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DAILY BLOG | Breaking News and Analysis

Expunging Christ: The Crucifix and the Nation

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Posted 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 oversize, secular bureaucracies pitted against the most natural forms of agreement, in this case the nation.
The European Court of... READ MORE


Anglican Province Accepts Pope's Offer

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Posted 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 province’s website reads:

“That this Assembly,... READ MORE


Planned Parenthood Takes on the Bishops

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Posted 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 their legislators to support the current health-care... READ MORE

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Marriage Victory in Maine

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Posted 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.


The Maine Event:

Church Instrumental in Marriage Win

By Joan Frawley... READ MORE


Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote

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Posted 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

By Rich Daly

Register Correspondent

WASHINGTON — A fast-moving... READ MORE


Election Results

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Posted by The Editors

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:14 PM

Pro-life and traditional family values advocates are reveling in bright news this morning. Republican Chris Christie ousted Democrat pro-abortion Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey, and Republican Bob McDonnell won Virginia’s gubernatorial race over pro-abortion candidate Creigh Deeds.

And Maine voters rejected a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage” with a healthy 53-47 margin.

Partisans are... READ MORE


Sinsinawa Dominicans Issue Apology

3 Bishops to Discuss Nun-Abortion Business Escort
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Posted by JOSEPH PRONECHEN

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:55 AM

The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa censured Sister Donna Quinn Nov. 2 for working as an escort at a Hinsdale, Ill., abortion business.

Sister Donna was identified in a photo in the Chicago Tribune as one of two women wearing a “Clinic Escort” vest at the ACU Health Center.

ChicagoCatholicNews reported Nov. 4 Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, Bishop J. Peter Sartain of Joliet, Ill., and... READ MORE


Archbishop Dolan on the Media

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Posted by The Editors

Monday, November 02, 2009 4:16 PM

In a forthcoming interview that will appear in the Register, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan tells correspondent Paul Barra that the media in New York have been ”exceptionally attentive” since his installation earlier this year.

“They have been interested in what I have to say, they have joined in the chorus of welcome, and I can’t keep up with the requests for interviews and articles... READ MORE


Ultrasound Trumps Culture of Death

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Posted by THE DAILY BLOG

Monday, November 02, 2009 3:09 PM

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No wonder Planned Parenthood fights those who use ultrasound and 4-D imaging in its abortion businesses.

Abby Johnson, who had worked at the Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, for the past eight years and had directed the Bryan business for the last two, resigned Oct. 6 after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure, reported the television station KBTX Nov. 1.

“I just thought, ‘I... READ MORE


Vatican Clarifies Celibacy Issue for Anglican Seminarians

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Posted by EDWARD PENTIN

Monday, November 02, 2009 9:14 AM

The Vatican Oct. 31 clarified the issue of married Anglican clergy within the new structures to be set out in the forthcoming apostolic constitution.

In a lengthy statement, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi relayed an explanation of the situation given by Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Cardinal Levada stated that any future married... READ MORE

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