O GOD OUR CREATOR,
from your provident hand we have received
our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
You have called us as your people and given us
the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God,
and your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, More…
Tag Archives: religious expression
The New Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 15
John Becker of the Huffington Post writes:
Is it just me, or does it sometimes feel like there’s a new story about anti-LGBT spiritual bullying from the Catholic Church coming out every single day?
It’s not just you, John. You’re definitely not the only bully in town. More…
“The Immorality of Birth Control Is No Longer a Teaching of the Catholic Church?” Reply
Notre Dame Philosophy Professor Gary Gutting stated in a New York Times op ed that “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”
“It may be objected,” Gutting wrote, “that, regardless of what individual Catholics think, the bishops in fact exercise effective control over the church. This is true in many respects, but only to the extent that members of the church accept their authority. Stalin’s alleged query about papal authority More…
Politics from the Pulpit: Will the HHS Put an End to Catholic Charities? 2
What if Catholic charities ceased to exist in this country?
If the government does not rescind the HHS Mandate, it is conceivable that the Church would be forced to shut down universities and hospitals many Catholic health services that provide affordable healthcare to thousands of Americans would likely follow suit.
How could the government allow that to happen? More…
Rescind the HHS Dept. Mandate Requiring Catholic Employers to Provide Contraceptives/Abortifacients to Their Employees 3
Follow this link to sign the petition asking the White House to Rescind the HHS Dept. Mandate Requiring Catholic Employers to Provide Contraceptives/Abortifacients to Their Employees.
Fr Frank Pavone on HSS Mandate and Violating our Conscience 1
Letter from Archbishop Wilton Gregory on the U.S. HHS Announcement Last Week 2
Letter from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory
To Be Read at all Masses in Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta
During the Weekend of January 28 – 29, 2012
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I am writing to you on a matter of grave moral concern — freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. 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…
“Signs of the Times…” A Timely Warning from Our Pope 1
“When a culture attempts to suppress the dimension of ultimate mystery, and to close the doors to transcendent truth, it inevitably becomes impoverished and falls prey, as the late John Paul II so clearly saw, to reductionist and totalitarian readings of the human person and the nature of society.” – Pope Benedict XVI
In his recent address to the bishops of the United States of America on their “Ad Limina” visit, His Holiness, Benedict XIV observed that: More…
A Different Kind of Possession 1
Despite unflattering reviews, movie goers made “The Devil Inside” the number one movie at the box office last month. Rotten Tomatoes More…
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