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Prop. 8 Protesters Besiege LA Mormon Temple, Press Forward on Legal Challenges

Posted on 07 November 2008

 Same-sex “marriage” supporters took to the streets of LA Thursday and swarmed around the gates of the Mormon Temple in Westwood, where they waved signs and shouted threats at the church establishment for its role in the success of Proposition…

What America Has Done

Posted on 07 November 2008

I have been wounded in my heart by the election results to a degree that truly amazes me.  There is the kind of pain in my heart that comes from a deep sense of betrayal.  I know that a majority…

Ignore the Polls, Be Encouraged, AND VOTE!

Posted on 28 October 2008

WOW!  Father Frank Pavone totally rocks!  But you probably already knew that.  Last night I listened to a conference call arranged by Father Pavone of Priests for Life with over 3000 pro-lifers from around the country. It was just what…

Dear Bishops, We Need You Now!

Posted on 23 October 2008

I believe that the outcome of the coming election, a mere 12 days away, and every implication that it has for the pro-life movement in this country lies in the domain of the Catholic Bishops of the United States.

Democrats have…

Does the Stupid Party Have to be This Stupid

Posted on 20 October 2008

John Stuart Mill famously called the English conservatives of his day “necessarily the stupidest party.”

Now, I know that a lot of people would take exception, and some would take umbrage, at the notion that John McCain (current “standard bearer”) and…

Serious Times Call for Serious Tools

Posted on 16 October 2008

[S]eeing that time seizes upon all things human, we also in turn ought to snatch from it something which may profit us to eternal life, especially since a certain awful expectation of the approach of the divine judgment importunately demands…

Reader Asserts: Democratic Party Is Aligned with Catholic Values

Posted on 17 July 2008

To CE Editors:

I am a long-time Catholic, and it saddens me to see Catholic organizations embracing a party that stands for everything traditional Catholics do not, such as bigotry, oppression of the poor and disabled, a war on human rights,…

Tony Snow: An Integrated Life

Posted on 14 July 2008

The news that Tony Snow, a Catholic convert and national media figure, had lost his battle with colon cancer in the wee hours of Saturday morning was not a surprise, but it was still a sad disappointment. He is survived…

Teens and the Celebrity Culture

Posted on 29 May 2008

It is almost impossible to get away from the media’s fascination with the self-destructive tendencies of modern celebrities. Whether it is the tabloid splashing a picture of Britney Spears in and out of rehab, or a video circulating across cyberspace…

First the Protestants, Now the Cults: Will We Be Ready?

Posted on 29 May 2008

One of the most amazing works of the Holy Spirit over the past couple of decades or so has been the wave of Protestant converts coming into the Catholic Church.  Notable among them have been the Protestant ministers — the…

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