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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:39:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/ https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:19:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11625 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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“It is the State which changes; it is the State which destroys; it is nearly always the State which persecutes. The Totalitarian State is now making a clean sweep of all our old notions of liberty, even more than the French Revolution made a clean sweep of all the old ideas of loyalty. It is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:58:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11602 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the essay: Does the State serve the people or the people the State? The question here is more than just matter of personal or institutional conscience. Rather we must now ask whether the State is willing to acknowledge, and more importantly to defer, to any other authority or law other than its own in the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11466 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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With stern words Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois warned Catholic politcians last Friday that any collaboration with “assaults against the faith” would one day face the judgment of God. Orthodox bishops should take notice. The report states: When asked specifically about recent actions of Democratic Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius Kathleen […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11463 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Vatican Radio Full text of the US Catholic Bishops’ statement in response to President Obama’s proposed changes to the HHS mandate: The Catholic bishops have long supported access to life-affirming healthcare for all, and the conscience rights of everyone involved in the complex process of providing that healthcare. That is why we raised two […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/ https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:41:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11444 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the essay: Every Christian, not just Catholics, should be outraged by the Obama Administration’s decision. The regulations represent a move to define religious liberty in the narrowest possible terms…Given the Catholic presence in areas such as health care, education and other social services, this is folly. Think of the public services that won’t be […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/gov-michael-dukakis-on-ocn-politics-faith-and-integrity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/gov-michael-dukakis-on-ocn-politics-faith-and-integrity/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:06:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11437 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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AOI Observer reader Andrew Estocin asked for a separate posting on the recent interview of Gov. Michael Dukakis on Orthodox Christian Network. I am glad to oblige because, like Andrew, I too have been critical about the lauding of Greek Orthodox politicians by the Greek Orthodox Church without any mention of their often radical positions […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/gov-michael-dukakis-on-ocn-politics-faith-and-integrity/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11408 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Below is the address given by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos at the Pan-Orthodox Sanctity of Life Vespers held in Chicago on January 22, 2012. To his credit, Bp. Demetrios has been unequivocal in his support of the sanctity of unborn life, including participation in the March for Life in Washington, DC four or five years […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:36:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11402 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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– Source: The Republic | Terry Mattingly Pope Benedict XVI cut to the chase when meeting with the visiting bishops from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and the U.S. armed services. The pope mentioned “religious freedom” in the third sentence of his Jan. 19 remarks at the Vatican and he never let up — returning to this […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11395 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Blog (The Church Under Attack) | Fr. Peter-Michael Preble – In the Gospels Jesus warns us that the world will hate us. He is giving us a warning that being a Christian will not be easy and that it will be a fight, every day, for what we believe in. The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/ https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11387 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Three cheers to Fr. Peter Michael-Preble and Chris Banescu, the first Orthodox Christians to criticize Pres. Obama’s arbitrary ruling forcing all Americans to comply with the anti-life agenda of the cultural left. The Catholics have been front and center on this threat to religious freedom. Orthodox leaders have been silent except for Fr. Preble and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/obamas-assault-on-religious-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obamas-assault-on-religious-liberty/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:38:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11375 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: The Voice Blog | Chris Banescu – President Barack Obama, a life-long Champion for Abortion, is hell-bent on forcing religious institutions to pay for birth control and abortion drugs coverage for their employees. New regulations implemented by the Obama administration mandate that sterilization options, abortifacients (abortion drugs), and contraception services must be included in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obamas-assault-on-religious-liberty/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/nigel-farage-on-the-eu-descent-into-beaurocratic-facism-and-roger-scruton-on-the-recovery-of-western-culture-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/nigel-farage-on-the-eu-descent-into-beaurocratic-facism-and-roger-scruton-on-the-recovery-of-western-culture-video/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:27:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11161 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, delivered a stinging rebuke to European Union bureaucrats recently accusing them of using the mechanisms of the EU to stifle democratic forces in Europe. The UKIP leader says Europe’s crisis is ‘like an Agatha Christie novel’, trying to guess who’ll be bumped off next. ‘The difference is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/nigel-farage-on-the-eu-descent-into-beaurocratic-facism-and-roger-scruton-on-the-recovery-of-western-culture-video/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:15:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11137 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The Episcopal Assembly could be in the forefront of this. Moscow, November 1, Interfax – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations has accused the West of failing to stand up for Egyptian Christians during recent violence against them and has slammed Western governments for putting economic interests […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/feed/ 15 https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/ https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:44:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11085 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Touchstone Magazine – Mere Comments Download the San Jose articles (.pdf). This relates to a press conference yesterday. At the end you will find a link for the San Jose Articles. It is a strong and impressive statement of principle, with impressive signatories. PRESS ADVISORY, October 5, 2011 UN Officials Wrong. No Right to Abortion.New […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-court-case-could-force-christian-schools-churches-to-employ-hiv-positive-transgender-teacher/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-court-case-could-force-christian-schools-churches-to-employ-hiv-positive-transgender-teacher/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11078 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: The Right’s Writer | Ben Johnson I wrote recently of the Obama administration’s Supreme Court challenge to the “ministerial exception.” If successful, the government will allow Christian schoolteachers and church employees who are considered “ministers” to sue their churches for violating anti-discrimination laws. There is a deeper, more disturbing aspect to the EEOC’s advocacy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-court-case-could-force-christian-schools-churches-to-employ-hiv-positive-transgender-teacher/feed/ 11