Just yesterday, the Al Smith Dinner, which has been the focus of many efforts at American Life League in our quest to encourage Cardinal Timothy Dolan to disinvite President Barack Obama, took place with the totally pro-abortion president attending and in excellent humor—as was the cardinal.
Something rather perplexing is being planned in New York City this week. On October 18, the Al Smith Foundation will hold its annual banquet with the goal of raising funds for Catholic charities in New York City.
Since the inception of the Nobel Foundation in 1900, there have been a number of controversial (not to mention completely unworthy) Nobel Prize recipients.
Prior to the 2008 elections, Catholic Answers published an outstanding voting guide entitled Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics.
Charity walks and runs are big business. Who doesn’t love a fun event, even if we’re out of shape? Walking or running for a good cause makes us feel good.
Nearly 40 years ago, in the chill of winter, the United States Supreme Court decided that abortion was legal in America for any reason at any point in pregnancy because women, in consultation with their doctors, should have the right to abort their own children.
We are now 30 days away from the October 18 Al Smith Dinner. The opportunity for Cardinal Dolan to disinvite president Obama is fading quickly, and many are left wondering why it has not come to pass that the invitation has been withdrawn.
We live in a time of great confusion, and the only remedies for such a calamitous condition are great clarity, great courage, and great faith.
A recent National Review report quoted Cardinal Timothy Dolan, in which he made a statement regarding vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and U.S. vice president Joe Biden.
Something rather odd is playing out on the political stage, and recent events lead me to believe that the nation is in colossal trouble.
In an August 20 press release entitled “Inviting Scandal to Dinner,” American Life League pointed out that the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines scandal as “an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil.
The confluence of events surrounding the Obama administration’s arrogant political use of Catholics is dreadful! The most recent announcement from the Obama campaign about a new 2012 division—known oxymoronically as Catholics for Obama—is one example of what I mean.