Author Patrick Archbold

It is finally here!! Tomorrow is the day my baby chicks arrive! I am putting finishing touches on the brooder and the coop is a work in progress. I have 5 weeks to finish that! The kids are very excited…. Continue Reading →

Rep. Marlin Stutzman may owe his life to the fact that an abortion clinic was 40 miles away. He tells his story here. On a cold December night in 1975, a 17-year-old girl sobbed on the bedroom floor of a… Continue Reading →

In what is now a recurring theme, the Pope expresses his opposition to Church careerists that would use the religious life to further personal or political ambitions. In an address to the International Union of Superiors General the Pope told… Continue Reading →

I don’t write about the ramblings of Michael Sean Winters at the National Catholic Reporter too often because he, they, are terribly boring. Terribly. But this paragraph really caught my eye because it is indicative of the mental and moral… Continue Reading →

 Instapundit writes the following and raises an interesting question. IN THE WEEKLY STANDARD, JOHN MCCORMACK CALLS FOR a federal ban on late-term abortions. But while such a ban wouldn’t violate the Roe/Casey framework, it would nonetheless violate the Constitution because… Continue Reading →

via Reuters [ht Weasel Zippers] A suspected bomb blast struck a Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on Sunday, police said, wounding a number of people. Sectarian tensions have been simmering in east Africa’s second biggest economy… Continue Reading →

I have always known it, but this just proves it. Obama doesn’t understand America. In a speech to graduates at Ohio State, President Obama said the following. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government… Continue Reading →

In a face saving move, Gonzaga University has admitted the Knights of Columbus and asked the panel that rejected them to ‘clarify’ their rules. [ht Fr. Z] Statement from the Office of President, Gonzaga University University President Thayne McCulloh has… Continue Reading →

It seems that Paul Ryan is not so Catholic after all? Rep. Ryan has now gone on record supporting gay adoption, even as Catholic institutions that are closing to avoid the immoral practice. The 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee —… Continue Reading →