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Home: Current Issues: Persecution: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Persecution: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Cardinal Dolan: That 'Conscience Thing' Is 'Ennobling,' 'Enlightened' - Kathryn Jean Lopez"Government has no business interfering in the internal life of the soul, conscience, or church," Timothy Cardinal Dolan said Monday night at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Read more... Catholic Martyrs of the Holocaust - Matthew BunsenBy 1939, more than 10,000 Catholic schools had been closed and the Catholic boys and girls sent to Nazi public schools for indoctrination. Read more... China and Sudan Lead Nations Cited for Religious Persecution - NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTERChina and the Sudan topped a list of seven nations the State Department said are of “particular concern” because of their poor treatment of religious believers. Read more... China’s nemesis - Fr. Raymond de SouzaHaving never met the Dalai Lama, I am not sure why he appears to be giggling so often. Read more... Choosing self-esteem over freedom of speech - Rex MurphyWelcome to Canada, land of never-speaking-ill-of-a-marginalized-group free-ish speech. Read more... Christian in a Muslim World - Julia Duin“I pray that the Christians in Muslim lands get the same freedom as Muslims get in Christian lands,” Shehadeh told us at the press conference. “There are Muslim centers all over the United States but no churches in Saudi Arabia or many of the Gulf states.” Read more... Christian Martyrs of the 21st Century: The Reckoning Continues - Sandro MagisterThanks to John Paul II, the Catholic Church has become aware of the fact that the experience of martyrdom is still extremely relevant. The "brief century," marked by totalitarianism, has left behind itself a long trail of Christian blood. But the third millennium also opens with the sign of martyrdom: a martyrdom with many faces that shows itself increasingly as a "global" experience. Read more... Christianity Dying in Its Birthplace - Daniel PipesWhat some observers are calling a pogrom took place near Ramallah, West Bank, on the night of September 3-4. Read more... Christians in Indonesia: Allowing persecution to happen - Julia DuinChristians who refused to convert to Islam were killed; those who did convert were then separated from their families, given Muslim names, and forcibly circumcised — without anaesthetic, and with dirty instruments. Why, I wondered, weren't journalists reporting on this tragedy? Read more... Christmas 1981: A Candle That Burned Bright for Freedom 25 Years Ago - Paul KengorIt's difficult to explain how much the world has changed in 25 years — and for the better. Those who lived through December 1981 would be well served to pause and give thanks for the differences. Read more... Church Is Still Not State - Daniel HenningerCatholics are being told to substitute state belief for their religious belief. Read more... Coming to a human rights commission near you - Rex MurphyOur esteemed human rights commissions are so busy these days, it worries me. The number of these gimlet-eyed scrutineers is, after all, finite. Read more... Conscience, Coercion, and Healthcare - Helen Alvare, Gerard V. Bradley and O. Carter SneadNever before in American history has any administration – state or federal – been so willing to force religious institutions out of business. Read more... Correctly squelched - Margaret SomervilleA first-person account of manning the barricades against political correctness. Read more... Corruption, Communism, and Catholicism in Vietnam - Samuel GreggThis year marks the 20th anniversary of Communism’s defeat in Central-East Europe. Read more... Crucifix out, warming in - Rex MurphyWhat was once venerated is now, in many ways, dismissed and even despised. Read more... CS Lewis on “Xmas and Christmas” - Charles J. ChaputFifty years ago C.S. Lewis published an ironic little essay called, "Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus." Read more... Cultural suicide - Lorne GunterPolitical correctness will be the death of Western civilization because unlike our earlier forms of pluralistic tolerance, PC is wilfully blind to the lack of reciprocal tolerance in other cultures. Read more... Destructive Delusions - Theodore DalrympleHow therapists and 'victims' seized on the idea of repressed memory, leveling false charges and ruining lives. Read more... Discriminating Against Religion - Dinesh D'SouzaDinesh D'Souza raises some provocative questions and inconsistencies in First Amendment jurisprudence. Read more... Diversity Run Amok - Donald DeMarcoA recent Supreme Court decision holds dire implications for Christians who would like to form a club on a university campus. Read more... Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights? - Robert P. George & Melissa MoschellaImagine you have a 10- or 11-year-old child, just entering a public middle school. How would you feel if, as part of a class ostensibly about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, he and his classmates were given "risk cards" that graphically named a variety of solitary and mutual sex acts? Read more... Dogma Bites Man - George H. Gallup, Jr.On the new and biased research linking faith and social ills. Read more... Domestic Disturbances - Patrick FaganThe culture of the traditional family is now in intense competition with a very different culture. The defining difference between the two is the sexual ideal each embraces. Read more... Domination of church by state - Ted ByfieldCanada's ideological left, confident of its control of academe, the Supreme Court and the federal Liberal Party, appeared this month ready to declare war on its most formidable enemy of all, namely conservative Christian churches that refuse to make their teachings conform to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as defined by the Supreme Court. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Wed May 22 2013 - 22:49:27
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