Brothers in Arms: Top 12 Dioceses That Supported Maine
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:39 PM
Maine released its campaign finance filings, showing contributors to the Diocese of Portland’s successful effort to prevent the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”
According to the campaign finance records, nearly five dozen dioceses and bishops made financial contributions to the effort. Among the largest donations were $50,000 donations from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese... 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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Bishops Weigh In
Posted by The Editors
Friday, October 30, 2009 3:31 PM
Not long after Nancy Pelosi unveiled the 1,990-page House health-care reform bill Oct. 29, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an urgent call to arms.
The House bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, contains provisions for the public funding of abortions under a new health-care delivery and financing scheme in America. All Americans will pay for other people’s abortions,... READ MORE
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U.S. Bishops Reject All Current Health-Care Bills
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:47 AM
As the Senate Finance Committee prepares to vote on health-care legislation, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it known that none of the existing bills are adequate. All of them include abortion funding.
“So far, the health-reform bills considered in committee … have not met President Obama’s challenge of barring use of federal dollars for abortion and maintaining current... READ MORE
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ND: 33 Bishops and Counting
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:37 AM
The Notre Dame scandal shows no signs of stopping.
Two more bishops — Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tenn., and Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, Fla., — came out with statements opposing the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Barack Obama to speak at the school’s May 17 commencement exercises and receive an honorary degree of law. That brings the total number of... READ MORE
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Faith and Long Life
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:02 AM
Retired Bishop Thomas A. Tschoepe of Dallas, who died Jan. 24 at the age of 93. (CNS)
There isn’t much news out of Rome this week, because of the Vatican’s annual Lenten retreat.
But there is one item in today’s Vatican Information Service press release that caught my eye: A list of 19 bishops around the world who have died in recent weeks.
What’s interesting about the list is the average age of these bishops when they died. The average was a startling 86.3 years.
Five... READ MORE
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