Culture

Bill and Melinda Gates: Controlling Population and Public Education

by Anne Hendershott April 9, 2013

Continuing their commitment to controlling global population growth through artificial contraception, sterilization, and abortion initiatives, Microsoft founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, a self-described “practicing” Catholic, are now attempting to control the curriculum of the nation’s public…

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Is America Still a Good Country?

by Pat Buchanan March 29, 2013

“Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be…

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To Walk, To Build, To Witness, Always with the Cross

by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet March 19, 2013

This early in the papacy of Pope Francis, every tiny detail, every response, every move is fodder for analysis and discussion, as professional and amateur pundits alike tell us what every turn of phrase or newly emerging biographical detail will…

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Hindus Take Revenge Against Muslims

by Michael Cook March 18, 2013

One of the most easily grasped ethical obligations of a doctor is not to incite people to mass murder. An Indian gynaecologist who ran a maternity home in Gujarat has joined a select group of medicos who have had a …

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Pope Francis: Against the West?

by Pat Buchanan March 18, 2013

“The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith,” wrote Hilaire Belloc after that bloodbath we call World War I. “Either Europe will return to the Faith or she will perish.”
By 1938, Belloc concluded Christian Europe was done:
“The…

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Hollywood Miserables

by Dr. Paul Kengor March 1, 2013

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The Academy Awards came and went without a Best Picture award for Les Miserables, nor for its incredible lead actor, Hugh Jackman. Fortunately, Anne Hathaway won an award for best supporting actress—much deserved.
If you haven’t…

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Gender-Bending Child Abuse

by Louie Verrecchio March 1, 2013

On February 26, 2013, the Denver Post ran an article that contained the following:
Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban.
The parents of a transgender 6-year-old have filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division…

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Attracting Attention: Virtue or Vice?

by Marisa Pereira February 25, 2013

If your upbringing was anything similar to mine, you were probably raised to believe that attracting any kind of attention to yourself was a sin. Seeking attention usually evolved from the sin of vanity or pride, I understood. I therefore…

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I Will Never Convert Anyone

by Cate Roberts February 22, 2013

Like everyone else, I awoke last week to every media outlet abuzz with news of Pope Benedict XVI announcing his abdication. I only briefly read news stories from a couple of online papers that I frequent, and then spent most…

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Benedict’s Legacy: Did He Fail Africa?

by Obianuju Ekeocha February 19, 2013

In the last week, Pope Benedict XVI’s abdication has elicited a lot of reflection and commentary on the legacy of his pontificate in the Church as well as the world. Amidst all these, we have heard some of the unfortunate…

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