On July 21, when Bill Maher interviewed Billy Joel, the singer said that when he first sang, “Only the Good Die Young”—which had a snappy line about Catholic girls, he got some blowback. Maher responded, “I mean, I guess it—look I’ve had many letters from William Donohue, the head of the Catholic League. He literally challenged [...]
Georgetown University, which identifies as Catholic, has a Muslim problem. There is nothing new about this, but now that it is front and center, it can no longer be ignored. On July 15, Robert Groves, the interim president of Georgetown, testified before the House Committee on Education and Workplace. He told the panel that one of [...]
On the previous page, we concluded that Georgetown's astounding tolerance for anti-Semitism is not unrelated to its being greased by Qatar to the tune of over $1 billion. Yet this Jesuit school publicly proclaims a great interest in human rights and social justice. Qatar's record on this score, however, is atrocious. Here is what Georgetown has [...]
We've all dealt with scolds, highly judgmental finger-pointing people who are quick to call us out for some alleged moral outrage. They are annoying, to put it mildly. The corrective, however, is not to become the polar opposite, which is to be non-judgmental about practically everything. The extremes, as usual, are no good. It is not [...]
Former Sen. Joe Manchin said he left the Democratic Party last year because he couldn't "stomach" what he said was "the socialist trend" in the Party. "It's not the Democratic Party that I knew or that I was a part of for many, many years." The West Virginia senator specifically mentioned Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandra [...]
Every survey over the past few decades shows that the Democratic Party is overrepresented by secularists, many of whom are anti-religion, especially anti-Christian. That is why its leaders are attracted to someone who might be able to resonate with Christians, yet appeal to their base. They think they have found one in James Talarico. Rep. Talarico [...]
This is a longer version of an article that appeared earlier this year. Catholic dissidents are a motley crew. They include ex-Catholics, Catholics in name only, and some who attend Mass. They are lay men and women, nuns and priests; more than a few are ex-nuns and ex-priests. What they have in common is anger: they [...]
Jimmy Swaggart died July 1. He was an old-time anti-Catholic bigot who made it big, and then had a major fall from grace. The Pentecostal televangelist was 90. His cousins were Mickey Gillis and Jerry Lee Lewis, two accomplished entertainers. On August 21, 2006, we received a fax from a man who wrote, "My mother-in-law—a Pentecostal [...]
The Supreme Court ended its session by rendering three decisions that have the effect, if not the specific intent, of protecting the best interests of parents and children. Those who ascribe to traditional moral values will find much to celebrate. The Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of South Carolina to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood [...]
We have known for years about an anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI that was operative under President Biden. It spied on practicing Catholics, not just those who have been dubbed "radical-traditionalist Catholics" (RTCs). We now know, thanks to FBI Director Kash Patel, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, how widespread it was. Indeed, the extent [...]
