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Turmoil and Persecution

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I have found myself remarkably busy these last few months. Between study, family, and many church activities, I have found that I have little time to write, but I do read an awful lot and I have been utterly disappointed with acceptable prejudice against Christians be so readily propagated and spread. I recently read the statements for certain governor of New York, Mr. Cuomo, stating that those who defend the definition of traditional marriage are "anti-American". Imagine that, in a country where there is a plurality of ideas and religious freedom has been an acceptable practice if you disagree with liberals or cafeteria Catholics like Mr. Cuomo, you are anti-American. Amazingly, they neglect that the very dialogue which is occurring is extremely American, as last I checked American was a democracy which allows for freedom of speech ( perhaps it is freedom for only those opinions which conform to everyone else. ). The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, has done a goo

The Attack on Faith

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US Supreme Court discusses all-male Catholic priesthood In argument before the Supreme Court on an anti-discrimination case, the solicitor general—representing the Obama administration—said that the government would uphold the right of the Catholic Church to preserve an all-male priesthood, but only “because the balance of relative public and private interests is different in each case.” The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC , in which a woman charged that she was wrongfully dismissed from a teaching position at a Lutheran school. School officials countered that the teacher had been dismissed because she did not accept the teachings of the church. The case turned on the “ministerial exception” that is traditionally according to religious bodies, allowing them to set the standards for their own religious personnel. ... [Full text]: http://www.catholicculture. org/news/headlines/index.cfm? storyid=11993 There are every growing