Under pressure from the European Union and its own Socialist Party, a referendum on abortion was held in Portugal in 1998. Pro-life forces managed a narrow victory although the referendum was not legally binding since more than half of the electorate abstained. The Abortionists’ Tactic: To “Fight Clandestine Abortions” Now, over eight … Read more
Conservatives met in Washington, D.C. for the 34th Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel from March 1-3, the conference “was the largest in the 34-year history of the event,” states a press release issued by the American Conservative Union, one of the main organizers. An estimated six … Read more
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., was trained as a neuroscientist at Yale University. After finishing his doctoral work, he worked for Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He studied for the priesthood in Rome, where he focused on bioethics and dogmatic theology. Father Pacholczyk is now director of education and a staff … Read more
After the Elections: Who is Keeping Score?Sports teams expect opponents to score against them. It is all part of the game. The important thing is to amass a steady string of victories to win the championship. The same logic that applies to sports does not seem to apply to politics. In the … Read more
Hype and media coverage often give the impression that leftist organizations make up almost monolithic forces of change against which conservatives can do nothing. This is also true of the so-called progressive Catholic groups whose media projection of their influence and activities often distorts reality. There are, however, times when leftist Catholics … Read more
The air crackled with enthusiasm and expectation when, on March 10, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) hosted the first of a nationwide series of regional one-day conferences in Topeka, Kans. The event also ended with a public recitation of the rosary in front of the … Read more
In the Cultural War, the fight over abortion is one of the fronts where the battle rages most fiercely. It is no surprise that many rally with great fervor to this cause that transcends borders in our increasingly borderless world. Thus, there are many reasons to be enthusiastic supporters of this noble … Read more
It just does not stop. Following in the footsteps of The Da Vinci Code, the Gnostic offensive against Christianity is forging ahead with new pretexts, and, once again, with massive media coverage. The New Onslaught: Archeological Fiction This time, it is not a pseudo-historic novel,but a pseudo-scientific Discovery Channel documentary, titled: The … Read more
The recent legislative refusal to put same-sex “marriage” on the Massachusetts ballot has prompted some to question the need to oppose any measures involving public morality. After all, they reason, life goes on regardless of the outcome. As one prominent Catholic couple rejoicing over the ballot initiative’s defeat wrote in a Boston … Read more
Looking at Venezuela’s New Socialism An “explosion of communal power” is going on in Venezuela. It consists of the creation of 18,000 “communal councils” of communist-anarchist inspiration that will replace city government, councils and even functions of the federal government. Chavez and his followers have compared them to the soviets of the … Read more