You off and on write about the Church Militant. I appreciate such reminders because its easy to slide into a fortress mentality, fearful and defensive, when we should be cheerful (jolly, even) foot soldiers of the Lord. With that in mind, I thought you might enjoy a recent post by Father Z, where he analyzes the Collect for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost and relates the story of a woman at the deathbed of her father. Powerful story and an... Read more

Because Rome does not issue fatwas and the Left doesn’t mind public funding for *this* sort of religious dogmatism. Read more

…in the Country that Used to Be England. Here’s the deal: Druidry is not thousands of years old. Rather, Druids lived a long time ago and then died out, replaced by Christianity. For centuries, there were no Druids at all. And since Druids kept no sacred texts and did not pass on to us very much information about their rites or beliefs except what bits and piece that happened to survive in Christian customs, we effectively know nothing about the... Read more

Good riddance. He can do the defiant jihadist schtick for his four cement walls. Hopefully, after a few decades of that, he’ll start to suspect Islam isn’t working out for him and pay attention to the Christian chaplin at the Big House. Read more

In which we ponder that dumb question. Read more

Rush Limbaugh guests on The Family Guy. http://www.hulu.com/embed/aj3dyJfoUxGSOuH8kSgBdw You gotta hand it to him, he can sure make fun of those aspects of conservatism that he doesn’t really care about, like prolifers and concern about Terri Schiavo. It takes a big man to throw the weakest and most defenseless part of the conservative constituency under the bus while standing strong for extremely wealthy people and militarist imperialism. Read more

seriously thought this was a) funny and b) a real persuader (WARNING: VERY GROSS AND GRAPHIC). Somewhere, deep within the id of the environmentalist movement, all is not well. From the ChildFree Movement to this, I keep scenting the stench of evil. The old gods require human sacrifice. PS: the makers of this piece of excrement have offered one of those supremely arrogant non-apology apologies that boil down to “We’re sorry you plebes don’t appreciate comic genius like ours and... Read more

European Appeal Save the right to conscientious objection On 7th October 2010; the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will put to vote a resolution to “regulate the right to conscientious objection” in the field of health care. An official list of objectors will be established, opening the door widely to vexations and professional discriminations. Even more serious, healthcare providers will find themselves constrained to collaborate “in case of emergency” in acts that their conscience condemns. abortion, sterilisation, euthanasia…... Read more

FBI, Obama Admin Join Pro-Abort Groups to Host Training Seminar against Pro-Life Activity… It is, of course, absolutely and totally impossible that an Executive who has voted himself the power to kill American citizens he deems to be terrorists (without evidence, warrant, arrest, trial or verdict) would *ever* use that power to persecute the members of the religion that already endures 75% of the religious persecution in the world.  That’s just crazy talk.  That’s why it is *so* sensible for Faithful... Read more

I’m a long time blog reader and I just wanted to share this urgent need for prayer for this girl and her unborn child (17 weeks gestation): Although she says her mind is made up, she just seems scared and alone and could really use some loving guidance. Reading the comments is very heartbreaking, since most of them are strongly pro-abortion with lots of people going so far as to offer to drive her to the clinic. In this site... Read more