My former diocese, the Diocese of Sioux City, has one stellar Bishop. My aunts refer to Bishop Walker Nickless and Pope Benedict as the “Nick and Benny” show so I knew Bishop Nickless must be doing a stellar job. The one thing I have been most impressed with has been his willingness to [...]
In what should not have been a surprise, reporters were shocked at Florida’s All – Everything quarterback Tim Tebor when he announced that he was a virgin and was saving himself for marriage. It caused me to reflect on the fact that this has gone from an expectation to being as rare as a [...]
Without too much fanfare, Fr. Jenkins has torpedoed Notre Dame’s standing as a Catholic Institution. Yes, there were protests and a few million of withdrawn support, but overall the Catholic community has failed to hold itself to its own standards of ethics and morality.
Here, in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the two Catholic colleges invited [...]
The impetus to my second article on my trip to Des Moines was, unfortunately, driving by Wahlert High School in Dubuque, Iowa. Somewhere around noon on Earth Day there were a couple of dozen kids roaming around the grounds of the high school with their green shirts on presumably picking up trash to [...]
This past week I spent three days in Des Moines and more than my fair share of time at the capitol. My reason for being in Des Moines was for training for work (which was actually very good) so my days were spent at Camp Dodge and my evenings at the capitol.
First, kudos [...]
The Thomas More law center has filed suit against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for the intellence report outlining pro-life groups and veterans as potential terrorists. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center stated,
“Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she says the Report is not based [...]
Notre Dame university expects that President Obama will wear the traditional commencement robe which includes a cross and a prayer to the Blessed Virgin on it. President Obama’s spokesman has yet to comment on this. In other news, Notre Dame Alumni are witholding financial support and have started a website, Replace Jenkins, to [...]
In a very stark and impressive demonstration, Bishop Paul S. Loverde from Arlington, VA, delivers 189000 postcards opposing the passage of FOCA. These were delivered to the Virginia delegation in an attempt to sway them away from supporting any FOCA type legislation.
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