by Leslie Sholly | Nov 6, 2016 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
It’s come to my attention that many (maybe even most?) of my fellow Catholics are a bit confused on the issue of voting.  How do I know this?  Because FACEBOOK, mostly.  If any Catholic is on Facebook telling any other Catholic that he or she is in a state of...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2016 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
A few days ago I was invited to join a secret Facebook group. Â I posted what follows by way of introduction and was overwhelmed by the support, understanding, and acceptance I received, even from people whose beliefs are very different. Â Because so many people wanted...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 2, 2016 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
Twelve years ago, dismayed at all the misunderstandings and hatefulness I was seeing among Catholics over the Presidential election, I decided to write a column about it for the East Tennessee Catholic. Â I thought I could dispel those misunderstandings and the...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 6, 2012 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics, War
This is Part 2 of a story which begins here. Â It chronicles the unforeseen results of my having had the temerity to publish a column on voting in the local Catholic press just before the 2004 elections. I felt good about what I had written. Â I thought I had expressed...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 10, 2012 | Catholicism, Contraception, Deep Thoughts, Politics
The Catholic Church is supposed to proclaim the truth, not reflect the culture. So IT DOES NOT MATTER if every single Catholic woman in America uses artificial birth control. (They don’t, by the way. And that 98% figure that the media is flinging around is . ....