others wouldn't. [ED.: Uhhhh, they obviously don't teach logic at Journalism school, because the "others wouldn't" part of that statement seems like a rather significant change to me.] Meanwhile, the effect of th
*Catholic Senators are Decisive Factor in Defeating Abortion Funding Ban and Conscience Protection in Health Care Bill - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Oct 1, 2009, 5:59 am
The Catholic Key Blog reports:Bottom line: Both conscience protection and a ban of federal funding would have passed but for the Catholic Senators.News came out earlier today, that the Senate Finance Committee led by Senator Max Baucus refused to accept an amendment proposed by Senator Orrin Hatch specifically excluding federal funding of abortion in that committee's version of health care reform. The vote was 10-13 against the Hatch Amendment. All Democrats on the committee, except Kent Conrad,
Digest of Today's Posts (30 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 30, 2009, 7:59 pm
"Age and ability in the arts or anything else, in my opinion, does not excuse a crime"42 Is The New 35(Digest of Yesterday's Posts (29 September 2009))
Digest of Today's Posts (29 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 29, 2009, 7:59 pm
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"Age and ability in the arts or anything else, in my opinion, does not excuse a crime" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 29, 2009, 9:00 pm
Actor Rod Steiger's ironic response (at least it's ironic in light of current events) in 1999 to film director Elia Kazan (98 years old at the time) being awarded an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement for such works as "On the Waterfront".Paradoxically, Kazan's alleged "crime" was not a crime at all. He had informed on Hollywood commies who had colluded with the Soviet Union.Drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl and fleeing the country to avoid the justice system, however, IS a crime, albe
42 Is The New 35 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 29, 2009, 8:00 pm
Really ... it is.
Reminder: Roman Polanski Raped a Child - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 29, 2009, 4:32 am
(Hat tip: Joe Carter at First Thoughts)At Slate, Kate Harding writes the definitive rebuttal to all the Roman Polanski apologists:Roman Polanski raped a child. Let's just start right there, because that's the detail that tends to get neglected when we start discussing whether it was fair for the bail-jumping director to be arrested at age 76, after 32 years in "exile" (which in this case means owning multiple homes in Europe, continuing to work as a director, marrying and fathering two children,
*Michaelmas - Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, 29 September - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 29, 2009, 4:08 am
Saint Michael the Archangel,Defend us in battle.Be our protection against theWickedness and snares of the devil.May God rebuke him,We humbly pray.And do thou,O Prince of the Heavenly Host,By the Power of God,Cast into HellSatan and all the evil spiritswhich prowl about the world,Seeking the ruin of souls.Amen.From the Medieval Saints Yahoo Group:The Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel, Michaelmas DayHebrew "Mikha El," (Who is like unto God?), Venerated by Jews, Christians and MuslimsComme
*For the President, It REALLY IS All About Him - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 25, 2009, 5:51 am
Mona Charen writes on the galling level of hubris on display in President Obama's U.N. speech:President Obama's speech to the U.N. has been called naïve and even 'post-American.” It was something else as well: the most extravagant excursion into self-worship we have yet seen in an American leader.[...]... Obama announced that we no longer 'have the luxury of indulging our differences to the exclusion of the work that we must do together. I have carried this message from London to Ankara, from
*Can Stupak Be Counted Upon to Stand Firm on Abortion? Probably Not - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 25, 2009, 2:58 am
(Hat tip: Creative Minority Report)The Blog Prof has done some digging and has discovered that pro-life Democrat Congressman Bart Stupak talks a good pro-life game in front of the camera (i.e. within earshot of his pro-life constituency at home), but is less than dependable in his support for the unborn when push comes to shove:I've said many times in this blog that there is no such thing as a conservative Democrat, just Democrats representing conservative districts. To do so, they have to prete
Islamic Terrorist Tries to Blow Up Building in Dallas - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 6:22 pm
Right next to the building in which I used to work, in fact:DALLAS - Police arrested a man Thursday after he allegedly placed an inactive car bomb near Fountain Place at 1445 Ross Avenue in downtown Dallas.Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian citizen who has been living and working in Italy, Texas illegally, was charged with "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction," authorities said.Smadi allegedly drove a truck down into the parking garage below Fountain Plaza Thursday beli
Hey, Environut Whackjobs! "Butt" Out! - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 3:44 pm
The green-on-the-outside-red-on-the-inside watermelon envirocommies are messing with our toilet paper:... It is a fight over toilet paper: the kind that is blanket-fluffy and getting fluffier so fast that manufacturers are running out of synonyms for "soft" (Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is the first big brand to go three-ply and three-adjective).It's a menace, environmental groups say -- and a dark-comedy example of American excess.The reason, they say, is that plush U.S. toilet paper is usually
*Boston College Law School in Disarray Over Prof's Defense of Marriage - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 11:11 am
The Cardinal Newman Society reports:On September 15, 2009, StandForMarriageMaine.com released a television ad which featured Scott Fitzgibbon, a professor at Boston College Law School, arguing in defense of marriage between one man and one woman. He encouraged Maine voters to vote 'yes” on an upcoming ballot referendum which aims to overturn state legislation which legalized homosexual 'marriage” last May.Complaints from fellow faculty members at Boston College soon began piling up. Merely o
*The Wrecks of Walsingham - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 8:31 am
(Hat tip: Fr. Z)Fr. Ray Blake of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, UK, posts the text of the poem (attributed to Sir Phillip Howard) "The Wrecks of Walsingham":In the wrecks of WalsinghamWhom should I chooseBut the Queen of Walsinghamto be my guide and muse !Then, the Prince of Walsingham,Grant me to frameBitter plaints to rue thy wrong,Bitter woe for thy name.Bitter was it, O to seeThe silly sheepMurdered by the ravenous wolvesWhile the shepherd did sleep.Bitter was it, O to viewThe sacred vine,Wh
Digest of Today's Posts (24 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 7:59 pm
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*Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 9 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 23, 2009, 3:34 pm
Today is the ninth day of the Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walshingham.Over the past 9 days, I have been praying the Novena, just as I did 4 years ago as I began my pilgrimmage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. I invite you to pray with me during this time leading up to tomorrow's Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.Day 9: The Coronation of Our LadyIntention: For the conversion of England, the Dowry of Mary, and the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of WalsinghamThoughts: "I confer a kin
*Digest of Today's Posts (23 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 23, 2009, 7:59 pm
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*Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham - 24 September - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 24, 2009, 4:00 am
[Originally posted on 24 September 2006, and updated on 24 September 2007 and 24 September 2008] Pilgrimage to the Land Known as "Our Lady's Dowry"O England great cause thou hast glad for to beCompared to the land of promise SionTo be called in every realm and regionThe Holy Land, Our Lady's Dowry ...Four years ago today - on the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, I was on pilgrimmage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in the picturesque village of Little Walsingham in Norfolk, East Anglia, E
*Pope to Make First Ever Official Papal Visit to Britain - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 23, 2009, 10:03 am
(Hat tip: National Catholic Register)The Times of London reports:Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Britain next year in the first ever official visit by a pontiff.The Holy See will announce soon the first papal visit to Britain since Pope John Paul II made a pastoral visit in 1982.[...]During his time in the country, expected to take place in September next year, Pope Benedict will have a meeting with the Queen, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and will be accorded the full panoply of a sta
*Palin Speaks to Investors in Hong Kong - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 23, 2009, 9:22 am
Surprise, surprise. The New York Times actually runs a positive story on Sarah Palin:HONG KONG — Sarah Palin, in what was billed as her first speech overseas, spoke on Wednesday to Asian bankers, investors and fund managers.A number of people who heard the speech in a packed hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling.'The speech was wide-ranging, very balanced, and she beat all ex
*Fr. McBrien Attacks Pope Over Liturgical Reforms [UPDATED] - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 23, 2009, 6:03 am
(Hat tip: PewSitter.com)Dissident priest and Notre Dame professor of theology, Fr. Richard McBrien, continues his campaign of waging war on the Church's traditional liturgical and devotional practices in a direct attack upon the Holy Father:... Lest anyone question Benedict's personal preference in this matter, it should be pointed out that, beginning on the feast of Corpus Christi last year, those receiving Communion from the pope must do so only on the tongue. He has also expressed support for
*Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 8 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 22, 2009, 5:45 pm
Today is the eighth day of the Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walshingham.Over the these 9 days, I will be praying the Novena, just as I did 4 years ago as I began my pilgrimmage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. I invite you to pray with me during this time leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.Day 8: The Assumption of Our LadyIntention: For vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and the religious lifeThoughts: "A great sign appeared in Heaven: a woman adorned with the sun,
*Bishop of Memphis Implies 80 of His Brother Bishops - Including at Least 2 Cardinals - Are "Racist" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 22, 2009, 5:05 pm
It is a shame to see how, even in the Church, the race card is played indiscriminately and without regard to the truth, but especially so when it comes from those in a position of authority who ought to know better:... Some racism still exists, [Bishop J. Terry Steib of the Diocese of Memphis] said, and cited the recent furor in Catholic circles over the honorary degree awarded by Notre Dame University to Obama, who supports abortion on demand.Other presidents have had disagreements with the pos
*Digest of Today's Posts (22 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 22, 2009, 7:59 pm
Kmiec Lies Again: "Obama Has Taken Some Steps Towards [Protecting Life], Perhaps Not as Fast as Some Would Like"An Open Letter from Prof. Rice to Fr. Jenkins(Digest of Yesterday's Posts (21 September 2009))
*Kmiec Lies Again: "Obama Has Taken Some Steps Towards [Protecting Life], Perhaps Not as Fast as Some Would Like" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 22, 2009, 8:42 am
(Hat tip: Don McClarey at The American Catholic)Writing at American Papist, Tom Peters dissects Ambassador Kmiec's latest example of pro-Obama shilling:... Now, in his first interview with the Times of Malta, Dr. Kmiec displays what I can only describe as a complete intellectual meltdown. He describes his first encounter with Mr. Obama:Even though there were areas of disagreement, Mr Obama pointed out the responsibility of government to provide a family wage, to care for the environment and to p
*Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 5 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 19, 2009, 5:49 am
Today is the fifth day of the Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walshingham.Over the these 9 days, I will be praying the Novena, just as I did 4 years ago as I began my pilgrimmage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. I invite you to pray with me during this time leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.Day 5: The Crucifixion of Our LordIntention: In reparation for the destruction of the Shrine, and for the sins of disunityThoughts: Jesus said, "When I am lifted up from the earth, I sh
*Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 6 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 20, 2009, 5:52 am
Today is the sixth day of the Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walshingham.Over the these 9 days, I will be praying the Novena, just as I did 4 years ago as I began my pilgrimmage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. I invite you to pray with me during this time leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.Day 6: The Ressurection of Our LordIntention: In thanksgiving for the restoration of the Shrine in WalsinghamThoughts: "The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"
Digest of Weekend's Posts (20 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 20, 2009, 7:59 pm
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*Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 7 - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 21, 2009, 2:06 pm
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*Digest of Today's Posts (21 September 2009) - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 21, 2009, 7:59 pm
Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Walsingham - Day 7If Only He Had Lived a Full Life, Just Think of All the Good He Could've DoneMalicious? Or Incompetent?Deal Hudson on Archbishop Burke: "Charity, Civility, and Speaking the Truth"News of Obama Administration's Use of NEA and Your Tax Dollars to Co-Opt Art Community Into Propaganda Machine Breaks Big [UPDATED](Digest of Weekend's Posts (20 September 2009))
*An Open Letter from Prof. Rice to Fr. Jenkins - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 22, 2009, 3:41 am
(Hat tip: Mr. H. at All Hands On Deck!)Charles Rice, Notre Dame Professor of Law Emeritus and author of What Happened to Notre Dame?, has responded with an open letter to President Jenkins' announcement of a new pro-life initiative at Notre Dame.Ignatius Insight has the full text of Prof. Rice's letter (excerpted here):Open Letter to Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre DameSeptember 21, 2009Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.PresidentUniversity of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana
*If Only He Had Lived a Full Life, Just Think of All the Good He Could've Done - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 21, 2009, 11:06 am
(Hat tip: The Cranky Conservative)Rich Leonardi links to what must surely be regarded as the quote of the day:'Jesus chose the apostles, he chose men not women.” As a believer in Jesus Christ, I choose to believe that had he more time, Jesus would have eventually seen the light and taken full advantage of the brillance, endurance and patience of women, thus entrusting them as apostles (”Women of faith: no stifling debate'). I have faith he would ensure equality. Jesus Christ who believes in
*Malicious? Or Incompetent? - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 21, 2009, 7:32 am
Those are the only choices that could explain the insensitivity of the timing of this decision by the Obama Administration:LISBON — 'How could Obama choose such a day?”That was the anguished outburst of a senior Polish officer attending a meeting of NATO chiefs of defense here when asked what he thought of the U.S. president's cancellation last week of plans to place missile interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.The officer was referring to the fact that the announ
*Deal Hudson on Archbishop Burke: "Charity, Civility, and Speaking the Truth" - Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 21, 2009, 5:31 am
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*A Sell Out on Plan B by Connecticut Bishops? (85 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 28, 2007, 4:51 am
Both The Curt Jester and American Papist have the details on an Associated Press story indicating that the Connecticut Catholic Conference has reversed its position in opposition to a recent state law in agreeing to allow personnel at Catholic hospitals in Connecticut to administer emergency Plan B contraception to rape victims.The Hartford Courant is also reporting this story (hat tip: PewSitter.com).While the facts as reported are quite disturbing, it should be noted that an official statement
*Shamed Priest Who Made His Married Cousin Pregnant Faces Defrocking (81 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Jan 23, 2006, 12:47 pm
(Hat tip: Catholic World News)
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm":
A PRIEST who made his first cousin pregnant during the course of an affair has been told he is unlikely ever to be allowed to return to his parish.
Father Roddy MacNeil - nicknamed "Father Flash" for his flamboyant lifestyle - has been suspended from the Our Lady Star of the Sea parish in Barra after it emerged his married cousin, Hilda Robertson, was carrying his baby.
Father MacNeil, 45, who was a close friend of Princess Dia
*"The View" Considering Patricia Heaton as Replacement for Meredith Vieira (78 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Apr 7, 2006, 10:17 am
"The View" - one of the silliest shows on television - is apparently considering adding Patty Heaton - one of the most awesome moms on television - to its lineup:
April 7, 2006 -- "THE View" will look a lot different now that Meredith Vieira is replacing Katie Couric at NBC's "Today" show.
Insiders say "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton will step in for Vieira. And to help boost viewership among Latinos, the young, Argentine-born Marianela Pereyra
[ED.: What? Was Brazilian-born
*Children's Religious Beliefs and Family Law (77 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 18, 2007, 8:00 am
(Hat tip: Mirror of Justice)The abstract of Notre Dame Law Professor Margaret F. Brinig's new paper titled "Children's Beliefs and Family Law":In a recent series of opinions authored by Justice Stevens, the Court has recognized that children may have independent religious rights, and that these may be in conflict with their parents'. The questions for this piece are whether considering children's rights independently is a good thing whether it is warranted by children's actual religious preferen
*"GOP Leaders" Urge Candidates to Attend Forums Sponsored by Minorities (76 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Sep 19, 2007, 6:32 am
From The Washington Post:Key Republican leaders are encouraging the party's presidential candidates to rethink their decision to skip presidential debates focusing on issues important to minorities, fearing a backlash that could further erode the party's standing with black and Latino voters.The leading contenders for the Republican nomination have indicated they will not attend the "All American Presidential Forum" organized by black talk show host Tavis Smiley, scheduled for Sept. 27 at Morgan
*"No'bama for Me, Thanks" (75 hits)- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate Mar 3, 2008, 3:20 am
(Hat tip: Christopher Blosser at Catholics in the Public Square)Maclin Horton of Caelum et Terra explains why, despite the fact that "in many ways [he] would like to support Obama", he won't be voting for Obama in November:... But I can't support a candidate who is committed to the most hard-line interpretation of the Democratic Party's "pro-choice" doctrine. Yes, I know, the president has very limited power to do anything about abortion or the whole complex of questions that boil down to whethe
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