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Started 3 days, 6 hours ago (2009-11-30 23:38:00)
by Tom
New Jersey Bishops Urge Prayer against State's Same-Sex "Marriage" Push By Kathleen Gilbert TRENTON, New Jersey, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - New Jersey's six Catholic bishops have called on Catholics to combat the state's legislative push for same-sex "marriage" with a day of prayer aimed at protecting marriage in the state legislature. "This day of prayer is ...
Started 3 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-30 14:41:00)
by Saks
Quote: Polish bishops slam European Court school crucifix ban The Polish Episcopate "expressed its protest against the verdict of the European Human Rights Court in Strasbourg concerning the symbol of the cross." Warsaw -- Roman Catholic bishops in Poland have slammed a ban by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on crucifixes in Italian schools...
Started 3 days, 19 hours ago (2009-11-30 10:57:00)
by struggle4progress
Source: Catholic News Service By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The bishops of Switzerland said the country's ban on the construction of minarets, the Muslim prayer towers, represents an obstacle to interreligious harmony. The ban aggravates interfaith tensions and could have negative repercussions on Christian minorities in Muslim countries, the bishops said in a...
Started 4 days, 6 hours ago (2009-11-29 23:26:00)
by robt4512
Bishops prepare to receive Anglicans By Simon Caldwell 27 November 2009 Pope Benedict XVI and Dr Rowan Williams during their 'cordial' 20-minute meeting at the Vatican The bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to prepare the ground for an exodus of possibly thousands of disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic Church. The move was announced in ...
Started 5 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-28 09:28:00)
by Tom
Spanish Bishops: Politicians Who Vote for Anti-Life Law are not to Receive Communion By James Tillman MADRID, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Today the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement saying that politicians who vote for a proposed law liberalizing abortion in Spain place themselves in an "objective state of sin and, while the ...
Started 5 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-28 06:39:00)
by lemonbeam
Affirm Church Is Truly Present in Fight Quote: ACCRA, Ghana, NOV. 27, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Representing the "most efficient" and "most truly present player in the fight against AIDS," bishops of Africa say that this is no time to diminish efforts in the fight. This was the affirmation in a message for the Dec. 1 World AIDS Day from the Symposium of Episcopal...
Started 6 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-27 14:58:00)
by mellomalo
Obama can't let bishops set U.S. policy November 25, 2009 BY CAROL MARIN Sun-Times Columnist Barack Obama, the unapologetic pro-choice presidential candidate, needs to find his strong voice again on the issue now that he is president. And he needs to stand up to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a tax-exempt religious organization, declaring that reproductive rights ...
Started 6 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-27 14:52:00)
by mellomalo
Experts: Bishops covered up priests' child abuse AP ? Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin speaks to the media in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. ? By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press Writer ? Thu Nov 26, 6:12 pm ET DUBLIN ? Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-25 15:16:46)
by Bob Tony
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The nation's Catholic bishops are looking for a Senate sponsor for an amendment that would duplicate the Stupak amendment added to the House version of the health care restructuring bill. The amendment cut off funding for virtually all abortions under the public option and affordability credits. The House ultimately approved its version of the government...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-25 23:30:00)
by Tom
Three More Bishops Look for CCHD Reform By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At least three U.S. bishops have called for reform of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), in addition to the five bishops (at last count) who chose not to take up the collection for the national organization this year. This episcopal...
Started 6 days, 19 hours ago (2009-11-27 10:40:00)
by Tom
Catholic Bishops Seek Sponsor for Stupak Amendment to Senate Health Care Bill by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor November 24, 2009 http://www.lifenews.com/nat5703.html Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The nation's Catholic bishops are looking for a Senate sponsor for an amendment that would duplicate the Stupak amendment added to the House version of the health ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-25 10:47:00)
by Chris R
MUSA are thinking/hoping of running a supporters Mini Bus or Mini Coach to our FA Trophy Game on Saturday 12th December. If we can get enough interest we will arrange it. Can anyone interested please register with Mark Smith in Club Shop at our next home Game on Tuesday 1st December. The Cost Would be £12 for MUSA Members and £14 for Non Members If we can get at least 16 to ...
( This is not the typical debate of which is worth more. Quite by chance, my son came up with an interesting experiment to perhaps answer this question, or at least clarify it some. He asked, "What would it be like if one player had all four Knights, and the other had all four Bishops?" I said I didn't know, so we tried it. I figured in fairness, a good rule would be for one player ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-25 22:41:00)
by vhehn
"patient suffering is redemptive and brings the individual closer to Christ." the catholic church has now decided to ignore advance directives and living wills in hospital and nursing home care. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops released an ?Ethical and Religious Directive? this month that would ban any Catholic hospital, nursing home or hospice program from removing feeding tubes ...
Started 4 days, 16 hours ago (2009-11-29 13:39:00)
by Moishenoooz
Pedophile Priests Protected Not Only By Church But Also By Police DUBLIN, Ireland Police officers, government officials and bishops of the Catholic church in Ireland have been harshly censured in a report on clerical child abuse over three decades in the Archdiocese of Dublin. Coming just a few months after an equally harsh report on the ill-treatment of children in Church-run ...
