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NC Fishwrap: US Bishops are to blame for Pres. Obama’s HHS decision
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:42 pm It had to happen.
Fishwrap is blaming Pres. Obama’s attack on religious freedom on the US Bishops, and their unsophisticated notion of conscience.
Bishops’ conscience model makes...
Most Bulgarian Orthodox bishops had ties with Communist regime
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:29 pm All but 4 of Bulgaria's 15 Orthodox bishops cooperated with the country's secret police under the Communist regime, newly released archive documents show.
Patriarch Maxim, the ...
Egypt's Christians rattled by Islamists' election victories
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:24 pm A sweeping victory by Islamic groups in Egyptian legislative elections has caused concern--but not surprise--among the country's minority Christians.
"The victory of Islamist...
Praying for life and walking with bishops
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:23 pm
From left, Bishop Paul Sirba of the Diocese of Duluth and Bishop John LeVoir of the Diocese of New Ulm greet Franciscan Brothers of Peace Seraphim Wirth and John Mary Kaspari at...
Welsh Christian leaders join in opposition to 'presumed consent' for organ donation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:17 pm Christian leaders in Wales have united in a call for the government to reconsider plans to presume that all individuals have consented to be organ donors unless they have...
Cert. Denied In Challenge To Tax On Political Expenditures By Non-Profits
The Religion Clause - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:13 pm The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari, refusing to grant review in Catholic Answers, Inc. v. United States, (Docket No. 11-511, cert. denied 1/23/2012). (Order List.) In...
Dissident Austrian priests plan to take 'Call to Disobedience' international
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:09 pm A dissident Austrian priest hopes to encourage an international movement of clerics who defy the authority of the Church.
Msgr. Helmut Schüller, the head of the Austrian Priests...
Marching Against Roe: 39 Years and 54 Million Unborn Babies
LifeNews.com - Jan 23, 2012 at 2:01 pm 39 years ago the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of the worst decisions our nation has ever seen – Roe v. Wade. Since this horrific decision that called the...
If you can be dismembered without due process…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:48 pm what’s a little indefinite detention?
How fitting that the man who perverts Dr. King’s ‘dream’ language to justify the former is also the guy who has codified the latter into law...
A near disaster reconstructed
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm On a completely different note, remember that USAir flight taking off from LaGuardia in Queens which hits birds, lost both engines and had to land in the Hudson River?
There is a...
Catholic Healthcare West drops ties with Church
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:35 pm One of the nation's largest health-care systems has severed its formal ties with the Catholic Church.
Catholic Healthcare West, a corporation that oversees 40 hospitals in...
Sweaty Penance
Commonweal - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:27 pm
So there I was in a spin (studio cycling) class. For those who don’t partake, spin is a form of group exercise in which participants on stationary bicycles are led through a...
What’s on TV tonight? Don’t ask
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:21 pm
The AP’s David Bauder watches TV so you don’t have to. And it’s not pretty:
Last week seemed typical for CBS’ sitcoms on Monday night, television’s most popular — and raunchy...
Get Ready for 9 more months of this…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 23, 2012 at 1:00 pm
…if the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism is really stupid enough to nominate this man. The bumper sticker will be coupled with other gems like “Newt is a victim.” – Rush...
The Rajun Cajuns of ULL and Others At the Lafayette March for Life 2012
Opinionated Catholic - Jan 23, 2012 at 12:59 pm Story and a lot of pics here. See related links from today - Cabrini Catholic School Delegation From New Orleans at 2012 March For Life , Over A 1000 Louisiana Youth at the Geaux...
Spanish bishop emphasizes role of victims in journey toward peace
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 23, 2012 at 12:55 pm San Sebastian, Spain, Jan 23, 2012 / 01:55 pm (CNA).- Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla of San Sebastian, Spain has said that the country's victims of terrorism should occupy “the...
Boehner to March for Life: Pro-Life Not Just a Label for Me
LifeNews.com - Jan 23, 2012 at 12:35 pm House Speaker John Boehner, a pro-life Republican from Ohio, today delivered opening remarks at the 39th March for Life. Boehner is frequently praised for pro-life groups for...
Today – compare and contrast: National Catholic Register and National Catholic Reporter
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 23, 2012 at 12:32 pm Today is marked in particular by the March For Life in Washington, D.C.
The front page of the National Catholic Register is very focused on the Church’s prolife message.
Fishwrap...
From Catholic Healthcare West to Dignity Health Care
Commonweal - Jan 23, 2012 at 12:32 pm A harbinger of things to come? One of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country has relinquished its formal Catholic identity. I’ve talked to many people who think...
