Daily Archives: August 14, 2012

Martyrology-August 16th Roman Martyrology-August 16th- on this date in various years- St. Joachim, father of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Confessor. His birthday is noted on the 20th of March. At Rome, St. Titus, deacon, who, when the city was taken by the Goths, was put to death by a barbarous tribune while distributing money to the poor. At Nicaea in Bithynia, St. Diomede, a physician who underwent martyrdom by being beheaded during the persecution of Diocletian. In Read more [...]

Doubting Thomas (Jefferson) and the Founders’ Great Mistake The Enlightenment marked a fundamental shift from faith and focus on an afterlife to the material world and the pursuit of happiness in this life. By Dr. Edmund J. Mazza Tuesday, August 14, 2012 www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1534/doubting_thomas_jefferson_and_the_founders_great_mistake.aspx Editor’s Note: The beliefs of Thomas Jefferson continue to create controversy even though the Founding Father and third President Read more [...]

[Round up the usual useful idiots] Obama campaign unveils its ‘Catholics for Obama’ 2012 team Aug. 14, 2012 By David Gibson, Religion News Service ncronline.org/news/politics/obama-campaign-unveils-its-catholics-obama-2012-team The Obama campaign unveiled its “Catholics for Obama” team for 2012 on Monday in an effort to burnish its credentials with a key voting bloc whose leaders have increasingly voiced their opposition to the administration over issues like gay marriage and Read more [...]

Pro-Life Leader Nellie Gray Dies, Hailed as ‘Champion for Life’ blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/08/14/pro-life-leader-nellie-gray-dies-hailed-as-champion-for-life/ Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society, issued the following statement upon learning of the death of March for Life founder Nellie Gray, who passed away over the weekend. I am deeply saddened to learn of Nellie’s passing. Having worked with her over the past twenty years, I have been Read more [...]