While the ruling is painfully limited and many of the most important questions about religious freedom were left unanswered, the ruling in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell does fall on the side of religious freedom. The question was whether a closely held corporation can follow the religious tenants of its owner and exercise rights of conscience…
There is a steady stream of articles coming out which expose the ugliness of radical Islam and ask pointed questions about the humanity of these persons who purport to be following the Koran and the prophet religiously. The latest news is that the group whose name keeps changing, the terrorists formerly known as ISIS, has…
While the expected decision from the Supreme Court on the Hobby Lobby case against the Obama administration has not yet come down, it is good to consider two decisions which were decided unanimously against the Obama supported side. The first simply reestablishes that this is not a country which favors dictatorship.
There are a well known list of complaints wherein the Obama administration directly attacks the Roman Catholic Church and her interests in the United States. After decades, even centuries, of being treated with varying degrees of respect, but rarely as an enemy, this is a rare experience for Catholics in America. From the HHS Mandate to…
There has not been a political advocacy organization which addresses the interests of Roman Catholics as Roman Catholics. We hope to keep the public square safe for Catholics. If that sounds alarmist, you should consider the frontal assault which is being waged politically against the Church in the United States. Below are a couple of…
Getting to know the Latino population in our nation is important. Increasingly the building trades are staffed by skilled roofers, carpenters, electricians and plumbers for whom English is not their first language, but for whom the Roman Catholic Mass is their first true home. In South Carolina approximately half of the Catholics in that (otherwise…
If you have been in the healthcare field or maybe worked as a minister or visitor with your parish, then you already know: hospice does wonderful work and almost universally receives rave reviews of gratitude from families whose loved ones died in their care. By reducing reimbursements, Obamacare is closing the doors on hospice and…
Pope Francis spoke of the Mafia’s love for killing, greed and cruelty. He spoke of how it actually took the place of Christ in the lives of these men and women. Practically speaking, he said, they were excommunicated. One can wonder whether the violent embrace of the radical feminist ideology which defends the right of…
The Fortnight for Freedom is fourteen days (and nights, thus, ‘fortnight’) of prayer for a restoration of the tenets of religious freedom which this country has lived so well for so long. It is sponsored by the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States. Religious freedom is called the “First Freedom” because it was the first…
Ominously, Governor Andrew Cuomo, second generation New York State governor and Roman Catholic self-hater, declared that pro-lifers “have no place in the State of New York.” But Cuomo is only a part of a larger trend not to win arguments on merit, but to outlaw or ban the discussion of the life of the unborn…
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