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DAILY BLOG | Breaking News and Analysis PRINT EDITION | November 22, 2009 Issue

Brothers in Arms: Top 12 Dioceses That Supported Maine

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by Tim Drake

Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:39 PM

Maine released its campaign finance filings, showing contributors to the Diocese of Portland’s successful effort to prevent the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”

According to the campaign finance records, nearly five dozen dioceses and bishops made financial contributions to the effort. Among the largest donations were $50,000 donations from... READ MORE


Bishop Tobin Asks Kennedy: What Does It Mean to Be Catholic?

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by Tim Drake

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:54 AM

When Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., originally attacked the Church’s position with regard to the proposed health-care reform bill, Diocese of Providence, R.I., Bishop Thomas Tobin responded and the two agreed to meet.

Congressman Kennedy voted against the Stupak amendment, which barred the use of federal funding for abortion in the House’s... READ MORE


Who Deserves Credit for the Berlin Wall's Fall?

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by Tim Drake

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:32 PM

Taking a look at the vast majority of stories commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, there’s one pivotal person missing from the majority of the mainstream coverage: Pope John Paul II.

Is this lack of inclusion an accidental oversight or an intentional act? If the previous Pontiff played no key role worth... READ MORE


House Passes Health-Care Bill, So What's a Catholic to Do?

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by Tim Drake

Monday, November 09, 2009 12:53 PM

After Saturday’s passage in the U.S. House of the health-care reform bill, highlighted by the amendment prohibiting federal funding for abortion, what’s a Catholic to do?

It’s being seen as a victory for pro-life advocates who worked to ban federal funding for abortion in the legislation, but observers wonder whether the bill will retain... READ MORE


Apostolic Constitution Released

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by EDWARD PENTIN

Monday, November 09, 2009 11:10 AM

The Vatican has published the apostolic constitution that allows for groups of Anglicans to come into communion with the Catholic Church while retaining their heritage and traditions.

The lengthy, detailed document was signed by the Holy Father Nov. 4, the memorial of St. Charles Borromeo. Accompanying it were a note on complementary norms for the... READ MORE


Expunging Christ: The Crucifix and the Nation

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by Tim Drake

Friday, November 06, 2009 12:31 PM

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.”  — Psalm 33: 12

On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights fined the Italian government for having crucifixes in its schools.

It’s yet another example of oversized, secular bureaucracies pitted against the most natural forms of human... READ MORE


Anglican Province Accepts Pope's Offer

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by EDWARD PENTIN

Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:46 PM

The Traditional Anglican Communion’s province in Great Britain has become the first to accept Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans.

All its members voted unanimously to come into communion with Rome under the terms of the new provision, which allows them to retain their Anglican patrimony.

An undated statement on the... READ MORE


Planned Parenthood Takes on the Bishops

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by Tim Drake

Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:57 AM

Last Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops began an unprecedented campaign encouraging all Catholics to oppose health-care reform that includes abortion funding.

In response, Planned Parenthood Federation’s president, Cecile Richards, has said that the bishops don’t represent all Catholics and is recruiting Catholics to contact... READ MORE


Marriage Victory in Maine

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by The Editors

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:08 PM

Advocates of same-sex “marriage” hit a roadblock with yesterday’s vote in Maine to reverse a state law allowing the practice. The Catholic Diocese of Portland played a big part in educating voters, as Register correspondent Joan Frawley Desmond explains in this article. It will be running in the Nov. 15 issue.


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Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote

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by The Editors

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:33 PM

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the massive health-care reform bill this weekend. Here is Register correspondent Rich Daly’s latest look at the legislation and efforts to ensure that the federal government will not be spending tax dollars on elective abortions.

Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote

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