Catholic Fire

Via Operation Rescue: When former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison held a press conference in June, 2007, to announce that he was charging Tiller with 19 misdemeanor counts, he first took the opportunity launch a disinformation campaign concerning the 30 criminal charges that had been filed in December, 2006, by his predecessor, Phill Kline. Those 30 charges were dismissed — not on the merits of the case — but on jurisdictional grounds that were dubious at best. Unfortunately, much of the misinformation presented by Morrison concerning Kline’s investigation and the abortion records that Kline’s more serious charges were based on still persist in the media today. Morrison later resigned his office in disgrace in December, 2007, after news broke that he was involved in an adulterous affair with a former subordinate. Morrison had attempted to coerce his illicit lover into spying on Kline’s investigations of Tiller and Planned Parenthood when Kline took over the office of Johnson Co...

" On Monday morning, American Life League (ALL) was informed by YouTube that one of its exposé videos on Planned Parenthood was evicted from their for its 'inappropriate nature.' Strangely enough, the ad that the ALL was criticizing remains on YouTube." "It is outrageous that YouTube would black-out our video warning the public about a Planned Parenthood sex video while it continues to carry the original Planned Parenthood video,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League. The “inappropriate nature” cited by YouTube management is the very same centerpiece of a publicly aired Planned Parenthood television advertising campaign which is still being hosted by YouTube as of Monday afternoon and has not been flagged. “Such duplicitous acts cannot go unchallenged. We’ve let them know we will not be silent. We have already filed a complaint with the online service and will do whatever we can to see that this discriminatory action is overturned by YouTube...

The following is taken from my notes on Father Benedict Groeschel's talk on August 4, 2007, at the Midwest Catholic Family Conference in Wichita, Kansas. Photos of that event can be viewed online here. The 1940's in this country was known as "The Golden Age." It was a very idealistic time, when America was strong and the media defended and supported family life and virtuous living. There were wonderful films such as Mrs. Miniver and How Green was My Valley. The most popular people in the movies in those days were Catholic priests in such films as The Bells of St. Mary's, Going My Way, Keys to the Kingdom, Knute Rockne, All America, The Miracle of the Bells, etc. There were filmmakers like David O. Selznick and Louis B. Mayer, who created films that represented the values and the morals of the American people. America was strong and patriotism was valued then. People displayed flags in their windows and placed gold stars on the flags, representing a loved one who h...