Politics

November 30, 2017

Thank You, Mr. Trump for Bringing ‘Merry Christmas’ Back to the White House

By Todd Starnes, FoxNews - "We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values," the president declared to the Values Voter Summit last September. "You know, we're getting near that beautiful Christmas season that people don't talk about anymore. They don't use the word 'Christmas' because it's not politically correct… Well, guess what? We're saying 'Merry Christmas' again."

November 30, 2017

Catholic Campaign for Human Development is Part of the ‘Swamp’ That Needs to Be Drained

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - The annual (CCHD) collection prompts an annual controversy, in which critics of the CCHD point to the grants that the program has made to organizations that promote anti-Catholic causes. The bishops who supervise the CCHD either ignore or deny these charges. But the evidence keeps mounting… The funds donated to the Thanksgiving collection are typically steered toward community organizers—often disciples of Saul Alinsky

November 30, 2017

SCOTUS to Hear Important Free Speech Case Effecting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

By John Stonestreet, BreakPoint - On November 13th, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could potentially affect the work of crisis pregnancy centers across the country. It’s called National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra... The issue in the case is the constitutionality of California’s “Reproductive FACT Act.”

November 30, 2017

Can Subsidiarity Restore American Self-Government?

By Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative - A centerpiece of Catholic Social Thought (CST), subsidiarity embodies the recognition of the link between human dignity and self-government. As Pope Pius XI observed, it is gravely wrong to deny to persons active, participatory roles in directing their own lives, either individually or in the local associations they naturally form