It took a lot of guts for President Obama to publicly reverse campaign promises at his 100 days press conference and tell the pro-abortion crowd that “I think that those who are pro-choice make a mistake when they…suggest that…

Matthew Tsakanikas - who has written 21 posts on Catholic Exchange.
Posted on 05 May 2009
It took a lot of guts for President Obama to publicly reverse campaign promises at his 100 days press conference and tell the pro-abortion crowd that “I think that those who are pro-choice make a mistake when they…suggest that…
Posted on 09 March 2009
Obviously, American citizens didn’t take Obama seriously when he himself admitted that the question of when human life begins was “above my pay grade.” Then again, maybe American citizens didn’t care that Obama was so “cavalier”. However,…
Posted on 17 February 2009
In Part One we looked at the Judeo-Christian concepts of virtue that formed the moral civic glue of the American republic at its founding. Since Mr. Obama is partial to the American philosophy of pragmatism… let’s drop…
Posted on 16 February 2009
“Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age” President Obama’s Inaugural Address. …
Posted on 21 October 2008
“‘Women are already serving in combat [in Iraq and Afghanistan] and the current policy should be updated to reflect realities on the ground,’ said Wendy Morigi, Sen. Obama’s national security spokeswoman. ‘Barack Obama would consult with military commanders to review…
Posted on 11 October 2008
“From the beginning” (cf. Matthew 19:8) of the first book of the Bible, human fulfillment is presented as being realized when a man sees in woman a true and equal partner with whom he can share his life and total…
Posted on 23 February 2008
The recent history of Mariology has not always been told and so the recent reinvigoration of the movement for a 5th Marian Dogma by the group of five Cardinals remains a curiosity to some. Others believe the movement should be…
Posted on 08 December 2007
Several years before becoming Pope, Cardinal Ratzinger published two candid interviews with Peter Seewald. The first was entitled Salt of the Earth and the second was entitled God and the World. The second interview was published in German in the…
Posted on 15 August 2007
The Second Vatican Council only promulgated two dogmatic constitutions: Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) and Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church). Stating this is not meant to downplay the other constitutions and documents of the council. Rather,…
Posted on 02 May 2007
Only a New Age heretic would attempt to pervert Christianity with such a question, right? After all, was not the sin of Adam and Eve that they wanted to become God or gods? For Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, editor of the…