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Archbishop Chaput courageously articulates the challenge faced by Catholics in politics, especially with the upcoming election. Every Catholic needs to read his words before they vote to be fully informed. |
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Obama's Abortion Extremism |
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Sen. Barack Obama's views on life issues ranging from abortion to embryonic stem cell research mark him as not merely a pro-choice politician, but rather as the most extreme pro-abortion candidate to have ever run on a major party ticket. |
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Following the convention TCA conducted an updated survey of Catholic voters. Steve Wagner of QEV, the authority on the Catholic vote, surveyed Catholics after the conventions and the announcement of Sarah Palin, the results show McCain nears parity with Obama among Catholics. |
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Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes |
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Until recently, Matthew Figured, a Sunday school teacher at the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church here, could not decide which candidate to vote for in the presidential election. He had watched progressive Catholics work with the Democratic Party over the last four years to remind the faithful of the party’s support for Catholic teaching on the Iraq war, immigration, health care and even reducing abortion rates. But then his local bishop plunged into the fray, barring Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, from receiving communion in the area because of his support for abortion rights. (New York Times) |
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Pope in Paris recasts faith-culture debate |
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The Pope in Paris yesterday gave a speech which will be remembered as one of his most significant, not just because of its content – which has recast the current European thinking about freedom and faith – but because of its historic context. It was made just a few hours after a twice-divorced, lapsed Catholic president came together with a pope to tell the French people that the mindset behind the 1905 laws disestablishing religion and banning it from schools is, well, passé; and that secularism should stop shouting at religion and start listening to it. |
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To seek God and to let oneself be found by Him |
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Exactly two years after Regensburg, another grand discourse from Pope Benedict XVI to the intellectual world. In Paris, at the Collège des Bernardins, September 12, 2008. Here's the complete text. |
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Boys who never feel they have been accepted and affirmed by a male authority figure may spend the rest of their lives proving to themselves and others that they are worthy of approval, says author and teen-health expert Dr. Meg Meeker. Meeker, who has practiced pediatric and adolescent medicine, as well as teen counseling, is the author of “Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons,” from Regnery Publishing. She also wrote “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know.” |
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