Catholic Fire

MESSENGER OF THE TRUTH, the award-winning documentary on the story of Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a Polish martyr and 21st century hero of human rights, who was the chaplain of the Solidarity movement in Poland will air Sunday, June 1 and Monday, June 2 in numerous cities throughout the United States. The official MESSENGER OF THE TRUTH website features the full list of times and dates when the documentary will be airing: http://www.messengerofthetruth.com/.  PBS stations, via public television’s WORLD channels, will broadcast the documentary across the country, including in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St. Louis. The official MESSENGER OF THE TRUTH website features the full list of cities and stations scheduled to air the documentary: http://www.messengerofthetruth.com/. Narrated by Catholic activist and actor Martin Sheen, MESSENGER OF THE TRUTH chronicles Father Jerzy’s opposition to Poland’s oppressive...

Via Bill Donahue at The Catholic League: “For the past several months, the Bush administration has been drafting regulations that would protect the rights of doctors, nurses and health workers from being discriminated against if they refuse to perform or assist in abortions, as well as other morally contentious procedures. At stake are the religious rights of these professionals. We urge President Bush to move quickly before the next administration begins. “President-elect Barack Obama has pledged his support for the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a bill so draconian that it would jeopardize the right of Catholic hospitals and doctors to refuse to perform abortions. Now the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has sent him a letter calling on him to make good on his pledge. But if he were to do that, it would lead, in the words of one Vatican official, to the ‘equivalent of a war.’ “To put it differently, were FOCA to become law (it needs to be reintroduced in the House), the cul...

A Dallas-area high school student says she's been forbidden from wearing her rosary to school because it's considered a gang symbol. Tabitha Ruiz says her silver and ruby beaded rosary is a gift from her mother that she's worn ever since she was a child. She had it around her neck last week at Seagoville High School when a security guard stopped her at the door. "I went to school, walked through the metal detectors and they told me to take it off," said the teenager. "I asked them why and they said because it's gang-related." MORE My Comments: It seems rather ridiculous to me that students can wear all kinds of Satanic symbols to school, but nothing that brings them closer to God. This is another good reason to homeschool your children.