Watching the Senate Bill

Posted by The Editors

Friday, November 20, 2009 4:38 PM

The U.S. Bishops Conference’s Richard Doerflinger finds much to dislike about the Senate version of health care reform that will get a preliminary vote tomorrow night.

Doerflinger, associate director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, told AP today that the Senate bill “is actually the worst bill we’ve seen so far on the life issues.” Doerflinger called it “completely... READ MORE

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Judge Sought to Overrule Parental-Consent Law

Posted by THE EDITORS

Friday, November 20, 2009 1:56 PM

By a vote of 59-39, the Senate Nov. 19 confirmed Judge David Hamilton, who attempted to overrule an Indiana informed-consent law, to the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

According to a report from World Net Daily, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wants to push for a confirmation vote as early as Monday.

Charmaine Yost, president of Americans United for Life, said that for seven... READ MORE

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The Manhattan Declaration and the Archdiocese of Washington

Posted by The Editors

Friday, November 20, 2009 9:40 AM

Today at noon, a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars will release the Manhattan Declaration, which addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty.

A press release this morning previewed several excerpts from the 4,700-word declaration. Among them:

“We will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to... READ MORE

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Priest Gunned Down in Moscow

Posted by The Editors

Friday, November 20, 2009 6:26 AM

A masked gunman entered a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow Nov. 19 and shot a priest who had been preaching to Muslims and warning about the growing Muslim minority in Russia, according to an article in this morning’s New York Times.

Father Daniil Sysoyev, 34, died on his way to hospital. The church’s choir master also had been injured in the attack and was in the hospital under armed... READ MORE

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Cardinal Kasper on 'Anglicanorum Coetibus'

Posted by EDWARD PENTIN

Monday, November 16, 2009 11:56 AM

Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has spoken for the first time about Anglicanorum Coetibus, the apostolic constitution for Anglicans.

In an interview with L’Osservatore Romano over the weekend, the cardinal began by talking about a late night telephone call he received from Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury. Cardinal... READ MORE

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Herald of ‘Choice’ Visits Philippines

Posted by The Editors

Friday, November 13, 2009 3:44 PM

Hillary Clinton, on her first visit to the Philippines as U.S. secretary of state, said she wants to “empower” women to make choices that will be good for themselves, their families and society.

Apparently, the Church to which most Filipinos belong doesn’t know anything about what’s good for her own children.

The Church has been leading the opposition to a reproductive-health bill in... READ MORE

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St. John Lateran, Virtually

Posted by EDWARD PENTIN

Friday, November 13, 2009 11:20 AM

Ever wanted to visit the Basilica of St. John Lateran but just never could get to Rome?

Now you can, thanks to a breathtaking virtual tour created by Villanova University in Pennsylvania. The tour also includes the baptistry and cloister.

Click here to see for yourself.

As the cathedral of the bishop of Rome (the pope), containing the cathedra Romana (papal chair), St. John Lateran, dedicated by... READ MORE

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Apostolic Constitution Released

Posted by EDWARD PENTIN

Monday, November 09, 2009 11:10 AM

The Vatican has published the apostolic constitution that allows for groups of Anglicans to come into communion with the Catholic Church while retaining their heritage and traditions.

The lengthy, detailed document was signed by the Holy Father Nov. 4, the memorial of St. Charles Borromeo. Accompanying it were a note on complementary norms for the constitution, a press release by Cardinal William... READ MORE

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Anglican Province Accepts Pope's Offer

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

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Marriage Victory in Maine

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

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