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Cardinal Dolan falsely likens Ash Wednesday to ‘Catholic Ramadan’Cardinal Dolan again praised the Islamic season of Ramadan and equated Catholic practices with Muslim ones, calling on Catholics to ‘unite’ with Muslims in prayer and fasting.The Catholic archbishop of New York has announced the beginning of Ramadan, likening it to Ash Wednesday.Cardinal Timothy Dolan made the announcement to Catholic viewers over X (formerly Twitter) today on Friday, February 28, asking his audience if they realized that Ramadan, the Islamic “season of penance,” begins “tomorrow.”The cardinal praised Muslims for taking their observances “seriously” and added that Ash Wednesday, the first day of...

Joe Biden immediately attacked law-abiding gun owners and used the debunked claim that the 2nd Amendment banned cannon ownership.“There’s no Amendment that’s absolute,” Biden said on Thursday, attacking the 2nd Amendment.

Relativism is profoundly, inherently narcissistic. Whatever Trudeau did 18 years ago, he’s now in a position where he gets to feel no remorse I think he has been appallingly clear already. You might think I’m referring to his rank-has-its-privileges apology the next day that “If I had known you were reporting for a national paper, I would never have been so forward.” Saying I-thought-you-were-a-nobody-I-could-fondle-at-will is pretty ugly and would likely end the career of many men decades later including, say, members of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. But evidently it’s not meant to end his, for reasons that look fairer but feel...

Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly London, May 2, 2008 / 02:16 am (CNA).- A woman engaged to a member of the British royal family has renounced her Catholic faith to maintain her fiancée’s position in the line of succession.The Times Online reports that Autumn Kelly, 31, was received into the Church of England.  She is to be married to Peter Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest grandson, on May 17.British monarchs and their heirs are barred from becoming or marrying Catholics according to the 1701 Act of Settlement.  Phillips, who is currently eleventh in line to the throne, would have...

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) said Wednesday he was "troubled" by gay weddings in San Francisco and by legal decisions in Massachusetts that could clear the way for same-sex marriage. But he declined to say whether he is any closer to backing a constitutional ban on such vows. "I have watched carefully what's happening in San Francisco, where licenses were being issued, even though the law states otherwise," Bush said. "I have consistently stated that I'll support law to protect marriage between a man and a woman. Obviously these events are influencing my decision." "I am watching...