Tag: teresa tomeo

Calling Nazi

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Ashley Baxstrom: Thank God for celebrities, you know? Like, for real. Because without them, how else would conservative religious authors promote their books in new and exciting ways, am I right?

Author and radio personality Teresa Tomeo has found her golden goose (or is it a calf?) to rail against in the recent remarks made by actress Susan Sarandon about Pope Benedict XVI. During a red-carpet interview at last weekend’s Hamptons International Film Festival, Sarandon referred to the Pope as a “Nazi.” The comment came up during a conversation about Sarandon’s 1995 film “Dead Man Walking,” based on an anti-death penalty book by Sister Helen Prejean, whom Sarandon portrayed in the film. Sarandon said she had sent a copy of the book to Pope John Paul II, “the last one, not this Nazi one we have now.” Continue Reading →

A Truly Catholic View on Feminism

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Priests for Life, a Catholic anti-choice group, and EWTN (Global Catholic Network) have teamed up to challenge women’s daytime talk shows with a show of their own, “The Catholic View for Women.”  Tired of talk shows that don’t represent traditional Catholic values?  Vatican II ruin your faith?  Think “Madonna of the Kitchen” might change the tenor of your dinner conversation — and your need for a career?  Want to tell your story about how women’s liberation stole you away from Christ?  Let those spiritually advised by Father Frank Pavone teach you New Feminism. Continue Reading →