July/August Issue 2013

INJUSTICE IN PHILADELPHIA

By |2017-03-20T17:51:08-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Recently in Philadelphia, two men, Father Charles Engelhardt and Bernard Shero, a parochial school teacher, were sentenced to prison for the rape of a minor. This is a story the Catholic League has been closely following for some time. When we here at the Catholic League first heard that a boy was allegedly raped by three [...]

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STATE DEPT. PEDOPHILIA COVER-UP?

By |2013-07-25T17:30:51-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

At a June Senate Finance Committee, it was reported that the State Department found in 2010 that the majority of domestic victims enslaved in the sex industry are runaway and homeless youth. It was not said whether the child that was allegedly raped by the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium was homeless. Perhaps that is because the [...]

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FEDERAL AMENDMENT ON MARRIAGE NEEDED

By |2013-07-25T17:30:52-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

When the Supreme Court reached decisions on the issue of same-sex marriage, Bill Donohue commented: “It is clear from today’s two rulings that the ball has been moved down the field to a point where the pro-gay marriage side is in the red zone. Whether they can be stopped from crossing the goal line depends solely on [...]

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LIES OF THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES

By |2017-03-20T17:51:08-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Bill Donohue’s new booklet, Myths of the Magdalene Laundries, debunks the conventional wisdom about these Catholic-run facilities in Ireland. Based on the McAleese Report, the Irish government study released in February, it examines the origins of the many myths about the laundries. Virtually all the horror stories that have been told—nuns cruelly torturing and sexually abusing [...]

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ATHEISTS IN SEARCH OF GOD

By |2017-03-20T17:51:08-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In late June, it seemed like the atheists were all the rage in the national media. No less than three separate stories covered the atheists’ search for God and the fascination with religion (at least in its external aspects). It made for truly fascinating reading that at times bordered on the perplexing. On June 22, CNN [...]

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“NUNS ON THE BUS” ARE ROLLING AGAIN

By |2013-07-25T17:30:57-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

When the “Nuns on the Bus” last rolled out of town the bus was almost empty: only two made the entire trip. Never were there more than seven on the (luxury) bus at any one time. Recently they began in Jersey City and will end their magical mystery tour in San Francisco. The gig is being [...]

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OBAMA’S OPPOSITION TO PLAN B FOLDS

By |2013-07-25T17:30:59-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The Obama administration decided not to contest a federal judge’s ruling that eliminates age restrictions on the “morning- after” pill known as Plan B. On December 7, 2011, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius explained why the administration opposed the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation that Plan B be made available without prescription to girls [...]

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HBO SHOULD LEARN FROM NBA

By |2013-07-25T17:31:00-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Bill Maher’s obsession with Catholicism was on display again recently. His joking around about the pope being an atheist crossed no lines, nor did his swipe at Jesus being a hippie. But he just can’t get through a conversation about the Catholic Church without getting dirty. Guest Paul Rudnick, a homosexual playwright known for his filthy [...]

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MYTHS ABOUT CHRISTIAN NON-PERSECUTION

By |2017-03-20T17:51:08-04:00July 25th, 2013|Categories: Book Review, Catalyst|Tags: |

Robert Royal At the present moment, Christians are the most widely persecuted religious group in the world. They are forbidden normal freedom to practice or attacked for explicitly religious reasons in Muslim countries from Algeria across North Africa, throughout the Middle East, into Pakistan and Indonesia. In other countries, such as China, Christians of various kinds [...]

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