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Catholic Social Doctrine Begins with Subsidiarity

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// …government is the very last resort for the working of social justice . . . welfarism as understood and presented by many socially minded politicians, many now of the Democratic Party, is not compatible with Catholic social understandings, since it is heedless of the principle of subsidiarity….. By Frank Morriss, Catholic Culture The attempt [...]

A Catholic Governor Embraces Subsidiarity

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…Gov. Christie represents a pro-life, pro-family Catholic politician drawing upon the principle of subsidiarity to make budgetary and policy choices that look to the private sector, not the federal government, for solutions to pressing problems….. Deal Hudson, Inside Catholic, July 11, 2010  The new governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, is distinguishing himself in [...]

Sunday Homily

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The audio podcast of my Sunday Homily Posted by Fr. James Farfaglia Thanks to the Holy Spirit, the audio version of my Sunday homily is quite different from the written version. Click Here for the audio podcast My grandmother spent her last years in a nursing home because she was unable to care for herself. [...]

Cardinal Bertone, the pope’s second-in-command

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The Catholic Woman, the Imposter, and the Heresy of ‘Abortion Rights’

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By Jennifer Hartline, 7/12/2010, Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) // < ![CDATA[ function printpop() { var generator=window.open('','name','height=800,width=800'); generator.document.write('\n'); generator.document.write(' \n'); generator.document.write('\n \n'); generator.document.write(' \n'); generator.document.write(' \n'); generator.document.write('\n \n'); generator.document.write(' \n'); generator.document.write('Karen Santorum is the true reflection of feminism and motherhood that our anti-life culture desperately needs to see. \n '); generator.document.write(' \n'); generator.document.write(' Copyright © 2010 Catholic [...]

Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History

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From Ryan Ellis, Americans for Tax Reform, July 7, 2010 In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect.  They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011: (N.B. This version of the document contains even more tax hikes than the original [...]

Krauthammer: Terror — and Candor

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…The administration’s denial of “radical Islam” is dangerous, dishonest, and demoralizing . . . Why is this important? Because the first rule of war is to know your enemy.…. Charles Krauthammer, National Review, July 2, 2010 The Fort Hood shooter, the Christmas Day bomber, the Times Square attacker. On May 13, the following exchange occurred [...]

Ella, Not Enchanted

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By Susan E. Wills, Catholic Exchange, July 12, 2010 The recent recommendation by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel that the FDA approve the sale of Ella (ulipristal acetate) as an “emergency contraceptive” was practically a foregone conclusion. I can’t recall the last time the FDA rejected an application for any new “reproductive [...]

Tony Perkins, Family Research Council,

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Boston Massacre of Marriage Four hundred twenty-seven. That’s how many members of Congress voted to pass the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. One. The number of activist judges it took to strike the law down. Yesterday, a U.S. District Court did its best to preserve Massachusetts’s reputation as the most liberal state in America [...]

Founder’s Quote Daily

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“What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.” –Abigail Adams, letter to John Quincy Adams, 1783 

GOSPEL & MEDITATION: Love is Demanding

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July 12, 2010 Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Father Shawn Aaron, LC Matthew 10: 34-11:1 Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man ´against [...]

TODAY’S SAINT: ST. IGNATIUS DELGADO

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CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY, JULY 12, 2010 St. Ignatius Delgado was a Spanish missionary and is now one of the martyrs of Vietnam. He was born in Villafeliche, Spain, in 1761. He was raised in a pious family, became a Dominican priest and served as a missionary to Vietnam for almost 50 years. He was named [...]

SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010

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