Category: Consistent ethic of life
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St Patrick; opposed slavery & upheld women
Nice short column in the Catholic League email today. The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one of the first leaders to champion the cause of equal rights. There is much to celebrate on March 17.…
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Anniversary of Dred Scott Decision
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the infamous Dred Scott decision, in which the Supreme Court exiled an entire class of people from the protection of the law. And the real predecessor of Roe v. Wade.
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Catholic Just War understanding and the Iran attack
Having carefully read four analyses (but I threw out the one from the magazine Commonweal since they will always just toe the Democrat Party line) it is very difficult to make a judgement. That was the consensus of the other three (from First Things, The Catholic Vote and the Pillar). I concur that it’s a…
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ND: Pro-abortion professor withdraws as institute director
Yay! A win for pro-life students. Hit the link for the whole story. Ostermann will not assume the directorship of an academic institute at the University of Notre Dame. Susan Ostermann, a researcher and professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, had been announced as the incoming director of the…
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ICE whistleblowers on deficient ICE training
Serious charges. Hit the link for the full article. The former official appeared with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who resigned this month from his job instructing new recruits came forward on Monday as a whistle-blower, describing what he said…
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Notre Dame students to lead protest against promotion of pro abortion faculty member
Good! See the article below the t shirt. In 2009 Brigid was arrested on the ND campus – she was protesting Obama’s being awarded an honorary law degree. I was in my office and Tim called me up and said “Mom’s on TV. She’s being arrested. I called her and her phone rang.” They must…
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New Archbishop of NY; Church is not a Country Club
Love the quote below the link. Lots more if you hit the link. “Today in the Gospel, Jesus gives us the Great Commission,” … “Go, and make disciples, baptize them in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And behold, God is with us always.” “This is a call to be a missionary Church, not a…
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Vatican approves Beatification of Fulton Sheen
Announced yesterday. Below the brief video is one of Sheen’s more famous quotes. And also,very nice coverage in the NY Times. Hit the link below for the NYT article. Here’s the NYT coverage including the miracle ascribed to him. The Vatican will allow an American archbishop, who was one of the best-known Catholic clergy of…
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Another stab in the back from Notre Dame
Not the first and no doubt won’t be the last. Quite a few years ago a professor there told me that the students were more prolife than the faculty. I know the largest Notre Dame campus club is the prolife club and Notre Dame always has a big turnout at the March for Life. Scroll…
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A few pictures from the March for Life
Just a sample – may post more or get them over to the currently being reconstituted LifeNet blog – part of the Hudson Valley Coalition for Life. These four young women were from Montana State University – quite a trip for them. They are staying over until Monday and since they are from Montana probably…