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The Catholic Church and the Girl Scouts: A Scandalous Mess
Sometimes even the Washington Post gets it right. Last week the pastor of St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, made national news. He banned the Girl Scouts from his parish because of...
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A Catholic vote for Obama: Is it a sin? A sign of co-dependency?
If a Catholic you love insists that President Obama is still the best man for the job in 2012, then gather your right-thinking friends and family around them: it’s time for an intervention. First, you...
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Pope Benedict XVI and the Call to Conscience
Momentous news this morning—Pope Benedict XVI announced that he is resigning as of February 28, 2013. It’s the first time in nearly 600 years that a Pope has resigned rather than die while still...
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Girl Scouts Still Humming The Pro-Abortion Chorus
The Girl Scouts’ Law insists that Girl Scouts be “responsible for what I say and do.” When it comes to abortion, however, the Girl Scouts USA “says” the magic words that keep pro-life members in the...
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Moms Need Mentors Too
“I want my Mom!” No, that wasn’t the wail of a four-year- old. . . . It was the inner wail of a young mom with a two-week-old baby, two toddlers under three, and a husband heading out the door for an...
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The Boy Scouts: Newly “Out and Proud”
Uniformed Boy Scouts marched front and center this past weekend, leading the Utah gay pride parade in Salt Lake City. No matter that officials from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) told the marchers...
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Breaking Silence: Catholics, Contraception, and Same-Sex Marriage
As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s marriage rulings, Catholics and other defenders of traditional marriage have stepped forward with new energy and comprehensive strategies to preserve marriage...
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Francis: The “Pope of Everyday Life”
Pope Francis has been on the job for six months now. So how’s he doing? Some analysts peer through a typical American lens—poll results—to answer the question. According to a new Pew survey, eight out...
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Obama’s Shutdown: ‘No Catholic Mass’
(See Update below.) When Fr. Ray Leonard arrived to say Sunday Mass at the base chapel on Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base he got an unwelcome surprise: the doors were locked. Signs on the door sent a...
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The Belief Gap: Secularism and Young Adults
The Pew Research Center recently released a report, Celebrating Christmas and the Holidays, Then and Now, that offers a revealing look at the growing secularism of America’s young adults. According to...
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