Tuesday, February 09 2010

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Priests violated children’s human rights: Pope 
 

Published: February 09 2010

Addressing a conference on protecting children, Pope Benedict has warned that the church must keep its guard up against those who violate their rights.
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Kasper proposes 'ecumenical catechism' 
 

Published: February 09 2010

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity President, Cardinal Walter Kasper, has proposed the development of a shared “ecumenical catechism” as a fruit of four decades of dialogue.
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Philippines Church taps Catholic US medical team


Published: February 09 2010

Doctors and nurses from the United States have treated nearly 800 patients at a medical mission set up through the northern Philippines vicariate of Calapan City.
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Hathaway says she left church over gay brother


Published: February 09 2010

Brokeback Mountain star, Anne Hathaway, who has a gay brother, says she and her family left the Catholic Church to become Episcopalian over Catholic teaching on homosexuality.
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Call for Irish Synod to address 'institutional dysfunctionality'


Published: February 09 2010

Saying that the Church faces a "watershed moment" in the wake of the Irish government report on abuse in church-run institutions, former Jesuit provincial, Fr Gerry O'Hanlon, has called for a national synod to deal with "institutional dysfunctionality".
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Police chief accuses Listecki over abuse policy claims


Published: February 08 2010

A Wisconsin police chief has accused new Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki of giving an "untruthful" response to lawmakers about the notification procedure for clergy sex abuse allegations in his former diocese of La Crosse.
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USCCB condemns New Ways Ministry

Published: February 08 2010
USCCB President Cardinal Francis George has denounced the Maryland based New Ways Ministry for its criticism of Catholic efforts to defend man-woman marriage and said it does not offer "an authentic interpretation of Catholic teaching."  
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Claims against CCHD director 'ridiculous': USCCB bishop

Published: February 08 2010
Biloxi Bishop Roger P. Morin, who chairs the USCCB committee that oversees the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, has described accusations against the organizations and its director, John Carr, as "totally ridiculous".  
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Quake crisis a defining moment for Queens priests

Published: February 09 2010
Fr Robert Robinson was sitting at his office computer when he got a call from Linda Freebes, the principal of the parish school. Down the hall, Fr Jean-Moise Delva was counseling a couple preparing for marriage when the bride-to-be's cellphone rang. Moments earlier, an earthquake had shaken Haiti. Within minutes, the two priests ran into each other in the rectory hallway at SS. Joachim and Anne, their mostly Haitian parish in Queens. - Anne Barnard @ New York Times

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Opinion - Unbearable lightness of being a 'bit married'

Matt, 29, and his girlfriend, Kelly, 28, have been dating for four years and living together for two. They were both raised Catholic, attend Church occasionally, and joke about "living in sin" and being "semi-married." Kelly told me she was OK moving in with Matt because she just assumed that this was a step in the right direction - toward real marriage. But in the last few months, each time she's brought up the future in some oblique way, Matt has dodged the issue. - Dr Christine B. Whelan @ Busted Halo
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Feature - Vitae Monologues for Valentine's Day

ZENIT: It seems obvious by the title of your drama that it was made to be a parallel or an alternative to the Vagina Monologues. How does the Vitae Monologues offer a response to this other sexually explicit production? Or how does it oppose the message of the other production? Stanbary:That play is really about exalting radical feminist ideology, which is opposed to authentic feminism, the virtues of womanhood, and the gift, beauty and dignity of our human sexuality. - ZENIT talks to Jeremy Stanbary about the Vitae Monologues
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Website - Catholic Kids

Catholic-kids.com is a traditional Catholic web site for kids of all ages and for other Christians who are interested in the Catholic faith. - www.catholic-kids.com
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Video - Benedict's Lenten call for justice

In his Lenten message, Pope Benedict blames indifference for the death of hundreds of millions who die of hunger, thirst or due to a lack of medicine. - Rome Reports @ YouTube
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