"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Something about ‘tolerance’ has always made me uncomfortable. I’ve long been aware that the loudest preachers of tolerance are the ones who are the most intolerant of…
Category: Culture
The things we don’t know…
As I have been reviewing the literature related to life issues, one thing has struck me, how much we don’t know. Here I’m primarily talking about how ‘contraceptives’ work. And it is concerning just how comfortable people, especially pro-abortion people…
The Importance of Language in Changing the Culture
by Fr Shenan J. Boquet, President of Human Life International Reposted from HLI World Watch Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Fr. Shenan J. Boquet For forty-one years Human Life International has been engaged in building a Culture of Life through education…
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The Global Sexual Revolution: Thoughts from Gabriele Kuby
Recently the Catholic World Report featured a very insightful interview with German sociologist Gabriele Kuby. A convert to Catholicism, Gabriele speaks of the global sexual revolution and the impact it has had on society. Kuby recently published a book entitled…
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Family First’s traditional family views deemed ‘controversial’
Family First is to be removed from the Charities Register weeks after the passing of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill because it has been deemed by the Charities Registration Board that their main purpose is political. The Board…
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Christian Morality Goes to the Dogs
The Associated Press (via the Boston Globe) reported on 5 December, 2011 that the Democratic-controlled US Senate, in a 93-7 vote, passed the $662 billion 2012 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) and so took a bold step into a brave…
Playboy’s Great Marketing Coup
Last week driving home, I passed a dairy with a sign saying "Playboy Energy Drink sold here". I did a double-take. They manufacture energy drink now? Over the last few years more and more Playboy items have been filling the shelves…
30 Years of Familiaris Consortio
Thirty years ago, Blessed John Paul II wrote a letter exhorting the Christian family. That apostolic exhortation was "Familiaris Consortio" or "The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World". Three decades have passed since its writing, and the…
Contradicting the Value of Preborn Children
Last week tragedy struck a family who were pregnant with 32 week old twins. One twin was found to have a congenital heart defect which for the parents was enough to warrant a death sentence. The "procedure" was duly carried out and one…
Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
Yet another innocent's life has been brutally ended at the hands of those who are supposed to love and care for them. Yet again, New Zealanders are asking the question "How do we stop this endemic violence in our country?"…