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Attention Christian men: Listen to Father James!

Heroic men have always inspired me. Saints, military generals, and famous presidents have always provided light and direction during my life. Men like Paul, Athanasius, Thomas Moore, John Fisher, Edmond Campion, John Vianney, Miguel Pro, Oscar Romero, ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Fisher,  Thomas Moore,  Pope John Paul II,  Ronald Reagan

Full lawsuit text: Mormons, Boy Scouts sued

Matt C. Abbott Readers will note that I've covered various aspects of the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church rather extensively over the last few years. And, sadly, there's been quite a lot to cover. Too much, in fact. But other churches ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boy Scouts of America,  John Doe

Divorce, annulments, and the Catholic Church

Matt C. Abbott The following are excerpts from the book Annulments and the Catholic Church: Straight Answers to Tough Questions, authored by canon and civil lawyer Edward Peters. The book is written mostly in question-and-answer format, with 100 ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  20 Nov 2009

Expert: health care system, government pushing fear, death

'First of all, people need to know that the term, 'pandemic' was redefined by the U.N. to heighten alarm over the swine flu/H1N1 virus. What the U.N. did was to remove consideration of the severity of the epidemic from the determination. In other words, ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  19 Nov 2009

"It's called 'Holy Love' and I caught holy hell"

Matt C. Abbott Who would think that merely reprinting the bishop's decree regarding an alleged apparition site in Ohio could make one the target of hate mail or, more precisely, hate e-mail? But that's what happened to Wendy Cukierski, a mother of 13 ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  18 Nov 2009

The ministry of sidewalk counseling

'Sidewalk counseling is a method of saving babies by talking to their mothers and those who accompany them in front of the abortion clinic. It is probably the single most valuable activity that a pro-life person can engage in. When pro-lifers counsel ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  17 Nov 2009

Church officials, critics clash over Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Matt C. Abbott The latest in the Catholic Campaign for Human Development controversy... I asked two organizations American Life League and Human Life International if they might have a response to the above letter. Michael Hichborn, a researcher and ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,  ACORN

'Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics'

Matt C. Abbott The following are excerpts from , authored by Daniel Ali and Robert Spencer. The first excerpt is the book's foreword, written by Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. The second excerpt is the text from pages 122125 (much of the book's content is in ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Virgin Mary,  Bill Clinton

Which group is more violent -- pro-aborts or gay activists?

Matt C. Abbott The simplistic answer to the above question: The pro-aborts are more violent by far. See this Web site. (Of course, it must be said that many gay activists are pro-aborts as well. That's all too obvious.) But it seems that certain gay ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  National Organization for Marriage,  Michael Heath

The teacher, with the knife, in the (Catholic) parish school?

Matt C. Abbott In response to my Oct. 22 column about the suspicious suicide of Father Waclaw Jamroz, whose body was found bearing more than 20 stab wounds, two readers brought up the Father Alfred Kunz case. Father Kunz, of the Diocese of Madison, was ...

From MATT C. ABBOTT, Renew America,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Hughes,  Marcial Maciel

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