Category Archives: The Last Acceptable Prejudice

UK: Homosexual Activist with a camera tries to intimidate priest in his pulpit

Posted on 11 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends in the UK are more advanced in the kulturkampf that we are in the USA… but we are catching up fast. Furthermore, while I think public discourse may be a bit more rough-n-tumble in England, Americans are more aggressive … Read More →

Posted in Mail from priests, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice |
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Vatican opposes UN promotion of unnatural “marriage”

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The UN is trying to create a new category of human rights. We have been across this ground before (HERE and HERE). That right, pushed by the UN, is freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. … Read More →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, TEOTWAWKI, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Archbp. Tomasi, gender, homosexuality, human rights, same-sex unions, TEOTWAWKI, UN, unnatural sex, Vatican
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Fr. Blake: “What we have failed to do is prepare our people for any battle over this issue.”

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

One dimension of the international kulturkampf is the promotion of unnatural unions as if they were “marriages” and the introduction of legislation to force these unions to be recognized as such, even in the face of reason. After legislation is … Read More →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged ad extra, ad intra, Catholic identity, Catholic Voices, England and Wales, Fr. Blake, homosexuality, kulturkampf, marriage, marriage amendment, Minnesota Catholic Conference, public square, religion, same-sex unions, worship
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Under pain of death, everyone was to sacrifice to the gods and obtain a certificate.

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

After a lull in the official persecutions of Christians, in A.D. 250 the Emperor Decius determined that Christians were the enemies of the Roman Empire. Sound like any American President you know? But I digress. At that time in the … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Religious Liberty, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged anti-catholicism, St. Perpetua and Felicity
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“The Church will become small and will have to start afresh …”

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Back in 1969 theologian Joseph Ratzinger made some comments about our Catholic future. They were included in his Faith and the Future published by Ignatius Press in 2009. The church will become small and will have to start afresh more … Read More →

Posted in Four Last Things, Modern Martyrs, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged anti-catholicism, Pres. Obama, religion, religious liberty
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Obama Admin lectures Card. Dolan and USCCB. Dolan responds.

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“We did not ask for this fight, but we will not run from it.” Thus, Card. Dolan about the latest insult tossed our way by the Obama Administration. From LifeSite: Cardinal: Obama Admin Lectured Bishops on Catholic Teaching by Steven … Read More →

Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged America Magazine, American Patriotic Catholic Association, HHS, HHS mandate, Jesuits, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, White House
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SNAP director published false information

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA: SNAP director admits to publishing false information By Michelle Bauman Clayton, Missouri, Mar 6, 2012 / 05:07 pm (CNA).- The leader of a group that works with clergy sex abuse victims admitted during a recent deposition that the … Read More →

Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged SNAP
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Priests as targets under fire

Posted on 5 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Watch for lots of this in the future. From the blog La Nueva Primavera: FALL-GUY PRIESTS It is an unfortunate fact that we live in an age when the priesthood is under assault like never before. Nowhere is that assault … Read More →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Mail from priests, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged anti-catholicism, homosexuals, Priests, secularism
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The future fruits of Obamacare

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Life Site I read a story about how some Chinese women fled China to the USA in order to save their babies from the One Child Policy. In the future, if Pres. Obama has his way, this won’t be … Read More →

Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged abortion, contraception, infanticide, Obamacare, One Child Policy, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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Common ground?

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Via the great Vincenzo: Remember his promises at Notre Dame? The hopes of Card. Cottier? The excuses of Doug Kmiec? The panting of L’Osservatore Romano? Don’t forget that Vincenzo has the Pius Clocks!