In what can only be interpreted as a direct challenge to America’s Catholic bishops, Georgetown University has announced that “pro-choice” Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and lead architect of the Obama administration’s assault on religious freedom through the HHS contraception mandate, has been invited to speak at one of Georgetown’s several graduation ceremonies. More…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Pro-Life Laws Reduce Teen Suicide Rates up to 21% 4
Pro-Life in More Ways Than One
Pro-Life: protecting young lives
Recent studies show that pro-life laws save many young lives, born and unborn. More…
Canada’s March for Life highlights growing voice of pro-life youth :: EWTN News 2
As thousands of Canadians prepare for the May 10 National March for Life, organizers say the message of human rights for the unborn is making an impact on the country’s youth.
See on www.ewtnnews.com – See on Scoop.it
Here’s Something You Did Not Know about the Pietà 2
I had no idea that Michelangelo’s Pietà came to the United States:
You have to go to Rome to see the original Pietà. But if you can’t make it that far, there are two exact replicas New York City.
If you can’t make it to New York, Here are some photos… More…
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It’s obvious why. Besides, Georgetown has been a Catholic university in name only for quite a few years now, and it should hardly be considered “according to the Catholic tradition,” at this point. So, outrage, Yes. Surprise, not really.
What many people don’t realize is that Georgetown is arguably not even a Jesuit school any more, because ever since 2001 the university’s president has been a lay man (John DeGioia), not a Jesuit.
It is certainly not a good thing that G-Town invited Sebelius to speak at their commencement, especially given the climate between the Catholic Church in the United States and the and the administration in Washington, to which Sebelius belongs. Moreover, it is hard to see their behavior as anything but an insult, given Sebelius’s part in orchestrating the HHS Mandate, that sparked the current tensions between the government and the Church. However, it is a good thing Catholics should be disappointed, to say the least, over Georgetown University’s pitiful decision to invite the HHS Secretary to speak at this moment. I personally do not think this state of affairs does anything to help Katherine Sebelius or the Obama administration right now; it only fules the fire (regarding the outrage, I ought to add, it comes better late than never… see video).
Please, be sure to sign the Cardinal Newman Society’s petition to have Georgetown University rescind their invitation to Sebelius. Thank you!
Princeton University Professor Robert George is taken aback by Georgetown University’s invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. But he writes at The Mirror of Justice blog that he understands exactly why they did it.
[Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius – sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com]
The left-liberals who run the show at Georgetown have found a way to signal to the world that the nation’s oldest Catholic, and most famous Jesuit, university stands with the Obama administration in its war (to use, if I recall correctly, Kathleen Sebelius’s own word) against the Catholic bishops and others who oppose the HHS mandate as a violation of religious freedom and the rights of conscience (you know, the enemies of women’s “reproductive health”). By honoring Secretary Sebelius, they can help to undermine the bishops’ credibility and blunt the force of their witness as leaders of the Catholic church. I get it…
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“The Reproductive Life of Julia” | Jill Stanek Reply
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Must Read! Must Share!!! Jill Stanek utterly dissects the fallacies of Obama’s appeal to women voters, and shows why they should be insulted by this type of proposal.
Starting here… –>
Last week the Obama campaign unveiled a slideshow entitled, “The Life of Julia,” which was intended to show how much Obama, via the American taxpayer, has done and plans to do for women.
An honest feminist would be insulted by “The Life of Julia,” because…
See on www.jillstanek.com
Caravaggio’s “Doubting Thomas” Reply
Faith builds on experience and gives it deeper meaning…
An art reflection from one of my students. The original article includes the painting, which did not appear in this reblogged post.
Human Rights Violations in China: Forced Abortions, Sterilization, and… The Unspeakable Reply
The following video only begins to tell the gruesome tale:
Bearing Fruit for Christ’s Kingdom 1
Well stated, as always, Fr John!
Also, from Fr John Bartunek:
Straight Talk about Contraception
“Others may have their wealth, may drink out of jeweled cups, be clad in silks, enjoy popular applause, find it impossible to exhaust their wealth by dissipating it in pleasures of all kinds, but our delight is to meditate on the Law of the Lord day and night…” – St. Jerome
By Father Bartunek
From Catholic Spiritual Direction
John 15:1-8: ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. You are pruned already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. Make your home in me, as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the…
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Plant Personhood? Nuts! Now They’re Saying That Peas Are People Too! 14
You can’t make this stuff up.
Imagine living in fear and uncertainty under the imminent threat that this could happen to you:
Whirled Peas – no pun intended
According to a recent scientific study, peas, that’s right, peas, live in communities, communicate with each other, have memories, and feel stress; therefore, we need to open the discussion concerning the ethical treatment of vegetables. More…
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