Don Feder sets Newsweek straight on its article claiming that the Bible favors gay marriage in GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary: IN ARGUING FOR GAY MARRIAGE, NEWSWEEK SHOULD FORGET THE BIBLE, STAY WHERE IT’S BETTER ACQUAINTED
Deborah Lauter, national civil rights director for the ADL, says there is a difference between vandals who steal Baby Jesus from a nativity scene and vandals who steal the menorah: “If Baby Jesus is removed, it tends to be seen as a prank. Vandalism or theft of a menorah is just more sensitive. You feel like [...]
Jason Whitlock is a sports writer for the Kansas City Star. On the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, he decided to mock the Blessed Virgin Mary for no reason in his article, "Pass rusher would be answer to a prayer." In discussing the local football team's loss, he writes, "It's sort of like questioning Mary's [...]
Gazette.net reports that the 26th annual "Christmas Revels," a French-Canadian style celebration, will be held this month at George Washington University. The December 3 article on the website points out that the show focuses on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. "Despite 'Christmas' in the title, this is not a religious pageant, but rather an inclusive [...]
Lee Corso, a commentator on ESPN, has a problem with Notre Dame. On October 1, 2005, on the show "College GameDay," he made a mock sign of the cross and predicted that Purdue would "beat the Catholics." On November 29, 2008, he struck again on the same show. In discussing Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis' contract, he [...]
Catholics for Choice is a pro-abortion group that has been twice condemned by the U.S. bishops for being a fraud. They continue to mislead about the Church's teachings on abortion. In a recent letter to the editor of the New York Times, president Jon O'Brien wrote: "Catholic tradition requires Catholics to follow their own well-formed consciences even [...]
Nordstrom's Palm Beach Gardens location was selling a tee shirt, which featured an image that resembled Madonna and Child; the problem was that Mary was shown as a skeleton. Shopper Judy Carbo complained that this shirt was offensive to Catholics and Nordstrom removed the shirt from its store.
Rabbi Michael Lerner is asking his followers to write to the Vatican objecting to the pending excommunication of Father Roy Bourgeois, a priest who recently presided over the staged “ordination” of women who consider themselves to be priests. Lerner would do well to mind his own business. This is not the first time that Lerner has [...]
On November 6, Cardinal Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said that Jewish groups who recently depicted Pope Pius XII as being “indifferent to the fate of the victims of Nazism” were “outrageous.” They are also profoundly ignorant of history and guilty of scapegoating.
The videos depicting various desecrations of the Eucharist by the person calling himself 'fsmdude' have been removed from YouTube. Over forty videos were voluntarily taken down by 'fsmdude'. He did this after YouTube responded to the Catholic League's demand for action by age-gating his videos and placing a warning on the website for those trying to access his videos.
