Posted in Culture, Faith, Government, Health Care, Politics on Aug 31st, 2009
Senator Kennedy has been laid to rest and inundating coverage has by and large ceased but it’s time to turn conversation to what Catholic statements were really being made with the senator’s career, his funeral, and his legacy. The President, from the pulpit, called the Senator the greatest Senator of our time. And many are [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Euthanasia, Health Care, Right to Life issues on Aug 29th, 2009
Those words from bioethicist Wesley J. Smith upon learning the news of the death of Robert Schindler Sr., father of Terri Schindler Schiavo. Schindler passed away overnight from apparent heart failure. But as we know, this wasn’t the first time his heart broke.
Schindler’s daughter, Terri, was subjected to a brutal 13 day starvation death via [...]
There was a time in history when this nation, and many other nations, bought and sold humans as property and for profit. Some think we’re so far past those days.
Watch this video and think again.
Posted in Abortion, Culture, Faith, Government, Society on Aug 27th, 2009
While the media continues to enshrine Ted Kennedy as another god of the Kennedy legacy, it’s important to note that the senator was no model of Catholic piety. While the state of his soul upon death is not known, and the Lord most certainly accepts death bed conversions, the Senator’s lack of adherence to Catholic teaching in [...]
Posted in Culture, Faith, Government, Politics on Aug 26th, 2009
Long time lawmaker, Senator Ted Kennedy passed away today after a devastating battle with cancer. He and his family’s Catholic faith have been a subject of discussion for decades. Some call them the image of the faithful American Catholic family, others scorn at their poor display of adherence to Church teaching.
In so many ways, Senator [...]
Posted in Abortion, Culture, Government, Health Care, Media on Aug 24th, 2009
The Health Care reform bill has taken some major criticism these past few weeks. And the President has now left with his family for a short retreat from the discussions.
Meanwhile, citizens continue to voice their concerns and some media sources are doing their part to get the truth of the matter out there.
Like this journalistat WCCO-Twin [...]
In 2005, South Dakota passed a statue declaring that every woman considering abortion was to be told that abortion ‘will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.’ Planned Parenthood filed a suit against this law and on Thursday, a federal judge ruled against Planned Parenthood, in favor of the law as [...]
Posted in Culture, Faith, Government, Health Care, Politics, Society on Aug 23rd, 2009
In today’s Gospel reading from the standard lectionary, Christ followers say, ”This saying is hard, who can accept it?”
These days, the modern Catholic seemingly finds themselves between the Church’s teachings and the crowd of secular society who turns from God. And all too often, the modern Catholic finds themselves struggling to avoid the influence of the Godless modern [...]
Posted in Abortion, Culture, Entertainment, Media on Aug 22nd, 2009
That’s the title of People Magazine’s most read online story this week.
In a People Magazine exclusive online, Kourtney Kardashian, star of E! reality tv show ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’, offers a detail account of her decision to carry her unborn baby to term.
I definitely thought about it long and hard, about if I wanted [...]
Posted in Culture, Government, Media, Politics on Aug 22nd, 2009
Have you heard the latest on the federal budget?
The Obama administration expects the federal deficit over the next decade to be $2 trillion bigger than previously estimated, White House officials said Friday, a setback for a president already facing a Congress and public wary over spending.
The new projection, to be announced on Tuesday, is for [...]