http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/anticatholic/ en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts Folks, this according to the Thomas More Law Center: ANN ARBOR, MI – Tomorrow, December 16, 2009, at 10 AM PST, a panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s virulent resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its teachings against homosexual adoptions. The en banc panel will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit that upheld the resolution. Thomas More Law Center attorney Robert Muise will argue the case on behalf of the plaintiffs in... Vivificat - From Contemplation to Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404775/posts The web site of a Catholic college in Montana advises students who wish to obtain an abortion to contact Planned Parenthood. “How can I obtain an abortion?” asks an anonymous "ask-a-nurse" advice column for Carroll College students. The response-- “thoughtfully prepared by Health Services”-- is "Carroll College does not offer abortion counseling based on its Catholic Tradition. There is a Planned Parenthood in Helena or you can talk with any health care provider concerning your options." In addition, the college’s official “Summer Job Finding Guide” asks students to consider applying for employment at Planned Parenthood. In 2005, a controversy erupted... Catholicculture.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404775/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401818/posts Dec 4, 2009 — The facility with which some evolutionary biologists appeal to almost magical powers of evolution to explain anything and everything is revealed in some recent science articles. Whatever needs explaining is due to evolution – evidence or not. These four examples can be considered representative of the genre... CEH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401818/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:20:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401067/posts Read the following mini-stories and much more by clicking the excerpt link below: 1. The Times: “Evidence of Life on Mars Lurks Beneath Surface of Meteorite, Nasa Experts Claim 2. PhysOrg: “‘Super-River’ Formed the English Channel” 3. Wired: “There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Simple’ Organism” 4. ScienceDaily: “Study Pits Man Versus Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million-Year-Old Jigsaw” 5. PhysOrg: “Bacterial Gut Symbionts Are Tightly Linked with the Evolution of Herbivory in Ants” 6. And Don’t Miss . . . AiG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401067/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:29:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389187/posts Some pro-life Catholics reacted with shock to the news that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don't seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. This is the untold story-how Obama and the Vatican accept major ingredients of what has been called a New World Order. Another untold story is how, despite a disagreement over abortion, the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the Obama Administration agree on major aspects of so-called health care reform. These topics are mostly taboo in the liberal and... AIM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389187/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388541/posts To mark their 23rd anniversary, the French pro-life group SOS Tout-Petits held their annual National Rosary for Life on Saturday, sparking heated protests from the country's pro-abortion activists. Catholics gathered to pray outside cathedrals and churches in at least 28 cities throughout France, as well as in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Philippines. In many of these cities, the peaceful event attracted large anti-Catholic counter-demonstrations. For example, at the St. André Cathedral in Bordeaux, police were called to the scene as a large crowd opposed the 150 people gathered to pray. The crowd carried pro-abortion signs and shouted "Caca Catholic," "Mary,... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388541/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381702/posts A BBC Debate Motion: That the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world. .................Before.........After...........Change For...............678............268............-410 Against.......1102...........1876...........+774 Undecided....346..............34 BBC TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381702/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2373263/posts Riding high in the saddle Francis Beckwith is in a tizzy. Sometimes you have to wonder when the poor guy isn’t in a tizzy. Apparently, “coming home” hasn’t brought him the peace of mind he was seeking. One of my pet peeves is the intentional overuse of "Rome," "Roman," "Romanist," etc. by Protestant critics of Catholic theology. Here's why: the Catholic Church is a collection of many churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome. It's catechism--The Catechism of the Catholic Church--is that of all these churches that are in communion with one another and with the Supreme Pontiff,... Triablogue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2373263/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373679/posts Most people would provoke a shudder by dressing up as a pregnant nun for Halloween. But when it is 'Octomum' Nadya Suleman and she also disguises her eight babies as little devils, the shudder becomes more of a convulsion. The mother of fourteen - including her octuplets born in January this year - poked fun at herself as she headed out with her eight IVF babies to celebrate Halloween. The effort of thinking up eight different costumes for the babies was apparently too much for her, however, as she dressed them all the same - as little red devils. Complete... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373679/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373635/posts Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Octomom Nadya Suleman has found a way to turn the spotlight back on her this Halloween. The controversial unemployed single mother dressed up as a pregnant nun and had her octuplets don red devil costumes earlier this week.She was all smiles for the camera while her 9-month-old octuplets were visibly restless, with some even photographed crying. Their trick or treat parade was completed by two big strollers draped in spider webs. Suleman, who has six other older kids, created a public uproar in January when she gave birth to her octuplets via in-vitro fertilization, while... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373635/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372070/posts The calendar has been produced by the Madrid Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual collective COGAM Controversy in Madrid with the launch of a 2010 lay calendar which shows images of ‘transsexual virgins’ recreating religious scenes decorated with crowns, condoms and phallic symbols. The lay calendar takes the religion out of the dates of the year, so Christmas Day becomes the day you eat the traditional Spanish turron to mark International Democracy Day, for example. The images are all based on famous Catholic images and iconography. The Venezuelan photographer who assembled the calendar, Juan Antinoo, had been commissioned by COGAM, the... Typically Spanish http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372070/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368376/posts Amid the worst recession in generations, Karl Marx, who famously described religion as “the opium of the people”, got a thumbs up from the Vatican overturning a century of Catholic hostility to his creed. Marx, who predicted that capitalism would be destroyed by its internal contradictions, has joined Galileo, Charles Darwin and Oscar Wilde on a growing list of historical figures to have undergone an unlikely reappraisal by the Roman Catholic Church, The Times newspaper said on Thursday. The British daily, quoting the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, said Marx’s early critiques of capitalism had highlighted the “social alienation” felt by... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368376/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331361/posts LOS ANGELES, CA, September 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In all of his 16 years defending the rights of Catholics, the President of the Catholic League has "never seen a more defamatory, obscene and vicious show on TV."  League President Bill Donohue was referring to the August 27 edition of the CBS/Showtime program Penn & Teller.  The half-hour show libeled the Catholic Church with impunity, blaming the Church for, as Donohue put it, "every evil in history." Show host Jillette said the "intolerance, greed, paranoia, hypocrisy and callous disregard for human suffering" was the hallmark of the Catholic Church. Others on... LifeSite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331361/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329487/posts "And not just atheists," said Bill Donohue during an August 31st Fox News interview. "I’m talking about people who are disaffected Catholics and Protestants who are mutineers within their own religion, trying to change things." It wasn't just "militant, dogmatic" atheists and "disaffected" Christians that the Catholic League president complained about either. Donohue also had a few choice words for magicians Penn & Teller whose Showtime series, Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!, just ran an episode on the history of the Catholic Church. "This was the most Nazi-like assault,” Donohue said. “The most unrelenting half an hour of bashing I’ve ever... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329487/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:14:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2317949/posts THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY A Roman Catholic Dogma Originating with Heretics and Condemned as Heretical by 2 Popes in the 5th and 6th Centuries. By William Webster The Roman Catholic doctrine of the assumption of Mary teaches that she was assumed body and soul into heaven either without dying or shortly after death. This extraordinary claim was only officially declared to be a dogma of Roman Catholic faith in 1950, though it had been believed by many for hundreds of years. To dispute this doctrine, according to Rome’s teaching, would result in the loss of salvation. The official teaching of... Christian Resources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2317949/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294310/posts The interior of the Cathedral of the Assumption in Kathmandu Rome, Italy, Jul 16, 2009 / 12:37 pm (CNA).- Following the recent bomb attack on the Cathedral of the Assumption, which was attributed to the Hindu group Nepal Defense Army, extremists are now threatening priests and religious in Nepal with death if they do not leave the country “within one month.” The Apostolic Vicar of Nepal, Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, said the threats were made to the associate vicar, Father Pius Perumana.  L’Osservatore Romano reported that the police have beefed up security at the diocesan chancery in Godavari, where Father... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294310/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279277/posts A statue toppled by vandals at St. Joseph's. Photo: News 4 CNA STAFF, Jun 25, 2009 / 07:06 am (CNA).- A devastating act of vandalism at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mandarin, Florida last weekend left a total of nine religious statues damaged.  Fr. Daniel Cody, pastor of St. Joseph’s, said that he was disappointed by the incident, but is asking his parishioners to pray for whoever committed the acts.Some statues were only slightly damaged after being pushed from their pedestals, while others were completely destroyed.  Included in the damage was a statue of St. Patrick that cost well... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279277/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:54:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276745/posts It seems one man’s religious freedom is another man’s “ridiculous prejudice.” One government official fumed that Catholic doctors were refusing to perform abortions-abortions that were perfectly legal. He wrote in a memo: “After all, these scruples are in most cases nothing but ridiculous prejudices . . . One is tempted to ask: where does state authority come in these cases, or else, is the state, perhaps, not anxious to assert its authority in this particular instance?” Well, Nazi Germany was seldom hesitant to assert its authority, even over religion and individual conscience. As described in the June/July issue of First... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276745/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2275326/posts First, the lie is spread around with a press release headline: Ohio Catholic Priest Comes OUT as a Drag Queen with a Billboard Dance Hit. Then it builds with more sensationalism in the press release itself: "In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Big Mama Capretta reveals the surprise truth about her identity. By day, Capretta is none other than Father Anthony, a proud practicing Catholic priest from Columbus, Ohio! Big Mama Capretta's new hit single 'Big Mama's House' is currently #25 on the U.S. Billboard Club Play dance chart." Next, the Advocate, an "award-winning LGBT news site", basically copies down... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2275326/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2268493/posts The state government of Connecticut might just be the epicenter of state sponsored anti-Catholicism in the country right now. The state is seeking to silence the Catholic Church. Again. Ever since the Church's stance supporting traditional marriage or at least for a conscience clause for religious organizations, many in state government have sought to punish the Church or at least silence it. If you'll recall a few months ago two Democrat state legislators proposed a bill targeting Catholic parishes by instituting elected boards to oversee parishes. This, of course, caused an outrage as the government had no right to intervene... Creative Minority Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2268493/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:53:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268202/posts Editor's Note: The movie "Angels and Demons" is considered a financial flop in the United States. It must be noted 70% of revenue generated by Hollywood films derives from foreign viewership. See: http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/ -- JMZ Disparaging the Catholic Church is the real purpose of the latest Dan Brown/Ron "Opie" Howard movie “Angels and Demons.” Bill Donohue, President of the anti-defamation Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights www.catholicleague.org is demanding a disclaimer as the team who produced "The DaVinci Code" uses the same confusing mix of "fact and fiction" to spin a suspenseful conspiracy tale revolving around a secret ... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268202/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264186/posts White House (CNSNews.com) - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com Tuesday that President Barack Obama is comfortable with the membership of his faith-based advisory council, despite calls from conservative Catholics to remove a member who has repeatedly made offensive statements about Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church. Gibbs’ response comes nearly a month after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Mich.) signed a letter, along with 20 other prominent conservative Catholics, asking Obama to remove Harry Knox, director of the faith and religion program at the homosexual activist group Human Rights Campaign, from... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264186/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:26:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248669/posts It's no surprise that progressives hate Christianity. They don't want anyone answering to a higher moral authority than the federal bureaucracy. Anything that roots us in our cultural heritage is an impediment to Change. Worst of all, Christianity recognizes the preciousness of each individual soul, directly contradicting the liberal belief that we are significant only as interchangeable representatives of privileged grievance groups. With the Moonbat Messiah in charge, the gloves can come off: A homosexual-rights activist whom President Obama appointed last month to a White House advisory council had — just three weeks before his appointment — posted a statement... moonbattery.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248669/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 18:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2247132/posts He takes Joy Behar to task. Fox & Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2247132/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 19:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2245472/posts During the 2008 presidential campaign, there was a steady drumbeat of opposition to Barack Obama from some U.S. Catholic bishops, which only increased after his election. But despite the attention these attacks received in the media and on Internet blogs, polls show that the Catholic people are not listening. He has been criticized: • for being the most pro-abortion president ever, even though he wants to develop programs that will reduce the number of abortions while keeping it legal under most circumstances (he supports restrictions in the third trimester with an exception for the health of the mother); (snip) These... Newsweek/WaPo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2245472/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 17:49:58 GMT