Archive for January, 2009
In Honor of St. Thomas Aquinas (and Brad Fallon)
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Today is the Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dominican priest and doctor of the Church. He is known as the Angelic Doctor. In his day, he was called the “Dumb Ox.”
His mentor was St. Albert the Great, who once said, “You call him the Dumb Ox, but one day the bellowing of this ox will […]
Lifting SSPX Bishops’ Excommunication–A Compromise?
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009The Congregation for Bishops has published a decree signed by its prefect, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, and dated 21 January, concerning the Pope’s remission of the excommunication pronounced on four bishops consecrated by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988. (http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/e1_en.htm)
There has been concern expressed that this action is a compromise with the SSPX over its dissent […]
More Views from the March
Friday, January 23rd, 2009The crowd at the March was incredible. There were so many people that I couldn’t even get to a spot to take many photographs, for fear I’d never find the rest of the group again. And yes, there were porta-potties still up. But, again, we weren’t about to stop or move away from the rest […]
Views from The March for Life - 2009
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009See You at the March!
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Some of the CUF staff will be attending the March for Life in Washington, DC, tomorrow. Forecast: Sunny and cold, with highs in the low 40s (not accounting for wind chill). Look for our CUF signs . . . we’ll have some extras!
And, as one CUF staffer mentioned, if we’re lucky, the Inauguration porta-potties will […]
“Those Who Profess to Love God, but Back Abortion, Are Liars”
Monday, January 19th, 2009. . . reads the headline of Bishop Vasa’s latest column in the Catholic Sentinel (Baker, Oregon’s diocesan newspaper). The column does not disappoint. Bishop Vasa springboards off a reading from 1 John to talk about the danger of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) if it comes before Congress, the duty of Catholics to […]
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, RIP
Thursday, January 8th, 2009From the First Things website:
Our great, good friend is gone.
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus slipped away today, January 8, shortly before 10 o’clock, at the age of seventy-two. He never recovered from the weakness that sent him to the hospital the day after Christmas, caused by a series of side effects from the cancer he was […]
New Online at CUF.org
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009We’ve got some new Lay Witness web exclusives over at CUF.org. Most of them share the pro-life theme of our January/February issue.
Find out if your senator or representatives are cosponsors of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
Protecting Healthcare Providers’ Conscience Rights by Deborah Sturm, R.N.
Sturm is secretary of the National Association of Pro-Life Nurses and […]
Mary, Mother of God: The First Marian Dogma–Update
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Today we celebrate Mary, Mother of God. Stop. Think. Not only did God become man, but He chose one of us, a human, to be His mother. “Mary is truly ‘Mother of God’ since she is the mother of the eternal Son of God made man, who is God Himself” (Catechism, no. 509). (She was […]