During Pope Benedict XVI’s recent trip to Germany, we took a look at how two different newspapers covered the story. Perhaps the two most premier newspapers in the U.S. and Germany are the New York Times and Der Spiegel, respectively. During the first day of the pope’s trip, the Times’ story focused on the pope’s protesters, [...]
On the last day of September, we pointed out the accusations that were made against priests in that month alone: • A 34-year-old man said he was abused in the 1980s by a priest from Portland, Oregon. • In the same diocese, a 41-year-old woman said she was also abused in the 1980s, adding that this [...]
Several organizations, led by the anti-Catholic group, Catholics for Choice, recently joined hands and sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the coverage of contraception and sterilization under Obamacare. Catholics for Choice teamed up with other anti-Catholics—many of whom have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church—to assail the bishops. [...]
The following is an excerpt from a recent joint statement of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Minnesota Catholic Conference: “A group calling itself ‘Catholics for Marriage Equality MN’ seeks to confuse Catholics and the public about authentic Church teaching related to matters of marriage and sexuality. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and [...]
In the last edition of Catalyst, we informed our readers of a conference on sexual diversity in the Catholic Church that was held at Fordham University. After seeing some of the reviews of the event, we called it a bomb. Just a hundred or so curious souls bothered to show up, and though the event was [...]
A recent Quinnipiac poll asked if the U.S. is ready for a Mormon president? Among Republicans, 68 percent say they are comfortable with the idea; this is slightly higher than the 64 percent of independents who say they are okay with such a choice; however, only 49 percent of Democrats say they are ready for a [...]
The “Every Child Deserves a Family Act” seeks to deny federal funds to any adoption agency that “discriminates” against prospective adoptive or foster parents on the basis of sexual orientation. When we caught wind of this bill, we immediately called its purpose into question. The proponents of the bill manifestly do not believe that every child [...]
Deacon Keith Fournier Living the Call: An Introduction to the Lay Vocation by Michael Novak and William Simon, Jr., Encounter Books. Blessed John Paul II used the parable of the workers in the vineyard as the framework within which to address the nature of a lay vocation. “The gospel parable sets before our eyes the Lord’s [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest lawsuit by Rebecca Randles against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph: After disturbing, but not pornographic, pictures of young girls were found on the computer of Fr. Shawn Ratigan last December, and after his attempted suicide and diagnosis by a psychiatrist, he was ordered by the Diocese [...]
Bloomberg: Michael Kinsley, "Catholic Bishops Issue Hollow Plea for Sympathy" Bill's rejoinder: Mike, The fact that most of Americans are Christian hardly vetoes the idea that anti-Christian sentiment isn’t alive and well. Most of the people in South Africa during apartheid were black. Were they not oppressed? Numbers don’t count: what counts is the profile of [...]
