You have to get past the commercial on this, but once you do, it’s hilarious. Enjoy. Read more
You have to get past the commercial on this, but once you do, it’s hilarious. Enjoy. Read more
Simcha Fischer, who blogs at National Catholic Register published a list of worthy charities for those of us who are in the gift-giving mood. Each of the charities she selected sounds like a place to put your money and know that it will be used for good. I’m going to put a few charities from her list below, but be sure to give them all a glance. If you have a few extra Christmas $$ and are in the mood... Read more
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec 15, 2012 / 01:02 pm (CNA).- An elderly couple walks into Kip’s Inn and hands bar owner Kim Engebregtsen a plastic bag with a Barbie doll in it. “Oh, thank you!” Engebregtsen said. “I needed this. This was the last thing on the list.” She hugged the couple and directed them to the bar to enjoy some drinks with other folks from the neighborhood. The list to which Engebregtsen referred was given to her by Catholic Charities... Read more
Should Catholic universities support Catholic teaching? Secular universities are often seen as teaching anti-Christian, anti-Catholic propaganda along with the rest of the curriculum. One reason many people chose Catholic universities is to avoid this propaganda and attacks on their faith. So, the question is two-fold. Do Catholic universities have a responsibility to support Catholic teaching? Are they engaging in false advertising when they call themselves “Catholic” and then subject students to the same kind of anti-Catholic propaganda found in secular... Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope took his opposition to gay marriage to new heights Friday, denouncing what he described as people manipulating their God-given gender to suit their sexual choices — and destroying the very “essence of the human creature” in the process. Benedict XVI made the comments in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy — one of his most important speeches of the year. He dedicated it this year to promoting family values in the face of vocal campaigns... Read more
Are we heading for a future where the only non-profits will be those with government blessing and government funding? A move by the Obama administration to limit tax deductions for charitable donations could lead this country in exactly that direction. The administration has made this part of the package it is bargaining for in the so-called “fiscal cliff” imbroglio. A December 13 Washington Post article discusses the lobbying efforts concerning the move to cut charitable deductions to non-profits. It says... Read more
These irreplaceable people lost their lives in Newton Connecticut one week ago today. Don’t let political squabbling make us forget them. Read more
Dozens of Michigan schools cancelled classes today because of fall-out from the Sandy Hook tragedy, combined with the Mayan calendar nonsense. This is just a symptom of how raw the people of this nation are this week. It raises the question that I asked here. Why did our leader rush this country into a divisive debate on gun control before the victims of this latest atrocity were even buried? Grieving our losses and trying to bring ourselves and our families... Read more
The funerals are not finished. Why did the President rush this country into a divisive debate about gun control before the victims of this tragedy were buried? Why the unseemly haste? Couldn’t he have given this country time to grieve before pushing us into another political fight? Would it be so hard to wait a few days? Christmas is in four days. Why didn’t he at least give us time to bury our dead and be together with our... Read more
I woke up this morning. Let me repeat that. I woke up this morning. From what I’ve heard, that wasn’t supposed to happen. Waking up, I mean. I wasn’t supposed to wake up because, I — along with all the rest of you — was supposed to be gone. Our whole human saga was predicted to come to an end today. The Mayans said so, and as everybody knows, nothing unexpected ever happened to the Mayans. They knew their prophecy... Read more
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