On his second day of life, Paul Francis Baier was diagnosed with pediatric heart disease. Without open-heart surgery, he would die. Until that day, there was no doubt that little Paulie’s dad, Fox News’ chief political anchor Bret Baier, was truly blessed. He enjoyed financial success, an exciting career, and a loving family. Bret and his wife Amy had just welcomed their first-born son. But on the second day of little Paul’s life, his parents sat horror-stricken, listening to a... Read more
Last week, I told you the story of the full-page ad against Catholicism which appeared in the pages of the New York Times on July 3. Funded by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ad sneered that “Dogma should not trump our civil liberties,” and chalked the Hobby Lobby decision up to the fact that the Supreme Court has too many Catholics among its members. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, didn’t like the ad, either; and he... Read more
Polly Neace had the same message for every customer at the Walton, Kentucky branch of U.S. Bank where she worked as a teller: “Have a blessed day,” she would say with a smile. And so they fired her. Neace, who had worked for U.S. Bank for more than twenty years, began offering her greeting in 2009. Bank officials claim that they had received customer complaints, and they had issued repeated warnings to Neace to avoid any mention of faith. According... Read more
“Some have speculated,” writes The Blaze assistant editor Zach Noble, “that [Lousiana Representative Bill] Cassidy publicly acknowledged his daughter’s pregnancy to preempt the media finding out.” Noble adds that the Louisiana Congressman and GOP Senate candidate intended his statement “as a rejection of abortion.” “Well, DUH….” I wanted to say, as I read the story in The Blaze. The intimation that a pro-life legislator would use his pregnant daughter as a tool in his Senate run simply astounds me. How,... Read more
“Maybe it is time to ask whether work on Sunday is true freedom.” Pope Francis spoke on Saturday, July 5, to a group of young workers in the remote Italian region of Molise, southeast of Rome. Speaking in the auditorium of the University of Campobasso, Pope Francis began his pastoral visit by challenging his audience of workers to “waste time with their children.” As in his other pastoral visits, the Holy Father took time to listen to the testimonies of... Read more
Was George Washington a Christian? Some historians have claimed that Washington was a Deist–that is, one who believed that reason and observation of the natural world were sufficient to prove existence of a Creator, but that one need not belong to an organized religion. David L. Holmes, author of The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, categorized him as a “Christian deist” because of his frequent references to Providence, which resemble strict deist terminology and yet add the Christian dimension of mercy and... Read more
An American saint. A blessed. And a list of Catholic statesmen, politicians, missionaries and pioneers. There are thirteen Catholics, in fact, who are honored in our nation’s Capitol, enshrined in National Statuary Hall and other places in the Capitol Building. With two honorees selected from each of the fifty states, there are one hundred patriots and historic figures who are commemorated in what was once called simply “The Hall”, in what was formerly the chamber of the House of Representatives.... Read more
A national movement of local governments is seeking to display plaques which read “In God We Trust” in the halls of government around the nation. And in the city of Greenville, South Carolina, where my husband and I have enjoyed a brief holiday visit with our son, local lawmakers have unanimously voted to post a plaque with the phrase in the Council Chambers in Greenville’s County Square. County Councilman Fred Payne said, in an interview with the Greenville News, “We’re... Read more
“Dogma should not trump our civil liberties.” That’s the UN-civil message from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) in a full-page ad which appears in the front news section of today’s New York Times. Pictured at the top is birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, the racist, atheist founder of Planned Parenthood whose motto was “No Gods – No Masters.” The ad criticizes the “all-male, all-Roman Catholic majority” of the Supreme Court who voted to protect Americans’ religious rights in the... Read more
OK, here it is: The logo for World Youth Day 2016 has just been unveiled. At a press conference this morning, the logo and official prayer for the 31st World Youth Day were announced. According to the Vatican Information Service, Three elements are combined in the symbolism of the logo: the place, the main protagonists, and the theme of the celebration. The logo of the 2016 World Youth Day, to be held in Krakow, illustrates the passage from the Gospel... Read more
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