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 newspaper
1/3/2009 7:00:00 PM -Yahoo News
The contraceptive pill is polluting the environment and is in part responsible for male infertility, a report in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said Saturday. The pill "has for some years had devastating effects on the environment by releasing tonnes of hormones into nature" through female urine, said Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, in the report. "We have sufficient evidence to state that a non-negligible cause of male infertility in the West is the environmental pollution caused by the pill," he said, without elaborating further.
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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
Americans United for Life Applauds Illinois Supreme Court Decision Supporting Constitutional Rights of Pharmacists12/31/2008 7:55:00 PM -Americans United for Life
Humanist parents seek community of their own: Non-churchgoing families look for like-minded groups12/28/2008 10:11:00 AM
By Robin Shulman
-The Washington Post
In U.S. Parishes, Fathers Without Borders 12/27/2008 7:28:00 PM
By James Estrin / LAURIE GOODSTEIN
-The New York Times
Religion Religion's Big and Unprecedented Role in '08 Politics12/27/2008 7:17:00 PM -washingtonpost.com
Emphasis of Pope Benedict XVI's annual message to the Curia obscured by attacks of homosexual activists12/27/2008 10:20:00 AM
By PAUL LIKOUDIS
-www.wandererpress.com
National nuns' group urges Vatican not to excommunicate defiant Maryknoll priest12/26/2008 8:20:00 AM -www.calcatholic.com
Christmas with Baghdad's Dwindling Christians12/25/2008 7:21:00 PM
By Abigail Hauslohner
-TIME Magazine
Catholic values fund fires back at N.Y. Times 12/24/2008 7:23:00 PM
By Jeff Benjamin
-INVESTMENT NEWS
Notre Dame University To Investigate Scandalous Fall Break Outing 12/24/2008 7:12:00 PM
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
-LifeSiteNews.com
Christians at Christmas: Recent Polls Reveal Strong Bias in US Toward Christian Living and Values12/24/2008 10:28:00 AM -OneNewsNow
"Veni Creator Spiritus." For an Ecology of Man12/24/2008 8:37:00 AM
By Sandro Magister
-http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/213106?eng=y
Dickens's enduring gift to Christmases future: According to a new book about Charles Dickens, he wrote''A Christmas Carol'' in six weeks during a low point in his life12/23/2008 7:59:00 PM
By Michael Kenney
-boston.com
Sacred texts: Vatican embraces iTunes prayer book12/22/2008 7:41:00 PM -Assoc Press
NATIVITY SCENE ERECTED IN CENTRAL PARK12/22/2008 8:59:00 AM
By Bill Donohue
-Catholic League
HLI Challenges Pastor Warren's Participation in Obama Inauguration12/22/2008 8:51:00 AM -LifeSiteNews.com
Chicago Nativity Scene Returns to Chicago's Daley Plaza12/3/2008 8:00:00 PM -IFI
Vatican attacked for opposing gay decriminalisation12/3/2008 8:00:00 PM
By Philip Pullella
-Reuters
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg opposes euthanasia and loses power12/3/2008 7:56:00 PM
By David Charter
-THE TIMES (London)
GOD IS PRO-CHOICE ACCORDING TO NUN12/2/2008 7:14:00 PM
By Judie Brown
-www.all.org
Costco says 'No' to Christmas...literally 12/2/2008 7:00:00 PM
By Donald E. Wildmon
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