Starboard Network Goes High Power in Twin Cities

THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE, May 23 — Starboard Network's Catholic radio station in Minnesota has moved to an even bigger station on the local AM dial.

Starting May 25, the network moved to 1330 on the AM dial in the Twin Cities, making it the biggest station yet in the network's growing national presence, with broadcasts in other cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, the Star Tribune reported.

The station features programs such as Jeff Cavins' “Morning Air,” Al Kresta's “Kresta in the Afternoon,” “Super Saints,” “Holy Rosary” and “The Best of Mother Angelica Live.”

Before the switch, the station had been broadcasting on two low-power, daytime-only stations, the paper reported.

“The strong signal is the big thing we were looking for” when Starboard bought WMNN (1330 AM) in January for $3.25 million, programming director Sherry Brownrigg said. “[The change] makes this one of the best Catholic radio signals in America covering the most people.”

Poll: Catholic Voters Shun Abortion Supporters

LIFENEWS.COM, May 24 — A recent Zogby International poll has shown that Catholics are less likely to support Catholic candidates — such as presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. — who support abortion and embryonic stem-cell research.

The poll of 1,388 Catholics in the United States showed Kerry getting only 20% of Catholic voters' support on issues where he disagrees with Church teachings, LifeNews.com reported. If a candidate said he would only appoint supporters of Roe v. Wade to judicial positions, 65% of Catholics would not support him, the poll found. Only 16% said they would be more likely to support such a candidate. Both churchgoing Catholics (71%) and Catholics who attend church infrequently (57%) held those opinions.

Also, the pro-life news site reported, 53% of Catholic voters would be less likely to support a candidate who advocates embryonic stem-cell research. Only 23% said they would be more likely to support such a candidate.

No Communion for Protesters, Cardinal George Says

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, May 25 — Cardinal Francis George of Chicago sent a memo to all pastors in the archdiocese telling them not to give Communion to protestors who identified themselves by wearing a rainbow sash to Mass on May 30.

The wearing of the sash protest, sponsored by the Rainbow Sash movement, was to show the “symbol of the gifts that we bring to the Church as gay and lesbian people,” according to one organizer.

However, Cardinal George noted, wearing the sash indicates disagreement with Church teaching that homosexual relations are sinful, the Sun-Times reported.

“The Rainbow Sash movement wants its members to be fully accepted in the Church not on the same conditions as any Catholic but precisely as gay,” the cardinal wrote. “With this comes the requirement that the Church change her moral teaching, which is from the Lord and his Apostles.”

The cardinal noted that the policy of the U.S. bishops is to not give Communion to anyone who comes to church wearing the sash.