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Chick-fil-A vs. the Dictatorship of Relativism 30
Ah Yes! Tolerance! The one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
The evangelization of culture is all the more important in our times, when a ‘dictatorship of relativism’ threatens to obscure the unchanging truth about man’s nature, his destiny and his ultimate good – Pope Benedict XVI, Glasgow Scottland, Sept. 16, 2010
Pope Benedict coined the expression “Dictatorship of Relativism” during his homily More…
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul and the Tradition of the Pallium 9
Today in the city of Rome, 43 Archbishops, including 2 cardinals, received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony at Saint Peter’s Basilica. Two other prelates, who were absent will receive the their palliums in their own dioceses. More…
ITALY: Earthquake in N. Central Italy and Bomb Attack on a school in S. Italy Reply
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Pope Benedict prayed for Italy and the victims of two catastrophes that have struck the nation this weekend, one man made and one a natural calamity.
The first was a Saturday morning bomb attack on a Brindisi high school, which the Pope described as a “cowardly” act of “brutal violence”. More…
Why Have Children? 2
By Fr Joseph Tham, LC
As the month May rolls by, the smell of spring is in the air, and it is a month that motherhood is celebrated all over the word. For Catholics, it is also the month we celebrate the maternal closeness of Mary. It is therefore a strange contrast with some recent comments that surfaced about the irrationality of having children. More…
Habemus Papam! Wish Pope Benedict a Happy 7th Anniversary 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPE BENEDICT! Reply
Viva il Papa!
Dear HHS: Of Course It’s about Contraception 1
Since the Health and Human Services Department announced its controversial mandate just over two weeks ago, the thrust of most arguments against it have focused on its being an unprecedented attack on religious liberty and freedom of conscience, which it most certainly is.
Just one step away
Some people, however, have been insisting too much that the real issue at stake is not about contraception, as if to say, frankly, that’s a thorny issue we’d rather not have to deal with right now.
It certainly is a thorny issue and, in fact, it really is More…
More Than Human: Towards a Better Understanding of the Catholic Church Reply
I was recalling a before and after experience I had of the Last Judgment fresco painted by Michelangelo. I first saw it in the late 80’s. It was truly a magnificent fresco, but I left with a sad “I wish I could have seen it in its original splendor.” Five centuries of More…
Why I Love Jesus, Religion, Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter Reply
By now, everyone’s familiar with Jefferson Bethke’s viral, “I hate religion but love Jesus,” video, which has now surpassed 16 million views on Youtube. The controversial rap-style poem provoked a plethora of video responses from Christians and atheists, and a few comical comebacks, like this one:
Classic false dichotomy
In a recent interview More…
