Monthly Archives: March 2000

AN EASY WIN

By |2013-08-15T16:26:51-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In November 1997, we learned that NBC paid author Glenn Kleier $1 million for the TV rights to his book, The Last Day; a miniseries was planned. The novel was certain to offend Catholics. We know this because Rich Horgan, who worked with Kleier on the book, said "This is a book that’s going to be a [...]

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HOLLYWOOD HIJINCKS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Three TV shows recently drew the ire of the Catholic League. The January 23 episode of the "The X-Files" featured a segment that was disparaging of the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. "When you get right down to it," one of the characters said, "is snake handling any harder to buy into than confessionals and [...]

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IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER?

By |2013-08-15T17:00:40-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

If Regis Philbin wants to stump someone on "Millionaire," we suggest he ask the following: "Which ethnic and religious group believes we should be generous in funding programs for the mentally retarded but not for the mentally ill?" Irish Catholics. " Are you sure? Is that your final answer?" If Regis had asked this question of [...]

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GOOD FRIDAY RULING YIELDS RIGHT RESULT

By |2013-08-15T17:01:22-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On January 18, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a retired school teacher that maintained that a Maryland law requiring the closing of all public schools on Good Friday was a violation of the constitutionally required separation of church and state. While the Catholic League approved of the conclusion it was not satisfied with [...]

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STUDENTS’ RIGHTS

By |2013-08-15T17:01:46-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The class is given an assignment to write about the purpose of spring break. A 13 year-old Catholic boy writes that the original purpose was to allow time off to celebrate Easter. His teacher, a Blackwood, New Jersey middle school instructor, objects on the grounds that it is improper to write about religion. If the boy [...]

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POLITICS AND RELIGION 2000

By |2013-08-15T17:02:20-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Candidates for state and federal office, Republican and Democrat alike, have addressed the subject of politics and religion more this election year than in previous ones. The Catholic League made clear its thoughts on this issue with a formal statement to the media: "Candidates for public office are often guilty of pandering to special interest groups, [...]

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MORE ART QUA HATE SPEECH ON CAMPUS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A lot of artists, for some reason, hate the Catholic Church. Why artists hate the Church more than, say, milkmen, is hard to say, but there is little doubt that they do. Maybe it’s because they fancy themselves as being creative. Maybe it has something to do with their fixation on abstract thinking. But chances are [...]

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INDULGING WITH INDULGENCES

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The New York Times took the occasion of the opening of the Holy Door at St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome to lecture the Catholic Church on its teaching concerning indulgences. The story, by Alessandra Stanley, appeared in the January 19, 2000 issue under the headline, "The Pope Opens a Door, but Not All Christians Feel [...]

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GETTING BASHED IN A TRAVEL GUIDE

By |2013-08-15T17:14:32-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Every bookstore carries volumes of Fodor’s travel guides. They are a useful source of information about cities and countries throughout the world. Unfortunately, they can also be a source of anti-Catholic bigotry. Take the Fodor’s Exploring Italy book. "Mammismo—the attachment of Italian men to their mothers—is as strong as ever. Christ, runs the old joke, was an Italian, [...]

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FATHER GUMPEL CORRECTS THE RECORD

By |2013-08-15T17:15:01-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the last issue of Catalyst, we mentioned that one of the three Catholic scholars asked to join the commission on the Holocaust was Father John F. Morley. We also noted that Father Morley "has been critical of the work of Father Peter Gumpel, the Jesuit who is promoting the cause of sainthood for Pope Pius XII; [...]

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