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Anti-Catholic Bias in Mercy-Killing Campaign?
BY Elenor Schoen
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Church is
becoming a target of proponents of a ballot initiative that would legalize
doctor-assisted suicide in Washington state.
The Church denies any
inappropriateness in anti-suicide efforts, which now include ads featuring
actor Martin Sheen, a Catholic.
“Catholic... READ MORE
‘I Want My EWTN!’
BY Bryan Berry Catholics Question Comcast Switching Channel to Digital
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
SHOREWOOD, Ill. — Mariann
Whitemiller was upset and angry when, on Aug. 20, the Eternal Word Television
Network (EWTN) suddenly disappeared from her TV.
Comcast, Whitemiller’s cable
provider, had stated on its August bill to customers in the Chicago
metropolitan area that it would be shifting... READ MORE
Abortion Comes to Latin America
BY Alejandro Bermudez Can Mexico’s Pro-Life Insurgents Hold the Line?
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
MEXICO CITY — Critical blows to the
cause of life in Latin America were delivered in August and September, and
pro-life advocates fear more is on the way.
In late August, Mexico’s Supreme
Court decided to uphold the constitutionality of a law in Mexico City that
allows abortion up to the 12th... READ MORE
Election ’08: Candidates on Torture
BY Pete Sheehan
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Torture can seem
complicated, pitting desperate scenarios where it is seen as the only solution
against heated moral debate.
For the U.S. bishops, the issue is
clear. In “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political
Responsibility From the Catholic Bishops of... READ MORE
Abortion’s Onslaught
BY BARB ERNSTER Crisis-Pregnancy Centers Remain Under Attack
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Years before he was
forced to resign the New York state governorship, Eliot Spitzer had another
defeat. It was late 2001, early 2002, and the tough New York state attorney
general was demanding that crisis-pregnancy centers hand over copies of all
advertisements, website... READ MORE
Religion Sidelined in Canadian Election
BY TERRY O’NEILL
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
OTTAWA — While Americans are steeped
in the presidential election campaign, their northern neighbors will be voting
in the coming week.
The Canadian federal election Oct.
14 will bring to an end a five-week campaign that offered little to religiously
motivated voters, especially pro-family ones.... READ MORE
Preaching to the Choir
BY ANTHONY FLOTT Priests for Life Publishes Homily Helps
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
AMARILLO, Texas — Father Frank
Pavone concedes that preaching to Catholics about abortion might be preaching
to the choir.
But the choir needs practice, he
says — and so do the preachers.
“If you have a choir, what do they
do?” asks Father Pavone, national director of Priests for Life.... READ MORE
Defending Pius XII
Foundation Paves the Way for Better Catholic-Jewish Relations
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Gary Krupp is a Jewish-American
entrepreneur on a mission: to clear the name of Pius XII.
As founding head of the Pave the Way
Foundation, an organization helping to promote religious tolerance and
cooperation, he wants to debunk the myths that accuse Eugenio Pacelli of not
doing enough to save... READ MORE
NASA Catholics Mark 50 Years
BY Tim Drake
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Oct. 1, 1958,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — better known as NASA —
began operations. Several Catholics who came to work at the new administration
saw their work in space exploration as part of their life’s vocation to go to
heaven.
In recent years, space... READ MORE
Catholic Health-Care Solutions
BY Tom McFeely Uninsured Often Find Help From Church
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Camille Scott-Ford
had no health-care insurance — and no way to pay for medical care — until she
went to the new Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center in downtown
Pittsburgh, Pa., last March.
Scott-Ford, a divorced mother of two
who lost her family’s medical insurance... READ MORE
From Gordon Gekko to Investing With a Conscience
BY Jeff Gardner
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
In 1987, Michael Douglas starred as
banker Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. At one
point in the film, Gekko addresses a group of shareholders and says, “Greed is
good.
“Greed is right. Greed works. Greed
clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary... READ MORE
Candidates Differ On Vouchers
BY CHARLIE SPIERING
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain has
spoken boldly about school voucher programs as an effective way to improve
education.
“I want every American family to
have the same choice that Cindy and I made and Senator Obama and Mrs. Obama
made, as well,” the Republican presidential candidate said at a... READ MORE
7 Sons Lay Hero Dad to Rest
BY Tim Drake Thomas Vander Woude Died as He Lived — Giving His Life for a Son
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
NOKESVILLE, Va. — The story of a
Catholic father dying to save his son started being told in a small town in
Virginia. Then on the front page of the The Washington Post.
Then it began to be repeated on blogs and in online discussions from coast to
coast.
But those who know him say they
always... READ MORE
Myanmar in Crisis
BY WILLY THORN 4 Months After Cyclone Nargis, Country Remains Ravaged
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
SYDNEY, Australia — The people of
Myanmar “feel that the world quickly forgot their plight,” said Jack de Groot,
chief executive officer of Caritas Australia. “Cyclone Nargis was quickly
displaced by the devastating Chinese earthquake.”
While the world looked elsewhere,
devastated... READ MORE
Canadian Pro-Lifers Regroup
BY PETE VERE New Communications Strategy Developed to Better Reach the Public
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue 
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia —
Attempting to reach a wider secular audience, new pro-life groups in Canada are
downplaying the movement’s religious roots as part of a new communication
strategy.
Two such efforts are Signal Hill and
ProWomanProLife.
Signal Hill describes itself... READ MORE
The Other Youth Vote
BY PAUL A. BARRA Pro-Life Students Energized by Race
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
Merrimack,
N.H. — Time magazine called 2008 “The Year of the Youth Vote”
and state voter registration organizations are predicting record voter turnout
for the November elections.
Part
of this interest is undoubtedly because it’s the first presidential Election
Day without an incumbent... READ MORE
1st Choice for Voters: Which Guide?
BY TIM DRAKE Election Information for Catholics Proliferates … But Are All Created Equal?
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — There are few
candidates, but the number of voters’ guides purporting to educate Catholics on
positions and issues is on the rise. Never before have there been so many
different election guides from which to choose.
The proliferation of issues-based
guides led the U.S. Conference... READ MORE
India’s Newest Martyrs
BY ANTO AKKARA Christians Die for Their Faith in Troubled Orissa
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
BHUBANESWAR, India — An armed Hindu
mob landed at the doorstep of evangelists Samuel and Daniel Nayak on Aug. 25,
with an ultimatum: Denounce the faith or die.
“Do you want Christ or your life?”
the mob leaders demanded of the Nayaks and five other members of the Nayak
family. Unfazed, the... READ MORE
Advances in Stem-Cell Research Avoid Killing Embryos
BY Patrick Novecosky
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers made
two more advances toward stem-cell therapies recently — and neither required
the killing of human embryos.
In what they’re calling a feat of “prestidigitation,”
scientists at Harvard University have turned one type of fully formed adult
cell into... READ MORE
Palin the Pro-Lifer
BY Joel Davidson She Backed Up Words With Her Life
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The attentive
audience never knew that Gov. Sarah Palin was pregnant with her fifth child.
It was Nov. 24, 2007, and Palin was
giving a passionate pro-life speech during Alaska Right to Life’s annual
fundraiser in Anchorage.
It would be another four months
before the... READ MORE
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