Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
SC Attorney General Announces Plans for Public Integrity Unit
Attorney General Discusses Collaborative Initiative across the State Today
COLUMBIA–
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced plans for a
major initiative among state agencies to combat corruption and protect
public integrity in Charleston this morning.
“The
Public Integrity Unit is a partnership, not another agency. It will be
a collaborative alliance of different agencies working together from
day one. The mission of the Public Integrity Unit
will be to increase confidence in both state and local government,
deter corruption, better protect the public trust, and enforce ethics
laws to the fullest extent,” stated Wilson. “The Attorney General’s office,
members of the General Assembly, and members of various state agencies
will continue to work together on this collaborative effort.”
“Today
is just a starting point. We all agree comprehensive ethics reform is
sorely needed,” Wilson continued. “It is going to take both parties,
both houses of the legislature, and the executive branch of state
government to come together to make this happen. I look forward to
working with all parties and all South Carolinians to bring much needed
improvements to our ethics laws.”
The Attorney
General’s Public Integrity Unit will bring together dedicated resources
and expertise to more efficiently and effectively investigate and
prosecute criminal violations of the public trust. The partnership will
include the Attorney General’s office, the State Law Enforcement
Division, the Department of Revenue, the State Ethics Commission, and
the Inspector General’s office.
Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Queen who serves
From L'Osservatore RomanoAQueen at the service of humanity who walks beside us every day, who loves us, listens to us and intercedes for us. In this way Benedict XVI explained the meaning of the queenship of the Virgin Mary, reminding the faithful present at Castel Gandolfo for the General Audience this morning, Wednesday, 22 August, of her liturgical Memorial. The Pope reaffirmed what he said last 15 August, on the day of the Assumption, when in his Homily at the Mass he celebrated in the Pontifical Parish of San Tommaso da Villanovo at Castel Gandolfo, he reflected on the meaning of the Virgin Mary's closeness to people in our day. It was not by chance that this morning he mentioned the post-conciliar reform of the liturgical calendar, which set the Memorial of the queenship of Mary eight days after the Solemnity of the Assumption. This stresses, the Pope pointed out, “the close link between Mary’s royal nature and her glorification in body and soul beside her Son”; and also her closeness to God, her participation “in God’s responsibility for the world and in God’s love for the world”. The queenship of Mary, like the kingship of Jesus, Benedict XVI explained, “has nothing to do with that of the powerful of this earth”; it is a royalty that “serves his servants”. In this sense Mary “ is Queen”, the Pope explained further, “in her service to God and to humanity, she is a Queen of love who lives the gift of herself to God so as to enter into the plan of man’s salvation”.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The New World Disorder
By Patrick J. Buchanan
After his great victory in Desert Storm, George
H.W. Bush went before the United Nations to declare the coming of a New
World Order.
The Cold War was yesterday. Communism was in its death throes. The Soviet Empire had crumbled.
The Soviet Union was disintegrating. Francis Fukuyama was writing of "The End of History." Savants trilled about the inevitable triumph of democratic capitalism.
The Cold War was yesterday. Communism was in its death throes. The Soviet Empire had crumbled.
The Soviet Union was disintegrating. Francis Fukuyama was writing of "The End of History." Savants trilled about the inevitable triumph of democratic capitalism.
The Great Bi-Polar Catholicism
From Real Clear Religion
By Father Robert Barron
For many on the left,
Paul Ryan is a menace, the very embodiment of cold, indifferent
Republicanism, and for many on the right, he is a knight in shining
armor, a God-fearing advocate of a principled conservatism.
Mitt Romney's choice of Ryan as running mate has already triggered the worst kind of exaggerated hoo-hah on both sides of the political debate. What is most interesting, from my perspective, is that Ryan, a devout Catholic, has claimed the social doctrine of the Church as the principal inspiration for his policies. Whether you stand with First Things and affirm that such a claim is coherent or with Commonweal and affirm that it is absurd, Ryan's assertion prompts a healthy thinking-through of Catholic social teaching in the present economic and political context.
Mitt Romney's choice of Ryan as running mate has already triggered the worst kind of exaggerated hoo-hah on both sides of the political debate. What is most interesting, from my perspective, is that Ryan, a devout Catholic, has claimed the social doctrine of the Church as the principal inspiration for his policies. Whether you stand with First Things and affirm that such a claim is coherent or with Commonweal and affirm that it is absurd, Ryan's assertion prompts a healthy thinking-through of Catholic social teaching in the present economic and political context.
Charlotte Cathedral to Host Eucharistic Vigil for Liberty During Democratic National Convention
From Catholic World News
The Cathedral of St. Patrick, Diocese of Charlotte |
The cathedral church of the Diocese of Charlotte is hosting a
continuous Eucharistic vigil for liberty during the Democratic National
Convention, which will take place in Charlotte from September 3-6.
“This time of adoration and prayer will focus on petitions for our
country, our leaders, and ourselves in atonement for our sins and for
the future of our nation,” according to an event announcement. “Among
these petitions are the right to live, unthreatened by government
mandate, from natural conception to natural death, and for the freedom
of conscience and the unhindered worship of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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