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CATHOLIC VIEWS
The USCCB and the three-fold test evaluating "intrisic evil"
1/5/2009 9:40:00 PM
By Jim Fritz
-www.thedefender.org
There is a strong tradition in Catholic moral theology that evaluates the morality of acts according to a threefold test that looks at 1) the act itself, 2) the intent of the actor; and 3) the circumstances surrounding the act. All three must be good (or at least neutral) for the act to be morally licit. Traditionally, to say that something is "intrinsically" evil is to say it is evil at the level of the act. It is "objectively" wrong, regardless of the intent of the actor or the circumstances. Such acts can never be morally licit. This does not mean, however, that such acts are always greater evils than acts that are evil by intent or circumstance. What are these Intrinsic Evils? According to the Church these are: 1) murder of unborn babies (abortion); 2) murder of the sick and disabled (euthanasia); 3) conception of human lives for the purpose of Fetal Stem Cell Research; 4) illicit and intrinsically disordered sexual licentiousness; and, 5) cloning of humans. Actions of the USCCB we will review are: The publication of the purposely defective Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship; The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD); The rejection of Canon 915; Publication of Always our Children; and Cinema reviews recommending movies with homosexual content...
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A Sign of Contradiction: The 2008 Election and the Catholic Church in America
1/3/2009 7:28:00 PM -/www.mindszenty.org
One of the little known facts to emerge from the 2008 presidential campaign was that Governor Sarah Palin was baptized a Catholic 44 years ago. After her family moved to Alaska she joined a Pentecostal church. This past summer, to the chagrin of the Catholic Church, Senator Joseph Biden chided Palin for her opposition to embryonic stem cell research. The tragic irony is that Sarah Palin is more Catholic on life issues than self-professed Catholic Joe Biden.
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How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma Article1/2/2009 7:34:00 PM
By ANNE HENDERSHOTT
-http://online.wsj.com
When Anti-Christ controls the Internet1/2/2009 7:20:00 PM
By Grant Swank
-Renew America
U.S. Catholic Church Has Retrogressed Since Vatican II1/1/2009 7:42:00 PM
By Matt C. Abbott
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CATHOLIC NEWS
Cardinal George asks for unity in fight against abortion
1/4/2009 3:50:00 PM
By Kim Mikus
-Daily Hereld
Cardinal Francis George celebrated a special Mass for Life on Saturday evening at Queen of the Rosary Church in Elk Grove Village. The Mass was tied to the upcoming Jan. 22 anniversary of Roe v. Wade making abortion legal 36 years ago. The thrust of Cardinal George's message to a full church was to have hope and a desire to work together as a church family to continue to fight abortion when Democratic President-elect Barack Obama takes office. "To kill unborn babies is a great sin," he said. During his homily, George, of the Archdiocese of Chicago, dressed in white, first spoke of the feast of the Epiphany that celebrates the journey of the Three Kings who visited Baby Jesus after his birth.
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Sycamore Trust Newsletter: V-Monologues and Stem Cell Advocates on Notre Dame University Board (and More)
1/3/2009 7:12:00 PM
By www.sycamoretrust.org
In a recent issue (vol. vi #5), the independent student publication The Irish Rover featured four articles respecting Catholic identity that cover too many subjects for us to discuss in a single newsletter. Accordingly, we will postpone for now consideration of the story describing the "Fund to Support Human Life," an important new pro-life University-sanctioned enterprise (p.9), and the article explaining how funds raised through Notre Dame activities on behalf of the Komen breast cancer fund may benefit Planned Parenthood (p.1). Here, we focus principally on a report concerning the Notre Dame Board of Trustees. First, however, we draw attention to a remarkable account of a recent visit to Chicago by students in a "Cultural Diversity Seminar" sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns, Saint Sabina Welcomes the Cultural Diversity Seminar Students of Notre Dame (p. 5).
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Contraceptive pill is polluting environment: Vatican newspaper1/3/2009 7:00:00 PM -Yahoo News
Bridgeport church holds New Year's Eve weddings for 12 married couples: Nativity of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church is site of renewed vows1/1/2009 7:46:00 PM
By Manya A. Brachear
-Chicago Tribune
Number of Catholics in Congress edging up1/1/2009 4:53:00 PM
By NANCY FRAZIER O’BRIEN
-Catholic News Service
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