Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast Disinvites Stupak from Event

Yesterday I alerted you to a planned honoring of Bart Stupak by the above-named organization.  I went to their website and was happy to see that they have rescinded their invitation to Bart Stupak. 

Their contact information is on that webpage.  Please thank them for their actions.  I truly hope that such measures will cause the Stupaks and Keehans of the Church to take serious stock of their current directions and to stop capitulating to powers-that-be (see the Real Catholic video below).

"Tax Day" Tea Party in Washington DC - April 15th!

Put this on your calendars!  Freedomworks Foundation will host a 2010 Tax Day Tea Party this April 15th, from 6:00pm till 9:30pm.  It will be on the Washington Monument grounds.   Click here for more information and other events.

We Have No King But.......

This clip from Real Catholic TV gives a brief definition of the role of civil government.  Michael Voris rightly decries those who look to government to solve their problems, and he also states that it's mostly left-wingers who do so.  I'll take that a step further by illustrating why I believe that liberalism and atheism feed each other.  The atheist claims there is no God.  However, such a claim violates his very nature, as we all recognize a need for God, be that need conscious or unconscious.  Nature abhors a vacuum.  So what, then, becomes the god of the atheist?  Well, there are the usual suspects: money, pleasure, comfort, convenience - but there's another choice of false deity - government!   I truly believe that is why so many atheists are lovers of Big Government and haters of the One True God.



"Too many Catholics look to the State to solve problems that the Church should be solving."  That does describe the modus operandi of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Let us learn the principle of subsidiarity.  Let us learn why Pope Pius XI condemned socialism.  Let such knowledge govern our votes this coming November.

A note to left-wing lawyers regarding my previous sentence.  We are NOT a "501(c)" anything!  Among other things, there are no muzzles upon what we can say, be it political, partisan or whatever.  So stop salivating, now!  There is no lawsuit fodder here!

November 2010 Election Theme Song! Enjoy!

Bart Stupak to Be Honored at Illinois Catholic Breakfast?

The Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast is scheduled for Friday, April 30th.  Bart Stupak is slated to be the keynote speaker.  Read the details here.  As was the case with the John Carroll Society, we believe this arrangement was made long before the Hell Bill vote on March 21, when Bart Stupak betrayed his faith, his constituents and the unborn babies to lead his contingent to put the Hell Bill over the number it needed for passage.

Again, it is up to us, the laity, to inform the Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast that they should cancel Bart Stupak's appearance.  He no longer deserves to be celebrated at any Catholic function.  Contact information for the Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast is in the article.  Again, please be very polite and informative in your approach.

Baltimore Archdiocese Suing the City Over Its Pregnancy Center Strangulation Bill

On Monday, March 28, the Archdiocese of Baltimore filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Baltimore, rightly claiming that the regulation of pro-life pregnancy centers violates the rights of church members to freedom of speech and religion.  The Archdiocese is doing the proper and courageous thing.  I urge all to read the Baltimore Sun article.

Of course Planned Parenthood would voice "disappointment" with the lawsuit, since they stand to gain financially through the blood of more babies.  We hope that the Archdiocese of Washington will find the courage to do something similar and to take on Montgomery County for its onorous regulations against pro-life pregnancy centers.

GOP! Clean Up Your Act - NOW!

During the whole debacle with the Hell Bill these past two weeks, I was beginning to believe that Republicans had found their moral compass.  Silly me!  We read from Newsmax that the Republican Central Committee spent almost $2000 at a morally decadent night club.  Moreover, the chair of the RNC, Michael Steele (who was once MD's lieutenant governor), has come under fire for his expenditure decisions.

Whoever authorized that sex-club jaunt and/or participated in it needs to be fired pronto.  Ladies and gentlemen, the USA is in deep trouble, largely because of such shenanigans as this.  Many of us are praying for God's mercy and that He will bless us.  However, in order for that to happen, we must repent of our sinful ways (particularly the sins against God and sexuality) and make very certain we don't fall into them again.

The GOP wonks had better take seriously the primacy of spiritual renewal over economy, defense, etc, lest it find itself no better than the Democrats.  Right now, the idea of a third-party is looking very plausible.  Hint: read 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Another Leftwing Feeding Frenzy Against the Church

Now that they have successfully shilled for the Hell Bill, the liberal wonks are seeking another left-wing cause to justify their pitiful existence.  Not having found anything new, they must drag out an old "cause celebre".  Of course, I refer to the recent calls for Pope Benedict to resign for alleged roles in the clergy sex scandals and calls to drag the Vatican into civil court.

We read from the Washington Post that federal appeals courts in Oregon and Kentucky are allowing sexual abuse lawsuits to proceed against the Vatican.  We read that "in the Oregon case, lawyers are arguing that priests around the world are 'employees' of the pope for whom he is responsible."   Now look at the end of the article.  I'll quote the whole thing.  "The Kentucky case involves three victims who alleged they were abused by three different priests between the 1920s and 1970s. The Oregon case involves a victim who was allegedly abused in 1965 by a priest who was moved from Ireland to Chicago to Portland -- and who was accused of abusing along the way."  The last time I checked, the year that we're in is 2010.  So we're talking of cases that happened between 40-90 years ago.  Ladies and gentlemen, do we now see the reasons why there are statutes of limitations?  I do not mean to take away from the horror of sexual abuse, but in all our justifiable outrage against such offenses, we must remember due process.  We must remember that the accused have rights, too.  We presume innocence until guilt is proved, not the other way around.  There are also reasons why the burden of proof is on the accusor.  The prime reason is that it is often difficult, if not impossible, to definitively prove a negative.  How on earth does one try a case for a crime that allegedly happened 90 years ago?  Chances are the alleged perpetrator has long since met his Maker.  What does this become, then, but a thinly-disguised attempt to pick the pockets of the Church?

Then we read another Post article from Friday entitled "Clergy Abuse Threatens to Tarnish Pope's Legacy."  May I venture a translation, from "mainstream-mass-media-ese" to plain English?  The headlines might probably read, "We're Doing Our Damndest to Make Sure that Clergy Abuse Tarnishes Pope's Legacy."  The Post blathers on and on about how the Pope is losing popularity.  Boys and girls, can we all say "Power of Suggestion?"

I came late into this squabble, and many of my colleagues have already written good pieces.  So as not to "reinvent the wheel" as it were, I refer you now to them.  Here's one from Scotland.  Now read some remarks made by Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York in a Palm Sunday homily.  Here's one from Catholic Vote Action.  We'll post as we see more.

Time for a Laugh!

It's Official! Sr Keehan NOT Putrifying the John Carroll Society Dinner!

As you can see at the bottom of the revised announcement to the right, Sister Carol Keehan will NOT be at the John Carroll Society Annual Dinner, contrary to prior plans.  We commend the John Carroll Society for this prudent decision and suggest that you contact them to thank them for standing beside the bishops, the Church and the babies who are threatened by this monstrosity that Sister Carol helped to inflict upon us all.

Once again, here is the contact information for the John Carroll Society.

We thank you for your calls and emails that undoubtedly informed the John Carroll Society.