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If you’ve been following along with my A to Z posts, you might have noticed I skipped right over the letter K. Here’s the thing. I was ready to publish a post about kenosis and kerygma (sounds like a barn burner, no?), but I just couldn’t shake a different K-word. Kermit, as in Kermit Gosnell, the doctor currently on trial in Philadelphia for first and third-degree murders. . . . → Read More: The K-Word I Just Can’t Shake 
“Choose Life” license plates available to purchase. How could we ‘vanitize’ one? . . . → Read More: A Vanity Pro-Life License Plate? 
“We shouldn’t treat unequal issues as if they are equal.“ Congratulations to last week’s giveaway winner Rick Garland! Enter to win a your own copy of Indivisible! Simply leave a comment here. Next Wednesday, August 1, we will randomly select this week’s winner. Giveaway sponsored by The Maximus Group. You also can buy Indivisible from Ignatius Press (with Voting Guidelines for Catholics bonus CD). This is the fourth installment from our interview with Dr. Jay Richards; click the links below to read the previous ones: Law, Liberty, and Freedom (July 4) Morality and Economics (July 11) Natural Law and Reason (July 18) As we ramp up toward the presidential election . . . → Read More: Indivisible: Jay Richards on Right to Life and Social Justice Well-intentioned axiom has out-lived its usefulness, should be retired. We’ve all been there. You’re way behind on laundry so you dig deep into your closet, rummaging through clothing you haven’t worn in years. Amid all the outmoded items you find what appears to be a gem, something you used to wear all the time. Okay, it is a bit outdated. “But that just makes it funky, retro hip,” you say to yourself. As you put it on, it feels kind of awkward, but you tell yourself that’s precisely how it’s supposed to fit. One look in the mirror and you’re convinced. “This is going to be awesome!” And with that final . . . → Read More: Reconsidering the Seamless Garment  5 comments  Culture, Faith, Schmidt, Joel  abortion, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catholic, Donum Vitae, Eileen Eagan, Fordham Univeristy, Fr. Richard Rohr, Goodwill, Homeless, Human Dignity, Hungry, Jesus, Joe Biden, John 19:23, John Kerry, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Kathleen Sebelius, Law, legislation, love, Michael Uhlmann, Moral Authority, Nancy Pelosi, Prolife, Right to Life, Rights, Scandal, Seamless Garment, Sexual Morality, sin, Social Justice, St. Louis University, The Catholic Thing, The Center for Action and Contemplation, Truth, Unborn, Womb Obama administration empowers dissident Catholics to represent the Church, tries to shift conversation from religious freedom to contraception. EWTN's Teresa Tomeo interviews NY Archbishop Dolan at 2012 March for Life “Click, click.” Did you hear that? It’s the sound of the Obama administration taking aim at the Catholic Church. I’m sure there are some who disagree with me, who want me to just relax and stop with the conspiracy theory nonsense. I won’t. According to Fr. Jesus Urteaga, “If we love truth, we must learn to defend it against all attack.” Make no mistake; we are most definitely being attacked. The Obama administration has declared war on religious freedom, . . . → Read More: Catholic Church in the Crosshairs 4 comments Culture, Schmidt, Joel abortion, Catholic Church, Contraception, Department of Justice, Ethics, Fellowship of Catholic University Students, First Amendment, FOCUS, Joe Biden, Kathleen Sebelius, Nancy Pelosi, Natural Family Planning, NFP, Notre Dame, Obama Administration, Obammunism, One-Child Policy, Planned Parenthood, Prolife, Reconciliation, The Family Plan, Tim Murphy, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, University of Texas, US Constitution, White House, Women's Health, Women's Rights “With all the problems in this world, with the economy, with terrorism, with our country being sold to China, with Iran possibly becoming a nuclear power, with all these things, why is [the Obama administration] so obsessed on reproductive services? When did reproductive services become the national cry of our nation? When did it become more important than the Bill of Rights, more important than the Constitution? We [the Catholic Church] are the one voice that speaks out clearly to this culture of death that abortion is wrong…and now we will be forced to actually pay for someone to have an abortion…We cannot and . . . → Read More: President Obama: Let Us Be Catholic Leave a comment Culture, Current Events, Schmidt, Lisa abortion, Catholic, Catholic Church, conscience, Contraception, education, Faith, Fr. Maletta, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Rights, legislation, morally repugnant actions, morals, murder, Obamacare, president, President Obama, Prolife, social services, St. John Indiana, St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, sterilization, Truth 
The desire to have a family leaves couple stranded with a moral dilemma Editor’s Note: In 1987 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, under the direction of Pope Blessed John Paul II and prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), issued a document known as Donum Vitae (“The Gift of Life”). It teaches that if a given medical intervention replaces the marriage act in order to engender life, it is not moral. One such reproductive technology, which the Church has clearly and unequivocally judged to be immoral, is in vitro fertilization (IVF). Read more from the USCCB at Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology. . . . → Read More: One Couple’s Story: The Moral Shipwreck of In Vitro Fertilization 10 comments Culture, Family Life, Guest Contributors Donum Vitae, Embryos, In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, Joseph Ratzinger, Marital Embrace, Marriage, Marriage Act, Morality, National Catholic Bioethics Center, Pontifical Academy for Life, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Prolife, Religion, Science, The Gift of Life, Vatican, Vocation of Marriage Joel and I often say that the “attitude” of this blog embodies what a practicing Catholic ought to be — intentionally, joyfully, and faithfully Catholic all the time. Our blog posts attempt to be the antidote to the perception that piety is boring or that the Church is filled with “sour-faced saints,” as St. Teresa of Avila warns us of becoming. The recent Health & Human Services’ mandate that orders almost every employer and insurer in the United States to provide sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs, has resulted in so much debate across the country. I have seen quite enough sour-faced Catholics arguing for AND against this issue. So lately I . . . → Read More: Save Us from Sour-Faced Catholics & Silent Priests Emilio Estevez cites family, spirituality, and pro-life values as motivators. Read on to learn more and enter to win a copy of The Way now out on DVD/Blu-Ray. Quick, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Emilio Estevez? Brat Pack? The Breakfast Club, Young Guns, or The Mighty Ducks? How about Martin Sheen, acting family, or Hollywood royalty? Think unconventional. Consider that from his very beginning in the film industry, Emilio wanted to make his own way, keeping his given name rather than adopting the stage name of his famous father, Martin Sheen. Sure, he has often worked with other members of the famed . . . → Read More: Emilio’s Way 28 comments Schmidt, Joel, Schmidt, Lisa el Camino de Santiago, Emilio Estevez, Faith, Film, France, Galego, Galicia, God, Hollywood, James son of Zebedee, Martin Sheen, Movie, Pilgrimage, Prolife, Pyrenees, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Spirituality, St. James the Apostle, The Breakfast Club, The Mighty Ducks, Unborn, Young Guns The 40 Days for Life campaign begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22, in 258 locations in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and Spain. See the list of locations to get involved in the campaign nearest you! |
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