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Catholic Answers Sues the IRS in Defense of Free Speech
BY STEVE WEATHERBE
July 12-25, 2009 Issue 
SAN DIEGO — Catholic Answers is
challenging a 2008 Internal Revenue Service ruling that it interfered in the
2004 presidential election by recommending Catholic presidential candidate John
Kerry be denied Communion.
But one expert on free speech at the
University of Notre Dame, Lloyd Mayer,... READ MORE
Home-School Boom
BY Tim Drake Federal Study Counts 1.5 Million Students
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
PURCELLVILLE, Va. — The popularity
of home schooling continues to rise across the
U.S., and the biggest reason for home schooling is religious and moral
instruction.
“Home schooling has been growing at
7% per year for the past 10 years,” said Ian Slatter, a spokesman for the
Purcellville,... READ MORE
When Hospitals Merge
BY GAIL BESSE Boston and Others Face Challenges to Pro-Life Policies
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
BOSTON — Cardinal Sean O’Malley has
once again assured that Catholic hospitals in the Archdiocese of Boston will
not perform or refer for abortions.
The cardinal made that pledge June
10 as Caritas Christi Health Care, a network of six Catholic hospitals,
prepared to enter a joint venture with... READ MORE
White House Eases Up on Persecution
BY Steve Weatherbe Obama Foreign Policy Looks Soft on Religious Freedom
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — The Obama
administration’s recent forays in foreign relations have provoked a mixed
reaction from experts on religious freedom.
Some say the U.S. needs to send a
stronger message to the world against the worsening international trend towards
persecution of minority faiths.
Take... READ MORE
Egging Donors On
BY STEPHEN VINCENT Catholic Conference, Priest Protest New York Decision to Pay for Eggs
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
ALBANY,
N.Y. — A ruling that allows women to be paid for donating their eggs for
research may entice women to undergo risky and untested medical procedures,
ethicists warn.
In announcing the ruling by the
Empire State Stem Cell Board, New York state has broken from the more common
practice... READ MORE
Pro-Life ‘Franchise’ Helps Moms
BY Joseph Pronechen New Maternity Centers Follow Father Groeschel’s N.Y. Model
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
NORWICH, Conn. — When Darlene Wagner
and the board she chairs decided to open a crisis-pregnancy maternity home in
Norwich, Conn., they wanted to pattern themselves after a proven winner.
So did Chris Ricketts, executive
director of a group home in Winchester, Va.
Both found the ideal in Good... READ MORE
Stem-Cell Advance May Be Ethical
BY Steve Weatherbe
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — An international team
of researchers have made a significant improvement on what appears to be an
ethical form of stem-cell research.
Scientists have been able to
“induce” human skin cells into pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), which are
considered just as valuable as embryonic stem... READ MORE
Ways of Dying
BY Elenor K. Schoen Deaths in a Time of Assisted Suicide
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
SEQUIM,
Wash. — On May 21, Linda Fleming, 66, became the first recorded case of
physician-assisted suicide in Washington state. Fleming had been dying from
Stage IV pancreatic cancer.
She
died at home in Sequim, Wash., where she lived alone. At her death bed were her
family, her dog, her... READ MORE
Theology of the Body Fight
BY JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND Scholars Debate Popular Author’s Take
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Criticisms about
Christopher West’s work that first surfaced in the Register seven years ago are
back. Critics wonder if his brand of discussion of Christianity and sexuality
is fatally flawed.
Sam Meier hopes not. He needs West.
A counselor who works with
recovering sex... READ MORE
Health-Care Alternative
BY Nicole Callahan Republicans’ Proposal for Reform
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — As congressional
Democrats begin work on President Obama’s demand that the American health-care
system be reformed, Republicans in Congress are having their own say.
On May 20, four congressional
Republicans introduced the Patients’ Choice Act of 2009, a new proposal... READ MORE
Killing for Life?
BY Tim Drake After Tiller Murder, Pro-Lifers Defend a Peaceful Movement
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In the wake of
abortionist George Tiller’s May 31 killing, some have tried to paint the
pro-life movement as extreme and violent.
Salon columnist Kate Harding called
on political leaders to denounce “the thuggish campaigns of harassment dressed
up as ‘peaceful... READ MORE
Year of the New Priest
BY TIM DRAKE Ordinations Up, Average Age Down
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — When Pope Benedict XVI
inaugurates the Year of the Priest on June 19, American Catholics will have
specific news to celebrate.
There are more priests being
ordained in the United States, and the average age of men being ordained is
getting younger.
The Year of the Priest begins on... READ MORE
Climate Changes
BY Wayne Laugesen Church Groups Want the Right Environmental Protection
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON
— Congress is debating an ambitious climate protection bill, and Catholics are
wasting no time positioning themselves to help influence the outcome.
“For
us, the moral message on climate-change legislation is how it treats the least
of these,” said John Carr, executive director of... READ MORE
Pro-Lifers Caution Against Use of Guttmacher Statistics
BY GAIL BESSE A look at the question over just how many abortions there are. Should we follow the Guttmacher Institute’s figures or Planned Parenthood’s or what?
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON
— Do pro-lifers unwittingly collaborate with abortion advocates by not
challenging statistics from the Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned
Parenthood affiliate?
Consider:
The institute’s January 2008 report stated abortions were decreasing
nationwide.
But
when the country’s... READ MORE
Havana to Rome
BY Thomas L. McDonald Theologian Named U.S. Ambassador To Holy See
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — Miguel Díaz is poised
to become the first theologian to fill the role of ambassador to the Holy See
in the history of official U.S.-Vatican relations.
Following months of speculation,
President Obama named the Havana, Cuba-born Díaz to the post. He would be the
first Hispanic,... READ MORE
The Shooting of George Tiller
BY JEFF GARDNER Pro-lifers fear that the shooting death of the late-term abortionist may bring greater restrictions to their largely peaceful movement.
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
WICHITA, Kan. — Just after 10 a.m.
on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, George Tiller was shot in the head at the
Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan.
The notorious late-term abortionist
was serving as an usher at Sunday services.
While a search for his killer was
under way, pro-lifers were... READ MORE
Sisters of Mercy Balance Religious, Professional Lives
BY JANET CASSIDY
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
CHICAGO
— Does a woman who feels called to the religious life but who has a penchant
for working as a professional need to choose one or the other?
Absolutely
not, said Sister Joseph Marie Ruessmann, generalate secretary of the Sisters of
Mercy in Alma, Mich., who holds an MBA in accounting, a... READ MORE
L’Osservatore Obama?
BY Edward Pentin Catholics Criticize Vatican Newspaper on Pro-Abortion President
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s
semi-official newspaper stands accused of being ignorant of American politics
and scandalizing the faithful after it published upbeat assessments of the
Obama administration.
L’Osservatore Romano’s
editor in chief has defended his paper, saying it is... READ MORE
‘Missing Link’? Not Quite, Say Catholic Scientists
BY STEVE WEATHERBE Fossil Find Fuels Hype in Scientific Community
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
VICTORIA, B.C. — The announcement of
an extraordinary fossil find touted “the missing link” in mankind’s
evolutionary development has provoked controversy in the scientific community.
But Catholics would do well to stay clear of it, warn several scientists who
are believers.
However,... READ MORE
Obama's Conscience Pledge
BY Sue Ellin Browder Notre Dame Promise Raises More Questions Than Answers
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — Twenty-nine members of
Congress have called on the Obama administration to make good the president’s
pledge at Notre Dame to support a “sensible conscience clause.”
Conscience clauses
protect doctors, nurses and pharmacists who refuse to participate in
abortions or dispense... READ MORE
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