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7 Quick Takes Friday
1. The editors of First Things like to quote their late founder, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, on the nature of public life. “The first thing to be said about public life is that it is not the first...
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“Look out, Cecile, here comes the Catholic Church.”
That would be Cecile Richards, the current head of Planned Parenthood. The speaker is Fr. John Hollowell. With all the things that cause me worry about the priesthood and its future, people like Fr....
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Small way to speak up
I just saw this on EWTN’s World Over (weekly news show). Wonder why no women are speaking against the pro-abortion, pro-contraception noise going on lately? Well, we are and, of course, it isn’t...
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Not an ending, but a new beginning
At long last, Chen Guangcheng and his immediate family are safe in America. The Chinese government, of course, has now sentenced his nephew to death for defending his family during a nighttime raid by...
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My country…
“My country, right or wrong,” is a thing no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, “My mother, drunk or sober.” — G.K. Chesterton Congress shall make no law...
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HHS mandate, part 2
I have an irrate commenter who is very good at verbosely rattling off President Obama’s talking points. In short: nobody is forcing religious employers to pay for contraceptives; the insurance...
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Religious Freedom Rally: June 8!
Threats against life and against the consciences of those who say “yes” to life must be met with timely and unwavering action, in our families and institutions, and, yes, in the public square. -...
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Where we have failed
(This was set aside in the “draft” folder for almost two years, presented tonight because I still haven’t gotten around to writing up my notes on the homeschooling conference. And I’m a bit obsessive...
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Losing Heart
I am sitting here, listening to yet another pounding rain, watching election returns. I have been praying for weeks that God would please not give us what we deserve, which would be another four years...
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History, Again and Again
(I’m cleaning out the drafts tonight. The beginnings of this were written a year ago. Funny how things continue to repeat… and those shrugged off as “doom and gloom” types continue to be right. “Oh,...
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