Culture

Jay Leno’s Serial Bigotry

by Catholic League July 20, 2010

On the July 16 edition of the “Tonight Show,” host Jay Leno said “it was so hot I saw a priest stop at a kids’ lemonade stand—just got lemonade.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded this way:
The man is…

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So it Begins: Illinois University Professor Fired for Being Christian

by Eric Giunta July 19, 2010

Every age has its axioms: principles which must be considered self-evident (even non-negotiable) sine quibus non. We in the United States recently celebrated those which were central to the American founding: the time-honored, developed political convictions of Greco-Roman-Judeo-Christian civilization —…

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Obama the Gipper?

by L. Brent Bozell July 15, 2010

The Political Left is in a meltdown. There’s no way to sugarcoat the calamity. It is falling apart. It sees the tide has turned and a possible tsunami is building, ready to crest and explode in November, washing all their…

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ACN Completes a Chapel Roof in Nigeria

by ACN-USA News July 15, 2010

A bishop in Nigeria has thanked Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for helping him put a roof on a university chapel – a key part of his diocese’s evangelization program.
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji of Idah…

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Helping Iraqi Refugees

by ACN-USA News July 14, 2010

The bishop coordinating a massive relief operation for Iraqi Christians fleeing to Syria has thanked leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for its ongoing emergency help, including medicine, food aid and schooling.
Bishop Antoine Audo, S.J.,…

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AOL News Writer compares Pope to Terrorist

by Catholic League July 12, 2010

Recently, CNN fired Octavia Nasr for praising Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah on her Twitter account. Following his death, Nasr wrote that she was “sad” to hear of his passing and said that he was “One of Hezbollah’s giants I…

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Preaching Challenges in Ethiopia

by ACN-USA News July 10, 2010

Three members of the Community of St. John have moved to Ethiopia to take over youth work – but they still have a lot of progress to make with the language.
The Community of Saint John, which has priories throughout…

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Haiti Earthquake, Six-Months Ago

by Kenneth F. Hackett July 10, 2010

Six months ago the earth shook in Haiti for 35 seconds. Thirty five seconds that ended so many lives and changed many more. Let me share with you a story that is very typical of life in Haiti over the…

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New York Times Has no Moral Authority

by Catholic League July 10, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in [Friday's] New York Times:
When New York State was considering two bills dealing with the sexual abuse of minors, the New York Times endorsed the one that did not apply…

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A New Church for Egypt

by ACN-USA News July 9, 2010

Catholics in Egypt are seizing a rare opportunity to build a church in a country where permission normally takes up to 30 years and requires the signature of the president himself.
Outlining the plans, Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina of Guizeh…

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