House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was recently asked to comment on abortion. Here is what she said. "Yeah, I'm Catholic. I come from a pro-life family. Not active in that regard. Different in their view of a woman's right to choose than I am. In my right to choose, I had five children in six years and [...]
Prior to Columbus Day, we posted a three-part series on the degree to which politics has been infused into discussions about this holiday. We are offering a sample of our report in Catalyst; those who would like to read more about this subject should reference our website. Origins of the Assault on Columbus In the 1990s, [...]
On October 18, New York City officials voted unanimously to remove a 7-foot-tall statue of Thomas Jefferson from the chambers of the New York City Council in City Hall. Perversely, the person most responsible for declaring Jefferson a racist is himself a racist, New York State Assemblyman Charles Barron. What should they do with the Jefferson [...]
"Life begins at conception, that's the Church's judgment. I accept it in my personal life." That is what Vice President Joe Biden said in 2012, echoing what he said in 2008. "I respect those who believe life begins at the moment of conception. I don't agree, but I respect that." That is what President Biden said [...]
The California legislature recently passed a bill that was based on a vicious lie: it contends that St. Junípero Serra was responsible for the mass murder of Indians in the 18th century. The purpose of the bill is to replace a statue of Serra at the Capitol in Sacramento with a new monument that celebrates the [...]
The Virginia Supreme Court made a wise decision when it said it would not accept a challenge to a lower court ruling that required Loudoun County Public Schools to reinstate a teacher who was punished for not acknowledging that boys can be girls, and vice versa. The victim in this case, Tanner Cross, argued that his [...]
No newspaper in the country likes protests more than the New York Times. There is a qualifier, though, as made clear in the September 8th edition. Michelle Cottle is a member of the editorial board of the New York Times. "Chaos at the School Board Meeting" is the title of her editorial-page column. She does not [...]
The controversy over a Texas pro-life law has led some to make irresponsible remarks, and no one has topped Attorney General Merrick Garland. The law, which forbids doctors from performing an abortion on a mother carrying a baby whose heartbeat can be detected, provoked Garland to make totally unfounded claims of violence on the part of [...]
It is not the Catholic Church that is obsessed with sex, it is the media. Of the six questions Pope Francis was asked aboard the papal plane on September 15, half were on sex: there were two questions on homosexuality and one on abortion. Yet the pope was not returning from a conference on sexuality and [...]
We recently released a report (see our website) on the problems associated with males and females who "transition" to the opposite sex. Here are some of our findings. Physical Damage • There are no medical criteria to determine if a child needs to undergo transition procedures. • According to the Mayo Clinic "Feminizing hormone therapy" (the [...]
