Pope Francis Names British Sociologist, Lady Archer, to Head the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Lady Margaret Archer

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named a British sociologist to run a pontifical academy, marking the highest-ranking appointment of a woman in his papacy.

The Vatican announced Saturday that Margaret Scotford Archer will lead the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which produces research to help the church establish policy.

Francis has made giving women a greater-decision making role in the church a priority of his papacy.

Archer, 71, replaces another woman appointed by John Paul II, Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard University law professor and former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

Archer is director of social ontology center at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland. She spent much of her career at the University of Warwick in Britain, and was named to the pontifical academy in 1994.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge - "All Glory, Laud and Honor"

Oath Keepers Asks Bikers To Muster At The Bundy Ranch In Nevada

From Oath Keepers

We would like to invite all of our motorcycling members and supporters to ride to Bunkerville, NV to support the Bundy family in their struggle against tyranny. Many Oath Keepers are riders and the weather is fantastic. What more perfect way to start the season than riding out to Nevada and standing for the constitution and this brave family?

Let's send a message to the federal government that the people are not to be trampled upon and our natural rights are not theirs to take. Get your clubs, groups and riding buddies together, take your camping gear and stay as long as you are able. Riding is freedom. Let's use that freedom to support ALL freedom.

More information can be found here 

"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it." 

~ John Hay

Father Ray Kelly Surprises Bride, Groom and Families with a Special Song

From The Christian Post

Father Ray Kelly of Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland hit the viral jackpot this week with this surprise performance of a rewritten "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen at the wedding of Chris and Leah O'Kane. The YouTube video is now at 9 (now 16) million views and going strong.

Regaling audiences in song is nothing new to the priest from Tyrrelstown in County Westmeath. He had vocal training in Dublin and was part of "The All Priests Show."

"I love to sing, and I love the buzz of performing," Fr. Kelly told The Irish Times. "I travelled to America and did shows there."

However, viral stardom is quite a different experience.

"I've never had to deal with anything like this before, but I'm coping," he said.

Fr. Kelly also has experience as a recording artist and is working on his third album, which is good news for a world who's fallen hard for him. Friday night, the singing priest will appear on the venerable "Late Late Show" in Ireland.

Lucky for his new fans, another wedding performance by Father Ray Kelly is now online. Here he is, singing the classic tune "You Raise Me Up" by Secret Garden – popularized by Josh Groban – for a wedding in 2010.

More TEA Party Leaders Join in Supporting Bill Connor for US Senate, Issue Statement

Columbia, SC - The week after prominent state Tea Party leader Joe Dugan endorsed Afghanistan combat veteran, attorney, and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bill Connor, more leaders of the Tea Party movement across the state have followed suit.

We, as individual patriot leaders in South Carolina’s constitutional community, fully endorse Bill Connor to be the next US Senator from South Carolina.

Bill is a constitutional conservative who will fight to stop the massive spending, bailouts, and debt that are destroying our country. He isn't afraid to stand up to the Washington establishment and he will do what it takes to stop Obamacare, amnesty, and stop government intrusion in our lives.

Bill has been a part of the Tea Party movement in South Carolina since its inception in 2009. He spoke at the first SC Tea Party event on Feb 27, 2009 and at the following event two months later on April 15 where he introduced Jim DeMint. Over the years, and as the movement has grown nationwide, he has not wavered from the conservative principles that brought him into active politics all those years ago.

Bill Connor is a 24 year Airborne Ranger Infantry officer and Afghanistan combat veteran and currently serves as a Lt. Colonel in the US Army reserves. Bill also is a partner in a successful general law practice with an emphasis on military law. He will stand with and support our troops.

As a family man, along with his wife who is a practicing OB/GYN in South Carolina and veteran herself, he has personal experience from a patient and doctor perspective on the harm that Obamacare is doing to the quality, availability and cost of our healthcare system. He will be a champion and stand with Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to stop this dangerous legislation.

We believe it is vital to America’s future to send a true comprehensive, Reagan-conservative to replace Lindsey Graham, and Bill fits that description best among those challenging Senator Graham. He is a fiscal, social, and national defense conservative, who will not only stand up for Constitutionalism at home, but also stand for a strong military, stand by allies like Israel, and stand true to a "strategic national interest only" foreign policy.

Janet Spencer N. Myrtle Beach, SC Chair, Carolina Patriots Freedomworks Activist  Charlotte Hendrix Florence, SC Chair, Tea Party Patriots Florence Freedomworks Activist

Pat Dansbury Ridgeland, SC Chair, Bluffton Tea Party Freedomworks Activist   Linda Ensor Summerville, SC Chair, Lowcountry Conservatives in Action

Renee Cannon N. Charleston, SC Freedomworks Activist

Audrey Aldridge - Longs Al Aversano - Myrtle Beach Richard Whitford, Jr. – N. Charleston Richard Spencer – N. Myrtle Beach Michael Cutler - Florence Bill Besemer - Conway Lee Besemer - Conway Janice Rice - Florence Diane Aversano – Myrtle Beach Sandra Wellington - Florence Carl Wellington - Florence Gene Geraldo – Myrtle Beach Diane Geraldo – Myrtle Beach Dick LoBue – Murrells Inlet Sandra Camlin - Florence Harold Camlin - Florence Ralph Billeter - Conway George O’Neill – Little River Janice Owens - Florence Blair Owens - Florence Sue O’Neill – Little River Shelia Bond – Myrtle Beach Barbara Matthews - Florence Sam Matthews - Florence Mary Ann Carnazza - Longs Leonila Eaddy - Longs Jack Justice - Florence Dave Truby – Myrtle Beach Connie Hudson - Florence Jean Hampton – Myrtle Beach Cathy Cantey - Florence Ron Hendrix - Florence

Bill Connor is a 24 year Airborne Ranger Infantry officer and Afghanistan combat veteran. He currently serves as a Lt. Colonel in the US Army reserves. He is a Citadel graduate who returned to SC after active military service. He has been married to his wife, Susan, for 23 years and they have 3 children. The Connors make their home in Orangeburg, where Bill and a partner operate a small general practice law firm with an additional emphasis in military law.

Ding Dong Sebelius is Gone!

Couldn't run a federal department, couldn't create a website, couldn't collate the pages of a speech, but she thought she knew how to run your life.

Patrick J. Buchanan: What Would Reagan Do?

By Patrick J. Buchanan 

President Reagan was holding a meeting in the Cabinet Room on March 25, 1985, when Press Secretary Larry Speakes came over to me, as communications director, with a concern.

The White House was about to issue a statement on the killing of Major Arthur Nicholson, a U.S. army officer serving in East Germany. Maj. Nicholson had been shot in cold blood by a Russian soldier.

Speakes thought the president’s statement, “This violence was unjustified,” was weak. I agreed. We interrupted the president, who reread the statement, then said go ahead with it.

What lay behind this Reagan decision not to express his own and his nation’s disgust and anger at this atrocity?