Is Hedonism America’s New Religion?

No, I’m not exaggerating. The American experiment in religious liberty is officially over. The First Amendment provided institutional structures that allow different religions to peacefully coexist. All groups agree to not try to capture governmental structures for the benefit of… Read More

Bursting the Green Energy Bubble

Realizing that his popularity may decline as the price of gasoline rises, President Obama is barnstorming the country, emphatically insisting that drilling for more oil isn’t the cure for high gas prices and that wind and solar energy represent our… Read More

Do They Know Who They’re Messing With?

During a recent conversation about the HHS anti-conscience mandate, a friend who is neither Catholic nor particularly religious asked the following rhetorical question about the Obama administration:
Do these people know who they’re messing with?
Her point, of course, was… Read More

How Iran Could Decide the Election

Much of the reporting these days on Obama’s political prospects centers on the economy and the quality of the Republican field.
These things are, actually, fairly predictable. We know that the economy may be improving but still won’t be in… Read More

Debunking Obama’s Myths About Catholics and Contraception

“This isn’t about Catholics or contraception. This is about the government coercing religious institutions to violate their own beliefs.”
So clarifies the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in their feature ‘The Truth Should Not Be A Secret’. It aims to… Read More

Ave Maria Files Lawsuit Against Obama Administration

Ave Maria University has joined Belmont Abbey College and the Eternal Word Television Network in the rising tide of lawsuits against the Obama administration’s attempt to force contraception, sterilization, and abortion drugs into virtually every health insurance policy in America.… Read More

Why They Don’t Like the Church

As the controversy over the Obama administration’s January directive to religious institutions to pay for employees’ contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs was heating up, Michael Gerson—a conservative columnist frequently friendly to the Church’s views—speculated on the reasoning behind this provocative… Read More

Citizens, Not Sheep–A Call to Religious Liberty

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest… Read More

Can Santorum (or you) Say “Satan”?

On Tuesday, February 21, The Drudge Report ran a story about a speech then-Senator Rick Santorum gave at Ave Maria University where he warned that “Satan has his sights on the U.S. ” He went on to say, “Satan is… Read More

Pope Benedict Defends Religious Liberty

Bishops from the dioceses of Baltimore, Washington and Military Services were in Rome this month, making their requisite ad limina visit to Rome to pray at the tomb of St. Peter and renew their allegiance to his successor.
It was… Read More

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