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If you’re a religious non-profit and you don’t file a 990 with the IRS, you’re off the hook. The US government says you are allowed to follow your beliefs and refuse to pay for your female  employees’ birth control devices…

It’s hard to imagine Christianity without Greek. It’s the language of the New Testament and our earliest creeds and doctrines. The very terms we use to describe God—three persons, one in being—have their roots in ancient Greek words and concepts.…

Is Pope Francis our first anticlerical pope? Technically speaking, he isn’t–his two predecessors also were more or less critical of clericalism–but he is well on his way to being the most outspoken one.
Consider a widely circulated quote from a…

Once again Boston College has openly defied Church teaching by honoring the radically pro-abortion Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the annual commencement ceremony.  Cardinal O’Malley is quoted as saying that he was “sure that the invitation was made in…

Fortnight For Failure

by Dr. Paul Kengor June 12, 2013

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For the second year in a row, the USCCB has issued a call for a Fortnight for Freedom, running from June 21 to July 4. As the website states, “The U.S. bishops have called for … a…

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Is Our Guardian Angel Becoming Lucifer?

by Pat Buchanan June 10, 2013

“Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” said Secretary of State Henry Stimson of his 1929 decision to shut down “The Black Chamber” that decoded the secret messages of foreign powers.
“This means war!” said FDR, after reading the intercepted…

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Male-Female Marriage: What No Human Being Must Separate

by Dr. Paul Kengor June 10, 2013

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Among the Gospel readings last month was Mark 10:1-12. It’s a passage we know well, that we hear at almost every wedding ceremony.
Crowds gather around Jesus. The Pharisees press upon him. They ask if…

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$12,000 Short of our Fundraising Goal. Please Help.

by Charlie McKinney June 6, 2013

The slow response to Catholic Exchange’s fundraising appeals this week has left us $12,000 short of our fundraising goal.  As we close the week, I’m writing one final time to plea for your help.
We try to keep our fundraising…

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News reports: “Pope ousted, charged with crimes against humanity”

by Charlie McKinney June 3, 2013

Just as “those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” so “those who don’t know the Faith are condemned to reject it,” which, since Pope Benedict announced his resignation, they’ve been doing with renewed and great noise,…

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Strange Gods

by Russell Shaw May 31, 2013

In one of his typically simple, direct, and forceful homilies, Pope Francis warned recently against idols and idolatry. “We have to empty ourselves of the many small or great idols that we have and in which we take refuge, on…

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