Culture

Editorial Creep Marks New York Times

by Catholic League May 3, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue points to an article in [Friday's] New York Times as an example of its tendency to allow editorial commentary to creep into its hard news stories:
Rachel Donadio wonders whether the Vatican “will confront the…

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Arizona’s 21-Bottle Salute

by L. Brent Bozell May 1, 2010

Arizona officially joined the South this month. In other words, it became for our Northeastern media elitists a state dominated by backward, slack-jawed racists. The Associated Press marked the passage of a tough new anti-immigration law with the leftist version…

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Divided Supreme Court Sends “Mojave Desert” Cross Case Back to Lower Court

by The Becket Fund April 30, 2010

Today, in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision in Salazar v. Buono that would have required the government to remove a World War I memorial cross that has stood in the Mojave National Preserve for…

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Support for Poor Catholics in Macedonia

by ACN-USA News April 30, 2010

Ground-breaking initiatives to support poverty-stricken Catholics in a forgotten corner of Eastern Europe have received valuable support from Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
ACN has announced grants providing help for a new pastoral center in the…

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NYT Prints Bogus Op-ed

by Catholic League April 28, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue speaks to an op-ed article in [yesterday's] New York Times by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig:
Lessig says the Catholic Church failed to protect children “for hundreds of years,” yet offers no evidence to support…

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Judge Lifts Stay of Discovery in ND 88 Case

by Thomas More Society April 27, 2010

Judge Scopelitis, the judge in the trial of the ND 88, has lifted the stay of discovery in the case. The ND 88 are the pro-life activists arrested for walking on the property of the University of Notre Dame in…

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Powerful Interests vs. Ordinary Citizens

by L. Brent Bozell April 27, 2010

When Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement, President Obama promised he would appoint someone like Stevens, who “knows that in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens.” In…

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CatholicTV Named ‘Religious Television Station of the Year’

by Chris Pham April 26, 2010

CatholicTV has been awarded a Gabriel Award for “Religious Television Station of the Year” by the Catholic Academy For Communications Arts Professionals (CACAP).
The CACAP has sponsored the Gabriel Awards for over 40 years. This year’s awards include among others…

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Ads to Help American Muslims Escape Retaliation for Leaving Islam Back on Miami-Dade Buses

by Thomas More Law Center April 24, 2010

It was the first time help was publicly offered to people threatened under Islam’s death penalty for leaving Islam. The ads on Miami-Dade buses stated, “Fatwa on your head?  Is your family or community threatening you?  Leaving Islam?  Got questions? …

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Living Biblically in India

by ACN-USA News April 24, 2010

Studying the Bible is transforming the lives of Christians in north-east India and leading to practical action.
Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Fr. Thomas Manjaly, Bible professor at the Oriens Theological College, Shillong, told the Catholic…

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