Reformation Day

Great post from Young, Evangelical and Catholic about "Reformation Sunday."

The Parable of Poor Lazarus and the Rich Man Updated

Pretty good updated version of the Parable of Poor Lazarus and the Rich Man.

The Effect of Obamacare

Great article from Red State.com on the effects of Obamacare.

Dancing Under the Gallows

Justice Scalia on Faith in a Godless Society

Justice Antonin Scalia discussed his faith after the annual "Red Mass."

Saints Simon and Jude

Maybe This is What Juan Williams was Talking About

A Virginia Muslim is charged with being part of a conspiracy to blow up the Washington, DC subway system.

Maryland Ango-Catholics Begin the Journey Home

An Anglo-Catholic Parish in Maryland has begun the process of leaving the Episcopal Church and coming into full communion with the Catholic Church.

Rare Baseball Card Donated to Nuns

A rare baseball card donated to the Sisters of Notre Dame is expected to reap big profits. Read the full story here.

Will You Be Forced to Participate in a Gay Pride Parade?

Great column by Jimmy Akin at the National Catholic Register.

Good Food for Thought

Mark Shea at National Catholic Register has some good food for thought for Politically Conservative Catholics - because Our Lord's Kingdom is not of this world, the Gospel is neither Conservative nor Liberal, neither Republican or Democrat. Right is always right and wrong is always wrong no matter which side of the isle it comes from.

The Left Ratchets Up Anti-Catholic Rhetoric

Lately, the Left has ratcheted up anti-Catholic rhetoric. Archbishop Timothy Dolan has complained about advertising and articles in The New York Times and the Minnesota Democratic Party mailed out a post card calling the Church insensitive to the needs of the poor (!)

It's OK for the Government of San Francisco to Define the Catholic Church as a Hate Group

The Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals has ruled that it was OK for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution calling the Catholic Church a hate group for its moral stand on homosexuality.

The Catholic Taliban

The Associated Press and National Catholic Reporter commentator John Allen are worried about Right Wing Catholic Bloggers who are "The Catholic Taliban."
We here at LOVE IN THE RUINS are proud to be a part of "The Catholic Taliban." Of course, I wish that I were as much of an extremist as Saint Joan of Arc, who appears above, or Saint Francis of Assisi, or Dorothy Day, or Father Damien, or Saint Edith Stein.

The American Catholic has a good post analyzing the current situation in the media.

Retreat Resolution

This past week end, I attended a retreat led by retired Bishop David Foley of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama. Bishop Foley encouraged the participants to make a retreat resolution. My retreat resolution is to say the Rosary every day. I ask all my blogging friends to pray for me that, by God's grace, I may keep this promise.

Crystal Cathedral Goes Bankrupt

TV Preacher Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.

Maybe they will sell it to Muslims who can put up some glass minarets and then we will have The Crystal Mosque!

Advertising for A Christian Room Mate is a Civil Rights Violation?

The insanity continues.

A Michigan woman who placed an advertisement in a Church Bulletin for another Christian woman to be her room mate is being sued for Civil Rights Violations by the State of Michigan. I have to ask the question, if this were an ad for a Muslim room mate placed in the Mosque newsletter would there still be a lawsuit?

NPR: NATIONAL POLITICALLY CORRECT RADIO

NPR has fired Juan Williams for telling the TRUTH.





Like Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men maybe its because the lefties at NPR CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH.



To quote the Fount of All Wisdom, Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that!"

Gay Episcopal Bishop Denounces the Moral Teachings of the Catholic Church as "Flat Out Wrong"

Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson has denounced the moral teachings of Roman Catholics, Mormons, and Southern Baptists as "flat out wrong." Hear the whole thing and read the great commmentary from Deacon Greg Kandra at The Deacon's Bench.

Top 10 Myths about the Middle Ages

Here's a great post about the top ten myths about the Middle Ages.