by Jerry and Anna Parisella Dear Mr. Vice President: We have been enthusiastic supporters of your and President Obama’s fair and wise domestic and foreign policies. There is one policy, however, that is unsupportable and is considered of such long-term, precedent-setting consequence that it trumps all other issues – the HHS Mandate. We are respectfully […]
Nothing may irk Catholics more than bishops and priests going public on moral issues with which they struggle (or disagree) except those same leaders staying silent on issues they agree with! Perhaps this is also true for many non-Catholics. The Church is not a democracy and never will be. It cannot be. Unlike the U.S. […]
by Antonina Zielinska Demonstrators from downstate New York gathered on the steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial in Lower Manhattan to protest the Affordable Health Care Act. They demonstrated, at the site where the first U.S. Congress met to adopt the Bill of Rights over 200 years ago, to protest a mandate which they […]
Aging is a process that affects everyone. For some, it can be gradual; for others, painful. But either way, it’s inevitable. However, the process may look bleak for local seniors receiving in-home aid from Brooklyn-Queens Catholic Charities. The organization is calling for the full restoration of $6.6 million in N.Y.C. funding toward services for the […]
In summoning “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” in defense of our religious liberty, the American bishops are demonstrating a keen awareness of what good fatherhood demands and that they are up to the charge. Their latest statement on point – “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty” – issued by the USCCB Ad Hoc […]
If your Lenten resolutions include bringing food to the homeless, do not take it to any government-run facility in town. You will be turned away. Recently the Bloomberg administration put the kibosh on purveyors of politically incorrect foods; and that would include your mom’s home-cooking, corned beef and cabbage from your parish St. Patrick’s dance […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In recent months we have heard more about the so-called separation of church and state. Nowhere in the Constitution does this exist. It originates from Jefferson’s response to some ministers that there should be a wall of separation between church and state. One of our first presidents […]
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk On Jan. 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a mandate placing First Amendment rights and religious freedom in the crosshairs. The mandate, as a provision of ObamaCare, requires “preventive health services” to be covered by all health insurance issuers and all group health plans. Those insurance […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I heard you talking about tattoos on TV last week. I believe you said that tattoos could be good if they carried medical information, like allergies to pills. The discussion awakened old wounds as my son got a tattoo on his arm two years ago against my wishes. I think that […]
by Stephen Kent Spending a week with our two-year-old granddaughter reintroduced me to the experience of the insincere “whoops” or the impenitent “sorry.” Neither represents penance nor a firm purpose of amendment. There was a similar feeling to hear President Barack Obama offer his “revision,” “compromise” or “walking some parts back” to the mandate […]
