Rosary vs. Pornography
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, November 01, 2008 11:08 AM
“The Rosary is excruciating. There I said it.” Thus begins Brian Pessaro’s “My Struggle With the Rosary” at Godspy.
“I wouldn’t be where I am today had it not been for Mary’s intercession,” he writes. “Since the age of 11, I was addicted to pornography. It began simple enough with sneaking peaks at my best friend’s father’s Playboys in the basement of his house. But by the... READ MORE
Filed under pornography, rosary, weekend commentary
Video: Catholics and Life
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, November 01, 2008 3:47 AM
Gus Lloyd told me about this clear and concise video from the Scranton Diocese taking on arguments that downplay the importance of the right to life to Catholics.
Here’s where I found it on YouTube.
— Tom Hoopes
Filed under video, weekend commentary
McCain: ‘I Won’t Cave’
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:30 PM
One reason John McCain makes pro-lifers queasy: the Supreme Court. McCain’s Gang of 14 snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for pro-life judges.
Now comes Human Events, nailing McCain down on the question: What will your nominees be like?
It seemed like a vote for McCain was a vote along the lines of the logic of Horatio Hornblower’s duel in the book Midshipman Hornblower . A bad shot,... READ MORE
Filed under court, human events, mccain, supreme court, weekend commentary
The Bust Is Good
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:12 AM
Jeffery Tucker asks at Inside Catholic: What’s Wrong With Failure? It’s a subject Catholics are more likely to understand than most. After all, we’re the ones with the big statues of our failed leader front and center in our churches.
Writes Tucker: “As angry as many people were about the bailout of Wall Street, something else makes people just about as angry: falling stock prices. It... READ MORE
Filed under inside catholic, wall street, weekend commentary
Ideal Catholic Candidate?
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:05 PM
John Allen at the Reporter says he has avoided wading into election issues, but now realizes he must. In doing so he describes what the perfect Catholic candidate would be like, in his view.
He speaks for “Catholics alienated from both parties, who aren’t undecided but rather disenfranchised.”
“Most analyses of the ‘Catholic vote’ presume there are three basic camps: pro-Obama... READ MORE
Filed under anti-war, pro-life, weekend commentary
A Saint on Broadway
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:51 AM
“When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”
The New York area has been seeing ads for Broadway’s A Man for All Seasons on Broadway. Now Amanda Shaw and Nathaniel Peters give the play two thumbs up at First Things blog. And in doing so, they provide an excellent critique of the excesses in... READ MORE
Filed under conscience, first things, man for all seasons, politics, thomas more, weekend commentary
John Paul the Exorcist
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:53 PM
You’re reading the Register’s Daily Blog — which will always be free. But our newspaper content, under the orange bar to the right, will be mostly subscriber-only soon. Become a subscriber to get articles like this one, to be published soon:
A woman was wildly shaking, shrieking, shuddering in the Pope’s presence. It wasn’t her. Somebody else had taken possession of her body.
“The few... READ MORE
Filed under benedict, dziwisz, exorcism, john paul ii, weekend commentary
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