On today’s episode of “The View,” Barbara Walters indirectly replied to the advertisement the Catholic League placed in the New York Times today. Coming back from a commercial break, she stated, “Listen, I have, we have been talking and I want to remind all of you that I am not responsible for anybody else’s views except mine.” Must [...]
The Barna Group has released the findings of its latest survey, this time matching Christians with those who have “no faith.” Most atheists and agnostics (56%) think radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam. The faithless, which comprises 9% percent of the population, are less likely than the faithful to volunteer, participate in community activities [...]
Realizing they didn’t have the votes to win, California lawmakers who wanted to legalize assisted suicide withdrew their bill yesterday. This is good news for everyone, save the advocates of a culture of death. The Catholic League not only objected to the bill, it blasted the anti-Catholic bigots associated with its promotion.
The New York Times is reporting today that a Japanese professor has found a way to make skin cells work like stem cells, it makes untenable the argument that we must pursue federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. All along there have been signs that the scientific community would soon make moot the need to [...]
Last night, the top three Democratic candidates for president, Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama, were questioned about their faith and how it affects their policy decisions. All three candidates are Christians, but only Edwards spoke of Jesus and Christianity. Obama and Clinton spoke of their “faith” and their “religion,” without [...]
It’s often said that statistics don’t lie, but they can paint a misleading picture if presented the right way—or, rather, the wrong way. For instance, a June 1 Associated Press article on faith and politics reported that Catholic voters “support legalized abortion in all or most circumstances by 53 percent to 43 percent, according to 2004 [...]
Christopher Hitchens, atheist author and journalist, appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” last night. On the same day of the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s death, Hitchens offered these descriptions of Falwell: “ugly little charlatan,” “horrible little person” and “evil.” Hitchens added to these insults in his exchange with Cooper: Cooper: Christopher, I’m not sure if you believe [...]
According to a Reuters story of May 14, “Outraged Indian leaders said on Monday they were offended by Pope Benedict’s ‘arrogant and disrespectful’ comments” regarding the indigenous people of the Americas becoming Christian. A quick look at the pope’s words, however, reveals such charges to be unfounded. The pontiff said: “From the encounter between that [Christian] [...]
On the front page of today’s paper, the New York Times offered the headline “In Large Immigrant Family, Religion Guided 3 Held in Fort Dix Plot” for an article about the men arrested for plotting a terror attack against soldiers in New Jersey. Inside the paper, another headline reads, “Suspects Are Described as Working People for Whom Religion [...]
When asked about the pope's comments regarding possible excommunication of Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, Senator Patrick Leahy (VT) had this to say: "I’ve always thought also that those bishops and archbishops who for decades hid pederasts and are now being protected by the Vatican should be indicted." If this is the new face of [...]
