PRESS RELEASES
Patrick J. Reilly, founder of the Cardinal Newman Society, at the May 9, 2008 Catholic Citizens Lunch Forum
5/2/2008 9:21:00 PM The public is welcome to a lunch seminar featureing Patrick J. Reilly, founder of the Cardinal Newman Society. A graduate of Fordham University, he has written numerous articles on Catholic higher education and other Catholic issues for Catholic World Report, Crisis, Legatus, Chronicle of Higher Education and other publications. He has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, EWTN. He was a board member and chairman of American Collegians for Life. He is a Senior Fellow at the Capital Research Center in Washington, D. C. and a member of the advisory board of Catholic United for the Faith and or our own Catholic Citizens of Illinois. The subject: "A Time for Reform: Assessing the Impact of the Holy Father's Address to Catholic Educators." Luncheons are at 12:00 noon at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Tickets are $30.00. Reservations required. Call Maureen at 708-352-5834.
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Former Illinois Catholic Conference Director Doug Delaney to Assist USCCB with Media Relations During Pope's US visit in April, 20084/12/2008 6:00:00 PM -Diocese of Joliet Press Release
Loyola Prof. Dennis Martin and Depaul Student Nicholas Hahn Discuss the Role of the Catholic University at the April 11 Catholic Citizens Luncheon4/5/2008 7:28:00 PM
CATHOLIC VIEWS
 | | Down in the bargain basement? |
Can we keep ears from itching? Eco-spirituality and the search for mystery
5/4/2008 8:31:00 PM
By Christopher Zehnder
-www.Calcatholic.com
The interest of Catholics - religious sisters and brothers, priests and laymen - in what is called "eco-spirituality" is a curious phenomenon. What has turned devotees of God's Mother into worshippers of the Earth Mother? How did some Catholics go from adoring the Eucharist, the Body of Christ, to reverencing the universe as the Body of God? How did confessors of the transcendent but ever present Trinity become promoters of an immanent, "panentheistic" deity? In short, what turned educated, observant Catholics into bargain-basement Buddhists? One may, of course, chalk it all up to the mystery of infidelity, or to the spirit of novelty, the "itching ears" of those who "turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths." Such explanations are sound, as far as they go; but they do not go very far. For often (though not always) men gravitate toward errors on account of an incomplete comprehension of the truth. And they fail to comprehend the fullness of truth because the truth is not presented to them in its fullness.
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 | | Obama and another one of his religious "advisors" |
TO THE SELF-DESCRIBED "CATHOLICS" WHO CLAIM TO "ADVISE" OBAMA
5/3/2008 8:39:00 PM
By BILL DONOHUE
-WWW.CATHOLICLEAGUE.ORG
When Sen. Barack Obama recently announced the formation of his Catholic National Advisory Council, he said he was "deeply honored to have the support and counsel of these committed Catholic leaders, scholars and advocates." Commenting on this group is Catholic League president Bill Donohue: "The best advice I can give Sen. Obama about his Catholic National Advisory Council is to dissolve it immediately. Of the 26 Catholic former or current public office holders he has listed as either National Co-Chairs (5), or as members of the National Leadership Committee (21), there is not one who agrees with the Catholic Church on all three major public policy issues: abortion, embryonic stem cell research and school vouchers."
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Finding the Right Catholic College: Interview With Editor of Newman Guide5/2/2008 9:16:00 PM
By Carrie Gress
-www.zenit.org
HLI Leader Says: "I don't believe Archbishop Wuerl is doing his job"5/1/2008 8:54:00 PM
By www.LifeSiteNews.com
-John-Henry Westen
Close enough to be blessed4/28/2008 5:43:00 PM
By Kathrynne Skonicki
-Catholic Explorer
CATHOLIC NEWS
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Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France
5/4/2008 9:00:00 PM -AP
A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a 17th-century shepherd girl in the French Alps. Speaking at Mass in remarks broadcast nationally on France-2 television, Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the "supernatural origin" of the apparitions to 17-year-old Benoite Rencurel from 1664 to 1718. The bishop, in an interview on France-Info radio, said the decision meant the church "has committed itself in an official way to say to pilgrims 'you can come here in total confidence.'" The recognition process involved a panel of experts including two theologians and an investigating judge, he said.
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Do McCain's pastors have the Wright stuff?
5/3/2008 9:22:00 PM
By Judson Berger
If turnabout is fair play, then John McCain critics believe his association with controversial pastors should be held to the same scrutiny as Barack Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. After all, they point out, one of McCain's religious supporters, John Hagee, called the Roman Catholic Church "the great whore." Another, Rod Parsley, referred to Islam as a "false religion" that America was called on to destroy. Still, when McCain's link to both men came to light, the backlash was negligible compared with the furor Obama has faced for nearly two months over his relationship with Wright, his former pastor.
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Is Liberal Catholicism Dead?5/3/2008 9:18:00 PM
By DAVID VAN BIEMA
-TIME
US Chastity Speaker Meets "Toughest Crowd" -- at an Ontario Catholic High School5/3/2008 8:49:00 PM
By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac
-www.LifeSiteNews.com
Padre Pio and the Tale of the Empty Tomb5/2/2008 9:20:00 PM -Frank M. Rega
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