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I'm sure this will garner the usual percentage of ribbing, scoffing, etc., but: Jim, could you please delete my account? Apparently, I've outlived my welcome, and I'd rather not add any more aggravation to anyone else (including myself, in all honesty). Sorry to those who were upset; no permanent hard feelings, I hope.

It's very simple. If a man has no moral center, if he has ambition but no faith, if he does not demonstrate humility or integrity, I will never vote for him for president. I don't care who he is, what he's done, what he says, or what positions he holds. None of that will matter when we are living under his tyranny, and tyranny is sure to follow when you give unspeakable power to a man who believes he is God. I'll put this another way: if you vote for a man who worships himself over God, you deserve the...

Today brought the news that the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) was ordered by Pope Francis to issue a document that allows for the washing of the feet of females on Holy Thursday in the optional foot washing rite during the Mass of the Last Supper in the Ordinary Form. [...] In Card. Sarah’s Decree we read that “it seemed good to the Supreme Pontiff Francis to change the norm”. Thus, now: Missalis Romani (p. 300 n. 11) legitur: «Viri selecti deducuntur a ministris…», quae idcirco sequenti modo mutari debet: «Qui selecti sunt ex populo...

So here's my question: If I inadvertently convert a Jew do I have to go to confession? Like if a Jew comes up and says "Hey I was wondering about this Jesus" should I say "I can't talk to you about Him." But isn't that anti-Semitic? I'm confused. [from] The Guardian: Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight antisemitism, the Vatican has said, in a major new document that draws the church further away from the strained relations of the past. Christianity and Judaism are intertwined and God never annulled his covenant with...

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By now, everyone is bound to have heard of the smashing success of "National Chick-Fil-A Day" (as most Chick-Fil-A stores seem to have been mobbed with customers, sometimes backing up pedestrian and vehicle traffic to incredible lengths)... and many have probably heard rumblings (at least in Illinois) about a planned protest called a "kiss-in", planned for this Friday, in which various homosexuals will enter Chick-Fil-A stores and proceed to kiss/make out/etc. Question: how quickly do you think we could suggest (and spread the word about, if it seems agreeable) a National Chick-Fil-A Drive-Thru Day? The way I see things: if...

I usually have something of a thick skin for things like this (or at least a quick "delete/block" finger on my computer mouse), but the latest "Facebook Status" making the rounds of my liberal friends' FB pages really irritated me: "Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither." All righty, then. May I try? "Remember when teachers and public employees trashed the state capital,...

Speaking as a Wisconsinite who's agog at the fact that we now have a GOP-sweep of the state government (GOP governor-elect, GOP majorities in state senate and assembly), I wanted to toss this out, there: How about inundating our elected state officials with requests to pass Right-To-Work legislation??? Our largest teacher's union ("WEAC") is arguably the most powerful lobbying group in the state (and they were largely responsible for Jim Doyle planting himself in the governor's seat for 8 years), and they're the most relentless supporters of the Democratic party and the Culture of Death (abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research,...

ST. LOUIS - Shares of Pulitzer Inc. surged nearly 16 percent Monday, the day after the newspaper publisher said it was considering a possible sale or other options to increase shareholder value. The company, which publishes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Star and about a dozen other daily newspapers, said in a statement Sunday that no decisions had been made and no agreements had been reached. Pulitzer said it was exploring "a range of strategic alternatives" and had retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial adviser to assist in its review.

New book makes kids PRO-LIFE READ IT ONLINE NOW . . . IN JUST TWO MINUTES! Angel in the Waters is a simple, non-confrontational book that will make young children decidedly pro-life long before they ever hear the word "abortion." It will convince many mothers contemplating abortion to keep their babies. In just two minutes, you can read the whole book online. (Just last week our proofreader, Nora, was proofreading Angel in the Waters online when her three-year-old daughter turned away from a cartoon show, saw a page of this book on the computer screen, and demanded that Nora read...

"Angel In The Waters"; a book by Regina Doman.

LaCrosse, WI (LifeNews.com) -- An attorney with a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin told church leaders to prohibit the distribution of a pro-life voter's guide for the upcoming elections. According to news reports, the attorney is a longtime donor to candidates who favor abortion. A Catholic World News report on Tuesday revealed that James Birnbaum, who acts as an attorney for the Catholic diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, has given thousands in donations to pro-abortion candidates. Birnbaum recently sent a letter to pastors and church officials telling them to block the distribution of Catholic Answer's "Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics." The 10-page...

Chicago, IL (LifeNews.com) -- Two Catholic universities in Illinois are coming under fire -- one for inviting a pro-abortion speaker and the other for giving an award to an elected official who backs abortion. Early next month, Barack Obama, the pro-abortion Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, will speak at Benedictine University, located in Lisle, Illinois. Obama has drawn strong criticism from pro-life advocates -- not only for his views in favor of abortion, but his votes against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. The measure would ensure that babies born alive following botched abortions would be provided...

Here's a poll in Cheeseland that asks whether a John Kerry "win" in November would help, hurt, or maintain current national security...

When you vote for U.S. Senators, what do you consider to be relevant when making your decision? Honesty? Compassion? Integrity? During a Senate debate on Sept. 26, 1996, both Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) refused to condemn infanticide under questioning from Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA). Santorum asked each man, in the event that an attempted partial-birth abortion accidentally resulted in a live birth, whether the abortionist and the mother of the child would still have a right to kill the baby. "I am not making the decision," protested Lautenberg, although Santorum had made it clear to him...