Home Church 09/01/2012 11.41.28 Pope Benedict: the financial crisis and religious freedom at the heart of the Pope’s discourse to diplomats Pope Benedict XVI on Monday received in audience the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See and pronounced his annual “State of the World” address.Here is the full text: Your Excellencies,Ladies and [...]
As a vowed member of the Society of Jesus, I take seriously the mission of the Jesuits, expressed succinctly in the apostolic letters Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae and Exposcit Debitum: …He is a member of a Society founded chiefly for this purpose: to strive especially for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the [...]
I’m Being Censored! The material on this web site is being censored. Not by a government bureau or, but by the technology of the Internet itself. (Before I say any more, let me cut to the chase and ask all subscribers to “whitelist” the Ad Rem. It’s quite easy, and will ensure delivery of our [...]
In the final run-up to the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses, a handful of Republican presidential candidates highlighted their pro-life bona fides in a nationally simulcast “teletown hall” forum sponsored by Personhood USA and several pro-life organizations. Significantly, all four of the participants in the National Presidential Pro-life Forum — Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and [...]
I seem to remember a time when “big government” and “conservatism” were pretty much mutually exclusive phrases. But the lines have been blurring on that for a long time now, a point which came to light significantly during the administration of George W. Bush with the expansion of Medicare and NCLB. This distracted and disillusioned [...]
We’ve been working with our science material: Behold and See Science 5. The current topic we are working with is the anatomy of a flower. Our book describes the ovary as the part of the flower that will become fruit. So my kids, thinking that it’s funny, has decided to use the word when asking [...]
By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire said today she wants Washington to become the seventh state in the nation to make gay marriage legal. She said at a news conference tht she’ll introduce legislation that, if passed, would allow same-sex marriage in the state. The Democrat had previously supported [...]
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Center for Research on GlobalizationYou Can’t Price Stocks Without The Fallout From Politics And EconomicsForbes… as quantitative easing has not gotten many people jobs. All these strategic and political problems lay over the stock market as well as the bond market, where another fear is for inflation which will drive 1.90% 10 year Treasury yields [...]
While candidates covered many issues, the economy is clearly the priority for voters. But what are small business owners looking for in a candidate? Bud Evans and his sister, Ann, run a feed and supply store in Derry, N.H., that their father started after World War II. Over the years, it’s become a popular stop [...]
Full Article: Persecution 01/04/2012 North Korea (Baptist Press) – A bipartisan panel has urged the Obama administration to place religious liberty and other human rights at the center of its relations with North Korea as the brutally repressive regime transitions to new leadership. The appeal came barely a week before North Korea’s communist dictatorship was [...]
I want to point out some interesting bits floating about on the web today. Steven Abell’s latest column touches on the controversial subject of worship in Heathenry (and Paganism as well): The word worship always appears in these discussions, and it always takes a beating. Someone will come to its rescue and remind us that, [...]
Jake Welsh wrote on Jan 3, 2012 11:45 PM:” why Jesus Would call Tim Tebow a Hypocrite:.”be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. if you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.”–The words of Christ, as quoted in Matthew 6:1, The Bible, [...]
Today’s Sunday Telegraph report into Nigeria’s “descent into holy war” highlights the increasingly harrowing story of Christian persecution around the world, this heart-breaking account in particular: That new agenda was spelt out with a brutal sense of occasion on Christmas Day, when a car bomb killed 42 worshippers at morning mass at St Theresa’s [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://christinalangella.com/2012/01/08/please-pray-for-nyc-churches/ ____________________________________________________ People of faith, particularly Christians , are quickly and illegally being blotted out of the public square . What is the logic behind this … exercise thereof…” That’s it! Please pray that : (1) this is overturned (2) that God use this time of trial and persecution to [...]
Yet the Death Penalty is overwhelmingly supported by Christian Conservatives.Nearly three in four presided over 149 executions as governor of Texas and even mocked one of the women he put to death. Some may attempt to fall back on the classic claim of an “eye for an eye.” This old testament adage has been refuted [...]
Print PDF By Soeren Kern at Stonegate Institute:The European Union has offered to host the next meeting of the so-called Istanbul Process, an aggressive effort by Muslim countries to make it an international crime to criticize Islam. The announcement comes less than one month after the United States hosted its own Istanbul Process conference in Washington, [...]
Like megachurches, homeschooling, and Tim Tebow, “Merry Christmas” has become a religio-cultural Rorschach test. If you prefer that department stores greet you with a “Merry Christmas,” or at least wish they didn’t feel compelled to adopt the anodyne “Happy Holidays,” chances are good you’re a conservative Christian of some stripe. If, on the other hand, [...]
Since the 13th General Election seems to be on the minds of most Malaysians (at least those who are online), and we’ve been very much focused on understanding how Christians are reflecting on religion and politics, I will repost an older article that made it into an English mainstream paper below. * * * [...]
Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:21 — 2.7MB) Approximately 700 hundred Vancouver and Portland high school students will brave the predawn darkness Saturday morning and descend upon Vancouver’s Evergreen High School with one thing in mind: building robots. FIRST Robotics students build a robot as part of their after-school program. This weekend is the launch of the [...]
Little by little, in the name of fighting terrorism, our Bill of Rights is being repealed. The 4th Amendment has been rendered toothless by the PATRIOT Act. No more can we truly feel secure in our persons, houses, papers and effects when now there is an exception that fits nearly any excuse for our government [...]
FROM News Source http://trueblueconservative.com/2012/01/2011-and-beyond-%C2%AB-christian-freedom-international/ In April of this year my family and I moved to Thailand so I could be closer to the projects that we have developed in S.E. Asia over the past decade and a half. It is a short flight to most of our programs in Laos, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and [...]
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Jan 9, 2012 by Rousas John Rushdoony This article is from Law and Liberty, Chapter 10, by Rousas John Rushdoony, a Reformed scholar and brilliant writer of the last century. Dr. Rushdoony was the founder of Chalcedon Foundation, an educational organization devoted to research, publishing, and to cogent communication of a distinctively Christian scholarship to [...]
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The young girl asked Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum his biggest mistake in politics. “Running for office in the first place,” a rabble-rouser in the audience shouted. Santorum smiled and then quipped: “Until about two weeks ago, a lot of people were saying that.” The one-time long shot candidate who ran his [...]
WASHINGTON – Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year’s Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. Supporters of the program say it is one of the most reliable safety nets for families who suddenly find themselves unable [...]
WINDHAM, N.H. – Judging from the presidential forums being held all over New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary, the biggest threats to America appear to be online piracy, an insidious United Nations and “crony capitalism.” Rick Santorum, for instance, fielded questions for 48 minutes from a crowd of 600 in Windham on Thursday before [...]
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SALEM, N.H. – Mitt Romney is a timid Massachusetts moderate, a flip-flopper on abortion and gun rights. As governor, he raised taxes and even tried to hike fees on the blind. He’s also a liar full of “pious baloney” — according to Newt Gingrich. The former House speaker left his “positive campaign” strategy behind in [...]
MANCHESTER, N.H. – His pledge to stay positive in ashes, New Gingrich challenged front-runner Mitt Romney to account for his record as a corporate takeover artist Monday as Republican presidential hopefuls hustled through a final day of campaigning for the New Hampshire primary, a pivotal test for the rivals bidding to derail the former Massachusetts [...]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday that he’s not giving up on the race for the Republican presidential nomination, comparing himself to the fighters who rode back into the Alamo knowing there would be no reinforcements coming. Perry returned to South Carolina for his first campaign stop in the state after a [...]
(Reuters) – Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich takes part in the New Hampshire primary election on Tuesday in the race to pick a Republican candidate to oppose President Barack Obama in 2012. Here are a few facts about him. * As speaker, Gingrich was the main architect of the 1994 election [...]
(Reuters) – Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum competes in the New Hampshire primary election on Thursday in the Republican race to find a challenger to President Barack Obama in November’s presidential election. Here are some facts about him. * A fervent Catholic, Santorum described himself in New Hampshire this week as the “the Jesus candidate.” [...]
Written By : William Teach ….we should turn the concern meter up to 11 (Fox News) School districts and their supporters around the US have launched a wave of lawsuits asking courts to order more spending on public education, contending they face new pressures as states cut billions of dollars of funding while adding more [...]
Written By : William Teach Was anyone else aware of this, other than The Politico’s Maggie Haberman, or, were we all focused on the NFL Playoffs? Fortunately, Maggie was there to provide 6 takeaways 1) For the most part, the attacks on Mitt Romney didn’t stick Romney was under much more forceful attack in Sunday [...]
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Education Secretary Arne Duncan meeting at the Department of Education with a group that, according to the Department of Labor’s newsletter, included a “majority” of people who were “DREAMers.” (Official Department of Education photo by Leslie Williams) (CNSNews.com) – A group of illegal aliens visited the U.S. Department of Education [...]
Michael and Chantell Sackett. (AP photo) (CNSNews.com) – In 2005, Michael and Chantell Sackett were working toward what many American families work toward, their own home on their own land, until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) halted their plans by declaring it a “wetland.” On Monday, Jan. 9, the Sacketts and their attorneys will [...]
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), speaking at the National Day of Prayer, May 5, 2011. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a Tea Party favorite, talking about the deal to extend payroll tax cut brokered by House leadership and the White House, said that the GOP House leadership had caved in to Senate GOP [...]
Reporting from Beijing— Even the police are driving Porsches. Chinese officials love their cars — big, fancy, expensive cars. A chocolate-colored Bentley worth $560,000 is cruising the streets of Beijing with license plates indicating it is registered to Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party headquarters. The armed police, who handle riots and crowd control, have the same model of Bentley in blue. [...]
The lyrics of Katy Perry’s catchy tunes might suggest otherwise (“I Kissed A Girl,” “Last Friday Night,” “E.T.”), but the reason behind her split from husband Russell Brand was reportedly due to problems in the bedroom. The Huffington Post rounded up reports from tabloids — Us Weekly, The Sun and TMZ — that all have sources claiming [...]
Charlie Sheen says that last year’s headline-making antics are indeed a thing of the past. “I’m not crazy any more. That was an episode,” Sheen says, laughing, as he spoke with reporters at Sunday night’s Fox Network Television Critics Association party in Pasadena, Calif. “I think I’m a different person than I was yesterday. Everything [...]
Kali Borkoski Manager Posted Mon, January 9th, 2012 9:59 am With the help of our reporter, Lyle Denniston, we will be live blogging the rest of the orders from the January 6 Conference. (Lyle covered the Court’s initial orders from that list on Friday.) Once you see the Live Blog window and our initial welcome, we [...]
Democratic leaders in Trenton are expected to hold a news conference later Monday to reintroduce a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New Jersey. The same-sex marriage measure failed two years ago when a key democrat in New Jersey abstained from voting. Right now, New Jersey does allow and recognize civil unions. Still, some say that’s [...]
It’s easy to make a bad argument against the Harper government’s plan to establish an Office of Religious Freedom within the Department of Foreign Affairs. You grumble that religion has often been oppressive, and thunder that Canada as a secular state ought not be pursuing religious objectives. Eventually, you subside. More related to this story [...]
by Bob Gaetjens | GaTEWAY NEWS EDITOR Streetsboro — State Sen. Tom Sawyer, Rep. Kathleen Clyde and state School Board member Bryan Williams will be panelists at a bipartisan forum Jan. 26 on House Bill 136, which would expand the state’s school voucher program. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Streetsboro High [...]
Your editorial “Republicans for Monopoly” (Dec. 31) lamenting Pennsylvania’s school-choice deadlock misses the real story: The Pennsylvania House passed a massive expansion of the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program—already the largest private choice program in terms of the number of students—by 190 votes to seven. The average credit scholarship is about $1,000 because private [...]
JERUSALEM — If they hadn’t been stirred already by the female soldier who was called a “slut” on a public bus, or the 8-year-old girl spit on by neighbors on the way to school, the sight of Jewish protesters dressed up in concentration-camp garb seems to have pushed much of Israeli secular society over the [...]
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM | Mon Jan 9, 2012 8:12am EST JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman dismissed newly rekindled diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians Monday, accusing them of poor faith in peacemaking. Firing back as Israeli and Palestinian envoys prepared a second round of the low-key but potentially decisive exploratory talks later [...]