Celebrating the Truth on the Fourth
- by George Vogt Little Elm, TX (MetroCatholic) – I wrote this piece 2 years ago. With a few modifications, it is even more relevant today. Tomorrow, we will celebrate our country’s independence, yet...
View ArticleDon’t take religious liberty for granted
My friend Steve B reminded me of a blog I had seen once but had forgotten about. The blog is Mary Victrix, and it is great. It’s run by the Knights of Lepanto and Franciscans of the Immaculate, an...
View ArticleYes, the Constitution, as Originally Drafted and Conceived, was ‘Defective,’...
NEW YORK, May 17 /MetroCatholic/ — Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stevens, served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall. Following the latter’s death in...
View ArticleHomeland Security Drops Opposition to Son of Hamas Political Asylum Request
SAN DIEGO (MetroCatholic) — Today in a hearing in United States immigration court in San Diego, prosecutors for Homeland Security chose not to oppose Mosab Hassan Yousef’s application for political...
View ArticleThomas More Society Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea for First Arrestee Under...
Grad Student Prayed Rosary on Sidewalk Outside Chicago Planned Parenthood CHICAGO (MetroCatholic) — Yesterday morning, Thomas More Society attorney Peter Breen entered a “not guilty” plea to the charge...
View ArticleLeaders criticize anti-Prop. 8 ruling’s claim that religious beliefs harm...
Washington D.C. (CNA) — The anti-Proposition 8 decision’s claim that religious opinions about the sinfulness of homosexuality harm homosexuals is “outrageous” and could endanger both the place of...
View ArticleThomas More Society Back in Court to Enter ‘Not Guilty’ Plea for Second...
CHICAGO (MetroCatholic) — Tomorrow, Thomas More Society attorney Peter Breen will once again be in a Cook County Circuit Court to enter a “not guilty” plea on behalf of a man arrested for standing on...
View ArticleActivists Score Major First Amendment and Pro-Life Victory in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (MetroCatholic) — The City of Washington, D.C. reverses their position and will allow prayer and free speech activities on the public sidewalk leading up to Planned Parenthood. Photo: Pat...
View ArticleVirtual Vigil for Religious Liberty Has Great Start
Over 2,000 People of Faith have joined virtual march on Washington, D.C. during first two days of ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ We at Catholic Advocate are answering our Catholic Bishops’ call for a “a time...
View ArticlePrayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty
For all those keeping watch during the Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty, we have one small request today: Join us in praying the Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty today. O God our...
View ArticleFortnight for Freedom – Reports from the Dioceses
Catholics are less than 4% of the population in the state of Alabama but that is not stopping them from rallying all people of faith to stand for religious liberty. Our friend Quin Hillyer writes today...
View ArticleArchbishop Chaput’s Fortnight for Freedom Homily
The Fortnight for Freedom was concluded with Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 2012. Archbishop Charles Chaput of...
View ArticleBarack Obama and the twin legacies of the 1960’s
by Jonathon van Maren In a fierce presidential race that has often highlighted social conservative issues, Barack Obama has decided to once again champion abortion rights and his liberty-crushing HHS...
View ArticleHappy Constitution Day!
Who knew Barney Fife worked for the Obama administration? What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of...
View ArticleMurray Rothbard & Catholic Political Thought
Traditionalist Catholics are typically not fans of Murray Rothbard. And yet as I read more of his work, I find more reasons to appreciate Rothbard’s insights into political theory, which I believe were...
View ArticleFor This Employer, Faith Is No Hobby
By GERALD J. RUSSELLO | The conscience wars have now expanded beyond Catholic hospitals and religiously-affiliated colleges. A couple of weeks ago, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a case...
View ArticlePlay for Faith and Freedom
By JO GARCIA-COBB | When the U.S. bishops called upon writers and artists to employ their skills and talents in the defense of religious liberty during the period of preparation for the Fortnight for...
View ArticleVP Debate: Not What I Expected
I’m sure many of you will disagree with me, seeing as how this is a mostly conservative blog, but I do not think Paul Ryan won tonight’s debate. In fact, I was disappointed in his overall performance,...
View ArticleRoad Map for the New Evangelization
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The establishment of a special Church commission to defend religious liberty, a pastoral document on how to encounter Jesus Christ, and a new apologetics of Christian...
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