Orthodox Hierarchs to Participate in 2012 March for Life
OCA – Orthodox Christians everywhere — especially those within driving distance of the US capital — are encouraged to bear witness to their faith at the annual March for Life Monday, January 23, 2012....
View ArticleObama: Abortion Enables ‘Our Daughters’ To ‘Fulfill Their Dreams’
by Fred Lucas – President Barack Obama says the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the “fundamental constitutional right” to abortion and to “continue our efforts to ensure that...
View ArticleFr. Preble: Religious Freedom Under Attack
by Fr. Peter Michael-Preble – America has a very long tradition of freedom. We cherish these freedoms like, the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and until recently, freedom of choice. I will...
View ArticleOrthodox Bishops Assembly Silent on Moral Issues
by John Couretas – At an October 1970 meeting of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the Americas (SCOBA), which was called to discuss the burning question of an independent...
View ArticleOutrageous Choice: Religious Freedom or Healthcare?
by Chuck Colson – I’ve told you that the Obama Administration is intentionally restricting religious freedom. I’ve told you we are in danger of losing the right to exercise our faith in public. Well,...
View ArticleTrue Ecumenism, Christians United Against Obama’s HHS Mandate
by Donald R. McClarey – I must confess that I have never been a great fan of Ecumenism, as a drive for greater Christian unity, as it has played out in the Catholic Church since Vatican II. Too often...
View ArticleEmpty Buildings, NYC Kicks Churches out of Schools
by Chuck Colson – It’s no secret that Christianity has been unwelcome in public schools for a long time. But recently New York City’s government took an unprecedented step by forcing around 60 churches...
View Article2,500 Religious Leaders, Every Catholic Bishop Oppose Obama Mandate
by Kathleen Gilbert – The Family Research Council has released a letter signed by over 2,500 pastors and evangelical leaders protesting the Obama administration’s birth control insurance mandate. They...
View ArticleObama’s Unholy War Against Christianity, Not Islam
by George Neumayr – The more illiberal a religion, the more liberals tend to like it. Western liberals who propose no place for God in the public square can usually be counted on to excuse non-western...
View ArticleDarrell Issa, Orthodox Congressman, On Religious Freedom
Congressman Darrell Issa is an Orthodox Christian politician (Republican) from California. As a member of the House of Representatives he spoke out against Obama’s HHS healthcare mandate that infringes...
View ArticleIssa: Distorting the Debate of Religious Freedom
by Rep. Darrell Issa Let’s make something perfectly clear: I support a woman’s right to use contraceptives. I don’t question whether women and men have a right to use contraception — I believe they do....
View ArticleRemembering Chuck Colson: 1931-2012
Evangelical Christianity lost one of its most eloquent and influential voices today with the death of Charles W. “Chuck” Colson. The Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview founder...
View ArticleCharles Colson: 1931-2012. May His Memory Be Eternal
by Fr. Johannes Jacobse – Charles Colson died today. He was 80 years old. I first met Colson at a conference at Washington, DC and was struck by his magnanimous character and intelligence. Everyone...
View ArticleThe End of America? The HHS Mandate’s Threat to Freedom
The Obama’s Administration’s mandate requiring the Catholic Church to conform to government dictates on contraception and abortifacent drugs is more than a war on the Catholic Church argue Jennifer...
View ArticleHope in God, Do Not Despair
by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP – There are those who despair and have no hope when things do not go their way in the political order. This cannot be a Christian attitude. “The world itself now bears witness...
View ArticleAmerica Voted for Mammon and Rejected God
by Fr. G. Peter Irving III – Jesus tells us: “No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”...
View ArticleElection 2012: A Church Gone Astray
by Louie Verrecchio – In the days following last week’s U.S. presidential election, a staggering amount of analysis has been focused on Republican messaging, demographics and core constituencies, but...
View ArticleChurches, the Constitution, and Christmas Celebrations
by SpeakUpChurch – Every Christmas season, it seems that the “war on Christmas” begins afresh and with renewed vigor. For some, the season that proclaims “peace on earth” seems to be anything but,...
View ArticleChristmas and Secularism’s Futility
by Ray Nothstine – Every December cultural warriors mourn the incessant attacks on Christmas and secularism’s rise in society. News headlines carry stories of modern day Herods banning nativity scenes,...
View ArticleChristians Must Not Retreat from the Culture, We Must Work for its Conversion
by Deacon Keith Fournier – Two years before becoming Pope, Karol Cardinal Wotyla spoke to the U.S. Bishops. His observation was republished in the Wall Street Journal on November 9, 1978: “We are now...
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