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Unacceptable ‘Option’
BY Rich Daly Pro-Life Supporters Ready Stand on Health-Care Overhaul
October 11-17, 2009 Issue 
WASHINGTON — As congressional
committees worked to prepare a unified health-care reform bill to Congress, the
issue of abortion still presented a sticking point.
Legislation is expected soon that
combines aspects of the health-care overhaul bills approved by three separate
House committees in... READ MORE
Miracle in Manila
BY Maria Caulfield A Family’s Story of Prayer and Survival During Typhoon Ketsana
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — As the
Philippines struggled to recover from one of the worst typhoons in recent
memory, two more storms brewed in the Pacific, threatening relief efforts.
My family was spared the worst of
the first storm, Ketsana, and my husband, Brian, and I feel that our fervent
prayers... READ MORE
After Acorn
BY Steve Weatherbe Organization Discovers Bishops-Funded Groups Backing Abortion and Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
TOMBALL, Texas — The Catholic
Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops’ anti-poverty program, was
little affected by the Acorn scandal last month. Long before the video sting
operation revealed some Acorn employees apparently helping people disguise
illegal activities, the campaign had... READ MORE
2 New Saints Cured Americans
BY Marge Fenelon Sts. Damien of Molokai and Jeanne Jugan
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
VATICAN CITY — On Oct. 11, there
will be rejoicing on the island of Molokai, perhaps rejoicing like never
before.
That’s the day Damien de Veuster, a
missionary priest who served patients with Hansen’s disease there, will be
canonized in Rome.
The same day Pope Benedict XVI also
will... READ MORE
Where Are the Children?
BY Steve Weatherbe World Is ‘Running Out of People,’ Documentary Warns
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
SALT LAKE CITY — In Europe, town
squares are shown emptying of people. In China, children vanish from playground
swings. In America, acres of new homes go unsold.
These are some of the compelling
images from the 2008 documentary Demographic Winter
and its sequel of this spring, Demographic Bomb,... READ MORE
Acorn’s Fall?
BY Steve Weatherbe Congress Follows Church in Defunding Group After Sex-Trade Exposé
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON
— Congress has voted to stop funding a controversial social-development group
that received millions of dollars from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
in the past.
Congressional
action came after staff of the Association of Community Organizations for
Reform Now were taped... READ MORE
Baucus Bill ‘Falls Short’
BY Rich Daly Republicans Push To Ban Abortion and Assisted Suicide in Health Reform
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — Several Republican
senators are pushing to limit taxpayer funding of abortion and federal support
for assisted suicide as part of the newest health-reform proposal.
The efforts of abortion and
euthanasia opponents came as the Senate Finance Committee began to consider
more than 500... READ MORE
Emma Watson Gets to Meet Her Pope
BY Tim Drake
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
CRAIGMONT,
Idaho — Emma Watson has nurtured the dream of meeting the Pope since she was 3.
On
Sept. 9, the dream for the 7 1/2-year-old from Idaho who has been bravely
battling a heart condition became a reality.
And
coming face to face with the Successor of Peter, the normally quite... READ MORE
Is Doma Doomed?
BY Tim Drake Marriage Under Attack in Congressional and Legal Action
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON
— A congressman from New York recently introduced a bill called the Respect for
Marriage Act, winning support from an initial 90 co-sponsors. Advocates speak
about the “immorality” of the situation the legislation seeks to address.
But
rather than seeking to protect the traditional... READ MORE
Court Rules ‘Sexual Orientation-Laws ’ Include Former Homosexuals
BY Gail Besse
WASHINGTON — Former homosexuals are
a protected class that must be recognized under sexual orientation
nondiscrimination laws.
So says a precedent-setting ruling
by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. It ruled June 26 that under
the district’s Human Rights Act, discrimination can... READ MORE
Pro-Life Groups Hope Latest Health Push Drops Abortion
BY Rich Daly
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON —
Pro-life groups hope new leadership by President Obama in
overhauling health care will veer away from the large expansion in federal
funding for abortions that bills under consideration in Congress would provide.
But one leading right-to-life
organization quickly denounced a bill... READ MORE
Catholic Physicians Wary of Health-Care Reform
BY Joan Frawley Desmond
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — As the Senate begins
negotiations on health-care reform, Catholic physicians are struggling to
influence legislation that could limit their freedom to practice medicine.
Physicians committed to Church
teaching worry about the advent of abortion mandates and health-care rationing.
But... READ MORE
Teachers Within NEA Fight for Life and Family
BY Gail Besse
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — Catholic parents and
educators alarmed at the hostility toward traditional values in public schools
and the radical politics of the National Education Association are not alone.
Groups and individuals speaking up
for traditional values in education show no signs of backing off and... READ MORE
Czech Mate
BY Edward Pentin Pope Visits Country Where Secularism Has Taken Hold
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Czech Republic at a time
when the former Communist nation is being hit by a wave of secularization.
The visit takes place 20 years after the fall of Communism in central
and Eastern Europe.
On Sept. 26-28, the Pope will travel to Prague, the... READ MORE
‘Guilty of Praying’
BY Thomas Uebbing Notre Dame President Says Protesters’ Fate Out of His Hands
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Air Force
One roared off into the sky over northern Indiana May 17, most people
considered the controversy surrounding President Obama’s appearance at Notre
Dame over.
But for the 88 people arrested for
trespassing during the controversy, the story is still... READ MORE
Vocational Voltage
BY Tim Drake Serra Tackles Religious Call Issue in Year for Priests
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
OMAHA, Neb. — Serra International is
using the Year for Priests to tackle the laity’s role in promoting vocations to
religious life. More than 530 Serrans, several bishops and many priests
gathered in Omaha for the group’s 67th International Convention Aug. 27-30,
which focused on the theme... READ MORE
Whose Health Care Is It?
BY Steve Weatherbe ‘Right’ to Care and Subsidiarity Seen as Sticking Points in Debate
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON — There is as much debate
about health-care reform among Catholics as there is in the nation at large.
And, as Congress returned from its
August recess to face the monumental task of crafting a health-insurance reform
bill and gain consensus, individual bishops entered the debate,... READ MORE
Bishops Defend Marriage in New York
BY Stephen Vincent
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State
Catholic Conference has filed an amicus brief at the state’s highest court,
challenging the recognition of same-sex “marriages” formed legally outside of
New York.
The brief, prepared by the
Chicago-based Thomas More Society, calls for defending marriage... READ MORE
Home-Invasion Threat
BY Rich Daly ‘Voluntary’ Visitation Program Draws Family Fire
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
WASHINGTON
— One aspect of the health-care reform legislation is a deal killer, as far as
some family groups are concerned.
A
low-profile provision within the 1,000-plus-page health-care overhaul bill in
Congress is so controversial to some family-rights groups that they have
opposed the overall... READ MORE
Proud 2 Be Irish and Catholic
BY Justin Bell Ireland’s Youth Press on in the Wake of Abuse Report
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
DUBLIN,
Ireland — The so-called Ryan Report recently brought forth devastating
revelations of past abuse of youth in Catholic institutions.
Judge
Sean Ryan released the report, a nine-year study by the Commission to Inquire
into Child Abuse, in May. The 2,600-page report cast light on severe... READ MORE
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