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Phil Brenan is an old school Catholic. In other words he believes what the Church believes and assents to its authority. Recently 48 Dems in the US House sent a letter to Bishop McCarrick warning him that refusing communion obstinately pro-abort “Catholics” would reignite anti-Catholic biases. Here is Phil’s response. You gotta love the audacity…

Mark Shea pointed this article out on his blog. Unfortunately, it’s written by someone for the Detroit News. I grieve for my home state at times. It’s bad enough we have a pro-abortion Catholic as governor, but we also have enablers. Here is my response to the article as posted to the comments section online……

There’s a church called First Church of the Nazarene (wouldn’t that be the Catholic Church?) near our house and like most Protestant churches they have a sign out front to put pithy little sayings. Currently it says “Following Jesus is about a person, not a path.” Translation… Faith alone saves us. Now as a Catholic…

Thanks to Amy Welborn for this one. Saw it on her blog. This was kind of “WHOA!!!!” when I saw it. Not every day you see an article about someone who heads up the state chapter of the largest conservative evangelical organization in the country become Catholic. I have to say that this is one…

A woman in France has admitted lying about 17 sex abuse and pedophilia accusations. She has caused one man to commit suicide and another almost died from his 93 day hunger strike. Marriages have ended in divorce. Children have been taken from parents. The man who committed suicide was incarcerated as a “preventative” measure. Just…

Well, we have yet another episcopal spine alert! This Bishop was merely reacting to the statements of a Catholic public official stating that allowing for gay marriages was in line with Catholic teaching on inclusivity. OK… Let me get this straight. It’s inclusive to allow and encourage people to commit acts that are undeniably contrary…

This question has come up recently in our Maniacs discussions… As the only convert in the group I sometimes see things that Guvnur and Deke take for granted for instance. It’s a matter of being to close to the trees to see the forest. Anyway, we were talking about how some people call themselves Catholic…

For entire article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5017313/ Forty-eight Roman Catholic members of Congress have warned in a letter to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington that U.S. bishops will revive anti-Catholic bigotry and severely harm the church if they deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights. The letter’s signers, all Democrats, include at least three House members…

For entire story http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/8703935.htm Convicted pedophile priest marries in prison Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Former priest James Porter, a convicted pedophile who once lived in Minnesota and is now awaiting trial on the state’s bid to keep him locked up indefinitely as a sexually dangerous person, got married in prison this week. Porter married…

http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=22098&sec_id=#section44298 Teddy boy you may be able to make a great Civil War movie but some things you don’t have a clue. Many people assume “true” Christianity is wholly and utterly altruistic and sentimental. Often, to illustrate this, Jesus’ command to the rich young man (“Go, sell all you have, give it to the poor,…