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South LA residents worry about a Catholic archdiocese-owned oil well in their midstSome religious activists have been calling for shutdown of the site

South LA residents worry about a Catholic archdiocese-owned oil well in their midst
Some religious activists have been calling for shutdown of the site

Surrounded by apartment buildings and retirement homes, and less than 1,000 feet from three public schools, an active oil drill site is hidden just behind a green fence and a row of carefully manicured trees. Two gates on either end

March 24th, 2023|

Ninth Circuit denies appeal of Sandra MerittWill Supreme Court take the case?

Ninth Circuit denies appeal of Sandra Meritt
Will Supreme Court take the case?

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Liberty Counsel’s request for a hearing with the entire appeals court in the multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against Sandra Merritt. Liberty Counsel previously filed a request for an en banc (full court) review

March 24th, 2023|

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Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Minds is a weekly article written by Mary Rose, who boldly ventures to college campuses throughout California to ask hard-hitting questions to some of the world’s most malleable minds.

When Plan B is abortionCurious timing on change of Plan B One-Step® packaging

When Plan B is abortion
Curious timing on change of Plan B One-Step® packaging

I remember sitting in a dimly lit lecture hall, just over a decade ago, listening to my professor expound on the benefits of oral contraception. The day’s lesson was emergency contraception (EC), specifically, Plan B® (levonorgestrel), known commonly as “the

March 23rd, 2023|

National Catholic Reporter wants total war on pro-life U.S. bishops'30 for us, nothing for them'

National Catholic Reporter wants total war on pro-life U.S. bishops
'30 for us, nothing for them'

When will Pope Francis start making some legacy appointments in the U.S. church? When will he, and those who can help him, throw long, aim for the end zone, in naming new bishops? Those are the questions beneath the surface

March 23rd, 2023|

Notre Dame’s bishop calls out school’s pro-abortion conference'Not conducting a neutral inquiry'

Notre Dame’s bishop calls out school’s pro-abortion conference
'Not conducting a neutral inquiry'

As the shepherd of a diocese that includes several Catholic institutions of higher learning, it is my unique obligation to teach and bear witness on these important questions, and a recent controversy surrounding the invitation of an “abortion doula” to

March 23rd, 2023|

Anti-family CA bill passes first committeeBill threatens to remove children from parents over trans issue

Anti-family CA bill passes first committee
Bill threatens to remove children from parents over trans issue

California legislators have introduced a bill to pressure judges to remove kids from parents who won’t affirm their child’s self-determined trans-identity. Just this morning, the bill, AB 957, passed in the Assembly Judiciary Committee with a party-line vote; Republicans voted

March 22nd, 2023|

St. Michael’s Norbertine writes two new booksOn Beatitudes and St. Joseph

St. Michael’s Norbertine writes two new books
On Beatitudes and St. Joseph

Adding to his prolific theological bibliography, Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. (’94), has authored two new books in the last two months: Heart of the Gospel — How the Beatitudes Show Us God's Plan for Happiness and Saint Joseph: The Man

March 22nd, 2023|

Turning Point tests the tolerance of UC DavisChancellor puts his thumb on the scale

Turning Point tests the tolerance of UC Davis
Chancellor puts his thumb on the scale

In anticipation of Charlie Kirk’s speaking engagement at the University of California, Davis at the invitation of the Turning Point USA’s student group, Chancellor Gary May released a remarkable video, expressing the hope that no one would show up for

March 22nd, 2023|

Definitive statement from U.S. bishops on gender transition proceduresCatholic health care providers shouldn’t take part

Definitive statement from U.S. bishops on gender transition procedures
Catholic health care providers shouldn’t take part

The U.S. Catholic bishops released a statement Monday offering moral guidance for Catholic health care institutions, reiterating that “gender transition” interventions are not to be performed because they do not respect the fact that God has created each person as a unity

March 21st, 2023|

Father Peter Stravinskas on Eucharistic meltdownWhat Cardinal Newman and Thomas Merton said

Father Peter Stravinskas on Eucharistic meltdown
What Cardinal Newman and Thomas Merton said

When I was a very young priest, I served as administrator of a high school quite lacking in the most important elements of a Catholic school; it was my task to address those deficiencies, among which was that the school

March 21st, 2023|

The Traditional Latin Mass – not the only alternative to bad liturgyThe founding of Adoremus and the Adoremus Bulletin

The Traditional Latin Mass – not the only alternative to bad liturgy
The founding of Adoremus and the Adoremus Bulletin

In 1995, Adoremus Bulletin was founded by three people — two priests and a laywoman. There was also a fourth figure who was instrumental in launching Adoremus — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, whose profound understanding of and

March 21st, 2023|

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Oilly Olsen on South LA residents worry about a Catholic archdiocese-owned oil well in their midst: “those fields have been operated for over 100 years. tapped by hundreds of wells over those years. don’t remember any…” Mar 24, 20:05
Incident at Stanford Law School on Turning Point tests the tolerance of UC Davis: “At Stanford University, the Law School DEI Associate Dean, Tirien Steinbach, was placed on leave, following a horrific disruption, along…” Mar 24, 20:01
A Catholic university? on Notre Dame’s bishop calls out school’s pro-abortion conference: “Before Vatican II, the Church would have forbidden this. The local bishop would have stopped it. No problem. A Catholic…” Mar 24, 19:27