Notre Dame’s invitation to the militantly pro-abortion Barack Obama has more than a few Catholics up in arms. For the simple reason that Notre Dame, as an explicitly Roman Catholic university, should not honor those who dishonor a basic Church teaching on the sanctity of human life.
Notre Dame isn’t a public university, or [...]
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Still a Protestant nation
Posted in Abortion, Catholicism on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How about sending a Catholic to the Vatican?
Posted in Catholicism on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What are the qualifications to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican? Well, firstly, it helps to be Catholic. It really would not do to send a Protestant, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, or atheist. Would it?
Now, here’s a trick question: what is the difference between a cradle Catholic who [...]
News for some
Posted in Catholicism, Scripture on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not one for literal interpretation of Scripture. I don’t for a nanosecond believe that the universe and all its wonders, including dear old homo sapiens sapiens, were created in six 24-hour days as we understand hours and days.
I’ve also got not a few problems with a literal interpretation of [...]
Faithful Catholic?
Posted in Abortion, Catholicism, Politics on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are Roman Catholics. Both a firmly in the pro-abortion corner, though they’ll call it “a woman’s right to choose.” Choose death, that is. Are they faithful Catholics?
As a lapsed Catholic but still Christian, my belief is that life begins at conception. [...]
NARAL Catholics
Posted in Abortion, Catholicism on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
NARAL sides with baby-killers. Wow, that’s harsh — but so is taking an innocent, unborn life that is guilty only of perhaps being inconvenient. The Roman Catholic Church is the strongest advocate in the world for protecting innocent life. To be a faithful Catholic is to be against abortion. Period.
Now you may not believe that [...]
Elder Brothers
Posted in Catholicism, Judaism on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pope John Paul II referred to the Jews as his “elder brothers.” The important theological point, lost on so many generations of allegedly Christian people, is that God’s covenant with the Jews has not been broken. There is a new covenant, made through His son, Jesus Christ. Who, himself, was part of [...]
Vatican couture
Posted in Catholicism on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pope Benedict XVI is in town. In Washington, D.C. and now New York. Tens of thousands of the faithful flock to get a glimpse of the popemobile, or, for those lucky enough to get tickets, attend a mass presided over by the Holy Father himself.
The Pope said all the right things about sexual [...]
“a fool’s bargain”
Posted in Catholicism on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some words from Phil Lawler’s new book, The Faithful Departed (via Rod Dreher’s Crunchy Con):
The bishops made a fool’s bargain. They were prepared to sacrifice the essential elements of the Catholic faith: the moral teaching, the clerical discipline, even the loving care for the faithful. In return, they hoped to prop up the prestige of [...]
Priesthood of all believers
Posted in Catholicism, Churches on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The following q&a from an interview with Oskar Skarsaune (Sept. 15, 2003) (from Christianity Today):
Before Constantine, Christian worship followed the synagogue pattern of word and prayer. After Constantine, the Temple pattern of priest and sacrifice became the norm. What did we lose in that transition?
We lost the priesthood of all believers. After Constantine, the ordained [...]
New and improved?
Posted in Catholicism, Culture on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you thought that God couldn’t possibly care about what kind of a car you drove, the Vatican has come out with a new and improved list of deadly sins. Sins, that is, in addition to the traditional PEWSLAG:
Pride
Envy
Wrath
Sloth
Lust
Avarice
Gluttony.
So what are these new deadlies? From news.com.au:
The new deadly sins that may lead to [...]
