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by Kenneth D. Whitehead (Catalyst 4/04) Many of the attacks on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" should have been expected. They have mostly come from secular liberals who have already manifested their hostility to Christianity in the public life of the United States. As some wag noted almost as soon as the movie was [...]
By Kenneth D. Whitehead Many of the attacks on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" should have been expected. They have mostly come from secular liberals who have already manifested their hostility to Christianity in the public life of the United States. As some wag noted almost as soon as the movie was announced: "If [...]
January Clayboys, a Canadian business that specializes in homosexual greeting cards, produced one called, "Yoga. Anywhere. Anytime." The accompanying picture is of Jesus on the Cross with his feet in a yoga position; another card showed a man dressed as the Blessed Mother with the caption, "Our Lady of the Cross dressers"; and another included the [...]
Hoboken, NJ - The greeting card company Noble Works publishes a series of cards under the title "Extra." Some include a choir boy saying, "See Father; I've been practicing like you said I should, and I can get my mouth open really wide." The punch line is, "Ready for your surprise?" Another is a picture of Jesus [...]
Movies January The movie "Boondock Saints" portrayed two Irish Catholic twins who decide to go on a killing spree after hearing a sermon at Mass. The sermon is about the results of good men doing nothing to stop evil. The film contains extensive use of Catholic imagery including oversized crucifixes worn by the main characters during [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by Father Benedict Groeschel in the National Catholic Register regarding the sexual abuse of minors: A quarter century ago, Father Groeschel and seven other priests broke away from a religious community to found the Franciscan Friars of Renewal. His service to the Church over the past half-century [...]
Recently, Bill Donohue saw an article on a British website, The Conversation, that was critical of the Church. Initially he did not respond, but decided to after learning it was picked up by Newsweek and was posted on the front page of Yahoo. The author, Brendan Canavan, teaches marketing in England. He sought to account for [...]
Two ABC affiliates, WABC in New York and WCVB in Boston, have admitted that they ran unauthorized ads for the ABC show, "Nothing Sacred." On September 25, WABC-TV ran an ad for Chrysler-Plymouth that was never ordered by the auto manufacturer's ad agency, Bozell. On September 18, WCVB-TV ran an ad for Star Market that was [...]
