Religion
Disinvite Obama
For Obama to be seen hobnobbing and glad-handing and all smiles and jokes and pats on the back with Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be a source of great scandal and confusion for untold numbers of Catholic faithful as well as many others of good will …
Read MoreWho is really imposing their values on others?
The same folks so critical of the Catholic Church are the same ones who jumped to the defense of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel who said he would block Chick-Fil-A from opening stores in Chicago because their CEO, Dan Cathy, believes in traditional marriage.
Read MoreThe smoke of Satan in Steubenville
Perhaps, it’s time to push back. Take the HHS contraception mandate. All Catholics are asking is to be free to practice our faith in our daily lives out in the world. However, the secularists claim we’re actually trying to impose our morals on them. How? By not letting them trample our Constitutional right to free exercise of religion?
Read MoreTwo Catholic women debate Quiner’s Des Moines Register article
The publisher of Quiner’s Diner is my husband, Tom. A recent blogpost of his, “The Catholic Vote Could Tip the Election,” was picked up by The Des Moines Register. As you can imagine, he received some pretty strong push back from anti-Catholics and liberal Catholics. One response really caught my attention. As readers of this blog know, my husband is more than capable of rebutting contrarian positions. But with this one response, I felt compelled to stand up for my Church from a woman’s perspective …
Read MoreAngry Christian mob assaults Muslims
It was horrible. Right here in our own country, a Christian mob of hundreds descended on half a dozen Muslims who were peacefully holding up signs which simply promoted their faith. It was vile. You can’t believe the invective. Hmmm, is that really what happened?
Read MoreFeeding on wind
Guest contributor, Tom Maly, reflects upon the prophet Ezekiel and St. Thomas More, who left us with this thought-provoking quote: “Reputation, fame, honor — what is all that but a breath of air from another person’s mouth, no sooner spoken but gone? Thus whoever finds delight in them is feeding on wind.”
Read MoreWe’re at a tipping point
Americans view the HHS Mandate so differently. Some say, “what’s the big deal, pass the chips and hand me the remote.” Others say, “it’s all about women’s ‘reproductive health.’ ” Still others say, “this is a blatant assault on my religious liberty. I will go to jail before I comply with such wickedness.”
Read MoreThe coming Catholic civil disobedience
The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops are preparing Catholics for civil disobedience. Equating their defense of religious liberty with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the USCCB has planned a two week event called the Fortnight for Freedom. The Bishops have provided each parish in the U.S. with a bulletin insert that correlates the moral battle for civil rights in the 6os with our current battle to regain the religious liberties stripped away by the Obama Administration …
Read MoreQuiner’s Diner is reprinted in the Des Moines Register
By Tom Quiner Thanks to the Des Moines Register for running our May 28th post on Charles Colson (“Iowa View: Colson was a prodigal son who deserves our forgiveness”). Check it out online at the Des Moines Register website.
Read MoreThe power of the “clerical frown”
“When the Democratic Party made the ideological issues of secular feminism a litmus test for party loyalty, millions of Catholics including thousands of clergy had to make a choice. As a result of this choice, the “Catholic voter” was destabilized. No longer reliable Democrats, some Catholics became registered Republicans and many became de facto independents or swing voters … “
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