Archive for October, 2010

The Catholic Vote

If all Catholics in our nation, both Catholic voters and Catholic government leaders, had joined those Catholics and others who upheld and continue to uphold the moral law, the grave evils which plague our society would be lessened and eventually eliminated. We cannot remain silent.

Psst, George – What’s the inside scoop?

Exclusive to CatholicMaine – and anyone else capable of embedding video:  ABC news correspondant and former Clinton crony George Stephanopoulos gives us the inside scoop on Election 2010.  According to George, the female vote will be key.

Diocese Supports Question 2

Bishop Richard Malone, spiritual head of Maine’s Roman Catholics announced today he is endorsing the Dental health bond (Question 2) and urges the faithful and all Maine citizens to vote yes on November 2.
The ballot language reads as follows:
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to be awarded on a competitive basis to increase access [...]

Obamacare: The Facts On Abortion

As November 2nd approaches, the Population Research Institute has released a factual video about Obamacare, and how it affects abortion funding in the United States. The video is groundbreaking for a number of reasons. The video, entitled Obamacare: The Facts On Abortion, relies heavily on legal research done by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), research that details the many ways that [...]

Minnesota Democratic Party Goes After Priests?

The Democratic Party of Minnesota has targeted clergy in their most recent direct mail campaign.   According to the Family Research Council:
Yesterday the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party [DFL] strategically lashed out at the Catholic Church and all Christians in a post-card campaign which included a picture of a priest in a roman collar wearing a button [...]

The Daily Chesterton, Oct. 26th

“You can’t have the family farm without the family.”

A Society Without Elites is a Socialist Society

We live in dangerous times that require great clarity of vision and strength in action. Let us eschew all muddled, anti-elitist thinking and rhetoric and remain faithful to America’s principled and battle-seasoned anti-communist and anti-socialist past.

NH Newspaper Declines Gay Wedding Announcement

The Union Leader, New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, declined to publish a gay wedding announcement for two New York residents who were to be “married” in Portsmouth.  Joseph W. McQuaid, the newspaper’s publisher, released the following statement:

“This newspaper has never published wedding or engagement announcements from homosexual couples. It would be hypocritical of us to do [...]

Theological Bloopers

Complements of The New Oxford Review comes an article on theological bloopers, typos and all, from the students of Ford­ham University in New York City.
Some of our favorites:
On Faith and Relationships
“My girlfriend is my most coveted possession. Our love is similar to that shared by Adam and Eve during the reading of the [...]

Maine Sunday Telegram Endorses Scontras

The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram has endorsed Catholic, pro-life candidate Dean Scontras for Maine’s 1st Congressional District seat. No, it’s not Scontras’s pro-life stance that brought him the endorsement, but…