Monday, October 1, 2012

Matt C. Abbott: "Politics and culture; the real St. Francis of Assisi; the hate-spewing SPLC; Children of Mary"

 
Matt C. Abbott column
Politics and culture; the real St. Francis of Assisi; the hate-spewing SPLC; Children of Mary


Matt C. Abbott
Matt C. Abbott
October 1, 2012

Excerpts from a very good piece by Dr. Jeff Mirus of CatholicCulture.org:
Click here to read Dr. Mirus' commentary in its entirety.

Click here to read a very good column on the morality of the Democratic and Republican Party platforms by Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill.

Click here to read the results of a religious freedom survey conducted by Father John Waiss, associate pastor of St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Chicago.



From Father George Rutler's blog:
Click here to read the rest of Father Rutler's post.



Click here to read an interesting article on the finances of the liberal hate-spewing Southern Poverty Law Center.



From the Sisters of Children of Mary:
Click here to watch the video on YouTube.


Matt C. Abbott is a Catholic columnist with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, Media and Theatre from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Management from Triton College in River Grove, Ill. He has worked in the right-to-life movement and is a published writer focused on Catholic and social issues. He can be reached at mattcabbott@gmail.com.

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