Another Victory for Union Labor

I stopped at Kroger today, and I took a photo of this testament to the fact that union labor outlived its utility at least a half century ago...

Make sure you keep the 18,000 or so newly unemployed beneficiaries of unions in your prayers.

Great Talk by the Pope's Diplomatic Representative to the U.S.

Here is a great article with commentary [in brackets] on a talk Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, gave at Notre Dame recently:

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has told the University of Notre Dame that there is a concrete “menace” to religious liberty in the U.S. that is advancing in part because some influential Catholic public figures and university professors are allied with those opposed to Church teaching.

“Evidence is emerging which demonstrates that the threat to religious freedom is not solely a concern for non-democratic and totalitarian regimes,” he said. “Unfortunately it is surfacing with greater regularity in what many consider the great democracies of the world.”

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He lamented the fact that many Catholics are publicly supporting “a major political party” that has “intrinsic evils among its basic principles.” [That would be Catholics supporting the Democrat party.]

Read the whole thing at Fr. Z’s Blog (which is excellent, by the way). It is a serious problem that so many who identify themselves as Catholics could support a candidate and a party that is so opposed to the position of the Catholic Church on such important matters as the sanctity of life (the primary tenet of the Church's social justice teaching), real marriage (i.e., between one man and one woman), and religious liberty. It is really time for all Catholics to start standing up for and supporting (in speech, in action, in voting) what the Church really teaches!

A Couple Things

I went for a run today along the Great Miami River Trail. It was a great day for running, but unfortunately I got a cramp in my calf after about 4.75 miles, so I didn't go as far as I'd hoped to go. Hopefully it's just a cramp and not an injury that will keep me from running.

On my run, I went through a park where Obama and Biden had a rally a couple weeks ago. It's a nice park, but now it almost seems like it has been defiled. I prayed as I went through the park.

I want to apologize to the rest of this nation and the entire free world for all of the Ohio voters who are still under Obama's spell. I am truly embarrassed by the state of our electorate. I hope to start posting some information soon that can hopefully make some small dent in the ignorance of especially those Catholic voters who clearly have no idea what the Church teaches or why. Pray for our country!