Today’s Electoral Map Not Looking Good for Obama’s Children of the Future 12

When you look up in the sky and can’t distinguish the debris in the air from storm-tossed little birds, you know it’s about to get ugly.

The electoral map this morning was even less reassuring.

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Why Is It Okay for an Atheist to Cry “Religious Discrimination”? 28

I don’t debate atheists often, but when I do, I have to ask…

How can you say you are against religion and attack it in so many ways, and then claim atheism as your religion?

For instance, did you know that Richard Dawkins filed a suit for religious discrimination after one of his book signing events was cancelled? More…

Was Vatican II a Break from the Past? 6

The problem with asserting that Vatican II was a break from the past implies, for some people, a ruptured Magisterium.

Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of ecclesiology at the Seminary in Ecône, frames the problem in terms of a false dilemma:  More…

How Low Can You Go, Mr President? 35

Are they really that desperate?

In an attempt to attract young women voters, the Obama campaign released a video that compares voting (for Obama) to having sex for the first time. More…

Some People, You Just Can’t Reach… 31

And your point is that….?

As self-explanatory as this meme is, I suppose my decision to share it here deserves some explanation.  More…

Clark Kent quits his job at the Daily Planet to become a blogger! 15

That was not a joke. You can read all about Super-Blogger here, and then ask yourself, does he really have what it takes to be a Super Blogger? I’ll have more to say about that later.

But first, the real reason I called this meeting today: It’s the Super-Blog-A-Thon!

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The Undiscussed “Swing” Issue in the Foreign Policy Debate 15

Lucinda wept, “El doctor me dijo que yo no podría tener más hijos.”

I translated, “The doctor told her she wasn’t allowed to have any more children.”

It was the seventh time I heard those words that day. More…

Challenges for a Catholic Doctor in the Changing World 14

Fr Joseph Tham, LC, MD, PhD

In this article, I will discuss four challenges that Catholic doctors face in the world today:

1) The secular and Catholic divide that gives rise to two contrasting visions of bioethics: the secular vision based on utilitarianism and materialism, whereas the Catholic vision is based on natural law and human dignity; 2) This divide is most evident in beginning of life issues, on the moral status of the human embryo More…

JP II — Santo Subito! 2

See you in Heaven!

It’s official!

Blessed John Paul II will be added to the Church’s liturgical calendar for dioceses in the United States on October 22 🙂 !!! More…