I have nothing but contempt for Planned Parenthood and all that it stands for. Not that I believe every person associated with the abortion giant is evil—some are simply misguided and need our prayers (and, praise Jesus, Abby Johnson has converted to the pro-life movement)—but Planned Parenthood's agenda is definitely evil.
Planned Parenthood's predator problem
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Quo vadis, Marquette University (and the majority of Catholic schools, for that matter)?
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First, I'd like to ask my readers to pray for the repose of the souls of (as well as the families of) pro-life activists Daniel T. Zanoza and Mary Jo Heiland. Both died recently of natural causes at the ages of 56 and 75, respectively. Requiescant in pace.
The pope and ‘condom-mania’
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The news about Pope Benedict's latest remarks on condom use has indeed caused a stir, but it's really not what I'd consider a major story. Notice he did not say that it's OK to practice contraception. Now that would be a major story. (It won't happen, of course.)
TIME, New York Times belittle Catholic teaching, crisis pregnancy centers, respectively
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Two related news items that will shock absolutely no one…
Helping the church and society protect children
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Thomas R. Hampson, an Illinois licensed private investigator and founder of the newly-formed Truth Alliance Foundation, is determined to expose corruption, particularly in the church, but even in society at large.
Mel Gibson's (and my) demons
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Mel Gibson's demons are my demons and my demons are Mel's demons. Well, sort of. Allow me to explain.
‘The Impact of Homosexual Parenting’
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I recently had the pleasure of having a lengthy telephone conversation with Dawn Stefanowicz, author of the book Out from Under: The Impact of Homosexual Parenting.
The media appreciate dissident Catholics, just not the Church
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Leave it to most in the leftist secular media to make themselves the Catholic Church's public enemy number one. Not the enemy of all Catholics, mind you—Catholic Democrats (or perhaps I should say "Democrat-Catholics") in Congress and their Catholic supporters are the only Catholics most in the leftist secular media seem to appreciate—just the Magisterium of the Church.
A tale of two Catholic churches
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As a practicing Catholic, it's getting very, very difficult not to be cynical about what's going on in the Church today. And I'm not just talking about the possible $3 billion price tag of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the U.S. alone. That's sickening enough, and my regular readers know I've been covering various aspects (some of them quite sordid) of the crisis for several years now.
12 years later: the Father Alfred Kunz (unsolved) murder
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Father Alfred Kunz's life came to a tragic end either late March 3 or very early March 4, 1998. His body was discovered the morning of March 4, the victim of a homicide (his throat had been cut).