Culture

ACN Helps Flood Victims in Pakistan

by ACN-USA News August 10, 2010

Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing emergency help to victims of the floods in Pakistan.
The interim relief package will be sent to religious Sisters coordinating aid programs in the northern town of Nowshera, one…

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Let the People Decide

by ACN-USA News August 7, 2010

The bishops of Sudan have issued an official statement warning that the country could return to widespread violence unless political leaders speed up preparation work ahead of the all-important referendum on the future of the south.
At the end of…

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Newsweek, Still Devolving

by L. Brent Bozell August 7, 2010

There’s something oddly funny about the cluelessness of liberal media companies when their ratings fall or their subscriptions collapse. They just refuse to admit, even consider that the business problem could be (at least in part) their own incessant liberal…

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The Tragedy of Anne Rice

by Catholic League August 7, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on writer Anne Rice’s decision to quit Christianity while still professing a belief in Christ:
Anne Rice started as a believing Catholic; then she quit the Church; then she rejoined the Church; now she…

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When They Dropped the Bomb: Remembering August 1945

by Dr. Paul Kengor August 6, 2010

This week marks 65 years since the United States dropped the atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945, President Harry Truman delivered a “rain of ruin” upon Hiroshima, Japan, with Nagasaki hit three days later, killing 100,000 to 200,000.
Truman’s objective…

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Mayor Bloomberg Discovers Religious Liberty

by Catholic League August 5, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s remarks [Tuesday] yesterday endorsing the building of a mosque near Ground Zero:
Never have we heard Mayor Bloomberg more eloquent in his defense of religious liberty. Too…

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Bishop: Justice Must be Served

by ACN-USA News August 3, 2010

A bishop determined to bring peace after the latest violence against Christians in Pakistan has led calls for justice in the case of two brothers gunned down outside a crowded courthouse while being guarded by police.
Allegations that the two…

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Oliver Stone’s Foot in Mouth Disease

by L. Brent Bozell August 3, 2010

It never ceases to amaze that Oliver Stone thinks Ronald Reagan was a dunce. When it comes to judging iron-fisted dictators and anti-American despots, Oliver Stone is the intellectually incurious simpleton. He thinks Reagan was stupid because he clung to…

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Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish

by L. Brent Bozell August 2, 2010

The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon “Despicable Me” is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. “Toy Story 3” is number one for 2010, not only among…

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Iraq Mourns Bishop “Who Was Always Smiling”

by ACN-USA News August 2, 2010

Tributes have been paid to Bishop Andreas Abouna of Iraq who died Tuesday, July 27th after a lifetime of a ministry to a Church beset by war, oppression and increasing hardship.
Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad died this morning…

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