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AMERICA’S HOLY, YOUNG COMMUNITIES OF FAITHFUL CATHOLIC SISTERS ARE GROWING FAST!

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Ray Noble

The Holy Spirit is working overtime these days! The Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) has 100 or so holy, faithful, communities of American women religious. It represents a renaissance of American Catholicism that has been steadily taking place below … Continue reading →

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October Baby: A Movie Review

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Ray Noble

Here’s a movie review of October Baby that I posted today: Jaded movie critics will ridicule October Baby as implausible — Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com already has. What about it fails O’Hehir’s smell test: The failed abortion? The daughter’s search? The biological mother’s response? But counselors … Continue reading →

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DIVERSE ALLIES IN SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY…. Plus A Detailed Review of This Year’s Unprecedented State Vs Church Confrontation

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Ray Noble

By Ray Noble It was just over seven weeks ago that the Obama Administration began its frontal assault on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church. Yet even before Secretary Kathleen Sebelius unveiled that provocative HHS abortifacient/contraception/sterilization mandate on January 20, an astonishingly broad spectrum of faith … Continue reading →

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Marginalization of Religious Liberty: Mary Ann Glendon Sounds the Warning

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Ray Noble

Prof. Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard University Law School. In the following article from the current America Magazine, Professor Glendon examines ongoing and unprecedented government assaults on religious liberty. At the federal level, these include the NLRB’s recent, unsuccessful challenge to the right … Continue reading →

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Scholarly Medical Ethics Journal: Why Not Baby Killing?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Ray Noble

The GRIZZLY, BRAVE NEW WORLD OF MEDICAL “ETHICS” The abstract below comes from this month’s Journal of Medical Ethics, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It embodies the icy, amoral detachment of utilitarian medical ethics. The argument of the Australian authors from the University of Melbourne echoes that … Continue reading →

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FATHER JOE, PERSONAL CONSCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Ray Noble

FATHER JOE, PERSONAL CONSCIENCE and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Some friends seem to question my judgment (maybe my sanity, too) when I say that Jesuits hold a special place in my heart. That’s not to deny my very special and unique love … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH! WHITE HOUSE SAYS CATHOLICS AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD NOW AGREE!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Ray Noble

WOW! The White House wrote me the letter below to tell me that Catholics, Planned Parenthood and NARAL all agree now! Everybody thinks President Obama’s mandate on abortion, sterilization and artificial contraceptives is just great!!!! KUMBAYA!!! Look, it says so … Continue reading →

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Poor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! In becoming a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, she swore to “administer justice… and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America … Continue reading →

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Ray Noble | Leave a comment

Will Catholic Universities and Hospitals Close?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Ray Noble

Yesterday, President Obama’s HHS Secretary Sebelius praised what she called an administration “compromise” on the planned requirement that will force employers to provide birth control for employees with no co-pays and deductions as part of their healthcare insurance. According to Sebelius, the administration … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Glum, Jon — Newt’s Shown the Way!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Ray Noble

Sure, John Corzine… you do seem like a real loser right now. As MF Global’s former CEO, misplacing 1.2 billion dollars and causing all those farmers to lose their life savings was pretty tacky. Being New Jersey’s disgraced ex-Gov doesn’t help either. … Continue reading →

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