Politics

August 24, 2017

Target of the SPLC’s Notorious ‘Hate List’ Speaks Out

By Jennifer Roback Morse, PhD, The Stream - People like me who have had the “hate” label pinned on them face a dilemma: we can defend ourselves and say, “I don’t hate anyone. I just don’t agree with you.” In my experience, this strategy goes nowhere. The more we attempt to defend ourselves, the more we appear, well, defensive...

August 24, 2017

Pope Francis: Safety of Citizens Can’t Come First in Immigration Policy

By John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream - Pope Francis’s Opinion: I’m sure you’ve figured it out by now. I’ve just laid out the position that Pope Francis and the U.S. bishops have taken on immigration. Pope Francis just made a major public statement on the subject. His target was not just Americans concerned about migration from crime-riddled societies like Mexico.

August 24, 2017

Legal Battle Isn’t Over for Baton Rouge Priest Who Refuses to Break Confessional Seal

By Lisa Bourne, LifeSiteNews - A Louisiana state judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, one of its priests, and the confessional seal. District Judge Mike Caldwell ruled Monday that an East Baton Rouge Parish jury should determine whether what Rebecca Mayeux allegedly told Father Jeff Bayhi in the confessional

August 23, 2017

What the Russian Tsars Can Teach Us About Fighting Terrorism

By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald - Oddly the Tsarist model perhaps provides a few clues, even if the Tsarist model is not one to follow. First of all, one has to stress that the terrorist problem of today is not simply a problem, but an existential threat to our civilisation. This was the belief of the Russian government before the Revolution, and given what followed the Revolution, they were not wrong.