The Church Was Right on Birth Control
Posted by DariaSockey in News on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:18 PM
It’s been a good week to be a believing Catholic in the United States. Tumultuous, but good. It’s a cause of legitimate pride to see our Bishops taking a bold stand against the HHS contraception sterilization mandate. It’s been gratifying to see so many non-Catholics joining us in protest. Whatever they think of the Church’s teaching on contraception—and we can assume most of them disagree with it—they... READ MORE
Race for the Cure Drops Planned Parenthood—Updated
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:36 PM
Note: see bottom of this post for an update
The Susan G. Komen foundation is cutting ties with Planned Parenthood—at least for now.
The severance has not been announced publicly, and officially at least is not a repudiation of Planned Parenthood.
Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cutoff results from the charity’s newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation... READ MORE
The Accessible Pope
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
I sometimes hear from people who say they’d like to read Pope Benedict more, but they’re afraid he’s too difficult for them.
Here’s a bit of useless information to encourage them.
You need only the reading level of a 16-year-old to follow his typical homilies.
With that to spur us, here’s a recent papal document of interest:
In his Message for World Communications Day, His Holiness reflects on... READ MORE
Some Go To Sing & Shout
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:18 PM
It may have been rainy and cold at the March for Life yesterday, but there was such warmth and fire in the crowd.
Part of that fire was stoked by Msgr. Charles Pope’s homily for the huge Youth Rally the Archdiocese of Washington put on prior to the March.
It’s worth listening to at the link: Msgr. Pope’s an engaging preacher, and his bare-bones text doesn’t convey the spirit of the thing at all.... READ MORE
Smart Motivation
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:00 PM
When Camilla was little, a friend told me she’d read (in the book NurtureShock) that research showed that telling children “you’re so smart!” is counterproductive, and ends up undermining achievement as kids learn to overestimate their own abilities while also failing to develop the real confidence necessary to take risks.
Interested, I asked my super-intelligent, lifelong high-achieving sister what... READ MORE
The Pope Has A Mission For Us
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, January 20, 2012 2:38 PM
It’s not often you get a message tailor-made for you from the Pope.
So it was with relish I read the Holy Father’s words to the bishops of Maryland (DC, Baltimore & Military Services) on their ad limina visit to Rome this week.
The bulk of his talk was about protection of religious liberty, and why Catholic concerns aren’t merely parochial, but ordered towards the defense of human dignity for all.... READ MORE
Will You March?
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:14 PM
This morning for my segment on the Son Rise Morning Show, host Brian Patrick and I discussed social media coverage of next Monday’s upcoming March for Life in Washington D.C. The topic interests me greatly, since I’ve never been able to actually attend the March. In recent years, I have found that by following selected friends on Facebook and Twitter, I can get a sense of what it must be like in that... READ MORE
Not Helping!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:00 PM
I doubt this audience needs any persuading that women can do better than abortion, but here is some grim evidence anyway.
This is the advice Fund Abortion Now is giving women about how to pay for their abortions.
Some of it is sensible economizing.
Some of it is desperate measures anyone truly poor might take to cover an unexpected expense (pawning goods, volunteering for medical experiments).
But... READ MORE
Dr. King & Turning The Other Cheek
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, January 16, 2012 6:58 PM
Though it’s late in the day, I wanted to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and I couldn’t do better than this short presentation from Fr. Barron.
He works it all in: King’s Christian commitment; his “re-founding” of America by recalling it to the principles of the Declaration; his magnificent oratory.
In particular I call your attention to his teaching on what “turn the other cheek” means.
It is not a call to let wickedness run roughshod over us, but on the contrary, a summons to stiff spines and firm endurance: “that wickedness shall not stand on my watch.”
Watch and enjoy!
And on this holiday in his honor, may we forgive Dr. King his failings and have a measure of his strength and courage in the moral battles of our generation.
Catholic School Closings
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Monday, January 16, 2012 11:29 AM
I’ve been watching and praying for the situation in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where a Blue Ribbon Commission on Catholic Education recently issued a report which will result in the closing and consolidation of many of the Archdiocese’s Catholic schools.
This morning, I spent some time reading Archbishop Chaput’s message following up on the commission’s recommendations and the response the... READ MORE
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