News
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06-Nov-2009
Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde has called for
mercy for the soon to be executed sniper, John Allen Muhammad, while a Pennsylvania jury has spared the life of Pittsburgh man, Terrell
Yarborough, who was convicted of the murder of two Franciscan
University students.
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06-Nov-2009
Records involving at least one sex-offender priest were contained in Milwaukee Archdiocese secret archives, a new document shows, throwing doubt on testimony by former Archbishop Rembert Weakland who had dismissed the notion in a deposition.
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06-Nov-2009
Texas authorities have executed Khristian Oliver, whose murder conviction became controversial after jurors consulted a Bible to justify his death sentence.
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06-Nov-2009
As The Yankees claimed their 27th World Series title so New York
Archbishop Timothy Dolan can claim his winnings from Philadelphia
Cardinal Justin Rigali: a box of Tastykakes.
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06-Nov-2009
The UK branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion has voted to accept Pope Benedict's offer of a personal ordinariate.
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06-Nov-2009
Pope Benedict is planning a two day summit of Catholic politicians across the globe at the Vatican to discuss the role of faith witness in their professions, reports say.
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Regulars
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06-Nov-2009
Eight weeks ago President Obama promised a joint session of Congress that "his" health-care plan would not include or provide public monies for abortion. This seemed persuasive because it made sense. As polling has shown, most Americans do not want abortion or its funding included in any publicly supported health plan. - Archbishop Charles Chaput @ Denver Catholic Register
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06-Nov-2009
The Pontifical Biblical Institute (Pontificio Istituto Biblico in
Italian) in Rome, is a university level institution of the Holy See run
by the Jesuits. - www.biblico.it
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05-Nov-2009
The heart of Allen's study describes ten critical trends the church
must navigate if it is to retain market share. Otherwise, "Catholicism
won't rise to the occasion of these new challenges - it'll be
steamrolled by them." - Patrick Jordan reviews John L. Allen Jr's The Future Church @ Commonweal Magazine
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06-Nov-2009
Though the House [health] bill does not fund or encourage abortion services, the bishops and most Catholics wanted specific language keeping abortion out of the bill entirely, and making it impossible for a future administrative action to change this, effectively bringing the Hyde Amendment into the bill and codifying it in a way that is stronger than its current status. This still could happen, as pro-life Democrats take up the cause. But what if it doesn't? - Phil Fox Rose @ Busted Halo
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