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Pro-Marriage Forces Struggle in California
BY CHARLIE SPIERING
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
SACRAMENTO,
Calif. — This year, California is the battleground for marriage, as voters
weigh a constitutional amendment that would halt such same-sex unions that are
now taking place in that state.
The
California Supreme Court ruled in May that same-sex-attracted couples could
legally wed, and... READ MORE
The World Meets Benedict
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue 
Pilgrims came from all across the
globe to Sydney for World Youth Day. Here are a few of their stories.
Tujai Maru, 26, from the northern part of
Myanmar:
Maru was one of a group of 33
pilgrims, three nuns, and six priests from the country of Myanmar. He knew
little English, but desired to express... READ MORE
WYD Celebrates the Church’s Pacific Face
BY TIM DRAKE
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
SYDNEY,
Australia — Not since World Youth Day was held in the Philippines 19 years ago,
has the event had such a Pacific face.
Among
the more than 225,000 youth gathered in Sydney, many are coming from countries
that have never before been represented at World Youth Day.
“I’m
proud of... READ MORE
From Hostility to Hope
BY TIM DRAKE World Youth Day Changed Hearts
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
Australia is
a thoroughly secularized place, where the zeitgeist isn’t just apathetic, but
downright hostile to the faith. At least, that was the case before World Youth
Day. Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher told the story of a skeptical
Sydneysider who had e-mailed World Youth Day.... READ MORE
A RESPONSE TO DOUG KMIEC
BY FATHER RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
Where to begin? Mr. Kmiec has a long
history of faithful public service and has been unapologetic in his witness to
the sanctity of human life. He has now become a voice for Catholics who wish to
back for president a candidate who has a long history of unqualified support
for the unlimited abortion... READ MORE
Lebanese Capuchin Beatified
BY FADY NOUN
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Good Samaritan
has a name. He was born in Lebanon 130 years ago, and his name is Jacques
Haddad.
He’s better known to the poor and
lowly here as “Abuna Yaacub,” Abuna being the Arabic word for “Father.”
Cardinal
José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Vatican... READ MORE
Call to Repentance
BY BOB HORNING Mass and Burial Brings Attention to Disposal of Aborted Babies
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
DETROIT
— Father Frank Pavone called all Christians to repentance for the killing of
the babies found in a dumpster here recently. The director of Priests for Life
made the call following a funeral Mass June 27 for seven aborted babies and
three miscarried babies who were retrieved from... READ MORE
Fireworks on the Fourth
BY KIMBERLEY HEATHERINGTON Rove Rallies the Pro-Life Base
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
ARLINGTON, Va. — Mixing themes of
praise and warning, former Bush Administration strategist Karl Rove addressed
the 36th annual National Right to Life Convention on the Fourth of July.
Rove’s comments sparked a charged
atmosphere that alternated between reverent, almost religious silence... READ MORE
Why the Church Condemns Torture
BY ANTHONY FLOTT Bishops Publish Study Guide On Issue That Divides U.S.
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — By now, you’ve probably
read about it: a Middle East religious and political “dissident” taken captive
by a Western government, interrogated, ridiculed, made to endure denigrating
postures, beaten and eventually killed.
His name? Jesus Christ.
Two thousand years later,... READ MORE
Red Flags
BY VALERIE SCHMALZ Caution Urged on National Program For Bioethics Education
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — A proposal to create a
coordinated national program for bioethical education and funding is raising
red flags among some Catholic bioethicists.
But one academic says the problem
addressed in the June issue of Academic Medicine is
a real one — and if philanthropists and others... READ MORE
PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS
July 20-26, 2008 Issue
I encountered my first World Youth Day pilgrims at the St.
Paul-Minneapolis Airport. We were all headed to Los Angeles for a connecting flight
to Sydney, Australia. One journalist, whose ticket is being paid for by
Register sponsors, was with 17 young men and women who have conducted car
washes, a... READ MORE
Have More Children!
BY ANTO AKKARA Kerala Bishops Decry Population Decline
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Even as
India’s population-control advocates lobby to rein in the country’s growing
population, the Church in the southern state of Kerala is boldly exhorting
Christians to have more children.
“If we do not speak up, we will be
failing in our duty. The declining... READ MORE
Pope2008.com’s Guide To World Youth Day
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
Pope2008.com is the
Register’s blogsite covering World Youth Day and other major papal events. Log
on to see EWTN broadcasts of papal events and to follow Tim Drake’s live
reports.
World Youth Day
Schedule
Pope2008.com
is the Register’s site to follow along with World Youth Day events. Times... READ MORE
Archbishop Burke to Head Vatican’s Highest Court
BY STEPHEN MIRARCHI
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
ST. LOUIS — The Archbishop of St.
Louis has been named the equivalent of the Chief Justice of the Vatican’s
Supreme Court.
Archbishop Raymond Burke was named
to the post three days before his 60th birthday.
The Vatican on June 27 announced the
archbishop’s appointment as prefect of the... READ MORE
Canada’s Dishonor?
BY TERRY O’NEILL Catholics Protest Abortionist’s Order of Canada Appointment
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
OTTAWA — Canadian Catholics were
leading a growing backlash last week to a Canada Day honor. Their federal
government awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to Canada’s most
notorious abortionist on July 1.
Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto
said that the award should be... READ MORE
Obama, Abortion and Catholics
BY TOM MCFEELY Leaders Weigh in on the Kmiec Controversy
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Few events in recent
years have caused as much consternation among pro-life Catholic Americans as
Doug Kmiec’s Easter Sunday endorsement of Barack Obama.
After all, the presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee has earned a 100% pro-abortion voting record
during his political... READ MORE
Father Emil Kapaun
BY MARGE FENELON Cause of Canonization Introduced for Korean War Chaplain
July 6-12, 2008 Issue
WICHITA, Kan. — If Helen Kapaun had
known that her brother-in-law might one day be canonized, she would have paid
more attention to what he had to say on her wedding day.
Helen married Eugene Kapaun in
October 1948; her brother-in-law, Father Emil Kapaun, presided at the wedding
ceremony.
The... READ MORE
Canada’s ‘Thought Police’
BY PETE VERE Priest’s Discussion Of Moral Issues Investigated for Hate Crimes
July 6-12, 2008 Issue
TORONTO — Catholics in Canada and
the United States are coming out in support of Basilian Father Alphonse de
Valk, a Toronto-based priest being investigated by the Canadian Human Rights
Commission (CHRC).
Father de Valk is the founding
editor and publisher of Catholic Insight, a
monthly magazine... READ MORE
Boys Will Be Girls?
BY CELESTE McGOVERN Catholic Therapists Help Kids Overcome ‘Transgender’ Issues
July 6-12, 2008 Issue
PHILADELPHIA — When “Ben Carson” was
3 years old, his favorite color was pink and his best friend at nursery school
was a girl. He drew flowers and he loved Snow White.
His parents noticed differences
between him and other boys and they started to recall with concern the little
things he had... READ MORE
Brushing Up on the Bible
BY ANTHONY FLOTT
July 6-12, 2008 Issue
VATICAN CITY — It’s the Year of St.
Paul and just months before a Vatican Synod on Scripture. What better time to
start learning the Bible?
Several new Catholic groups and
projects can help.
Their help is badly needed, says the
Vatican. The working document for the Oct. 5-26 Synod of Bishops... READ MORE
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