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• Women’s health comes out a loser in the House [not mammograms, not paps, free abortions]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  UW-Madison Professor Alta Charo was right -- women’s health would be sacrificed for overall health care reform. Charo, a faculty member of the university’s Law School and a senior adviser to the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, predicted in an October speech to Planned Parenthood here that the ...
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• Seen & Heard Around the Walkabouts for the Upper South Carolina Bishop Election

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 546
  Read it carefully and read it all .
  11 hours ago

• Kennedy and Tobin: "Why now?"

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 591
  John Allen has a few interesting thoughts about the Patrick Kennedy-Bishop Thomas Tobin communion clash : I have no insider scoop to offer, but I can summarize here what Ive been saying on-air: the most interesting question about the story isnt so much "why," but "why now"? That is, theres no mystery about why ...
  16 hours ago

• Your Asshat of the Week: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops/Catholic Diocese of Washington D.C.

  
  AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters — Authority: 644
  Our asshat nominees this time out included a Newsweek reporter, a major league football team, a conservative radio show host, and that gaggle of Catholic bishops who issued a pastoral letter which...
  17 hours ago

• BCS Rankings 2009

  
  Acts of the Apostasy — Authority: 554
  (cross-posted at Creative Minority Report ) Hello sports fans! If theres one topic in the world of athletics that can turn friendly discussion into heated debate, its the BCS. And this year is no exception. As this anything-but-ordinary season winds down in the final week of competition, uncertainty is the only ...
  21 hours ago

• Quote of the day

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 591
  "For the archdiocese and Catholic Charities, two core tenets of our faith are at the heart of our concerns: our understanding of the nature of marriage and our commitment to expressing Christs love through service to others. Under the legislative language before the D.C. Council, the archdiocese would be forced to ...
  23 hours ago

• Pope John Paul II used to ‘whip himself in remorse for sins’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov 23 (ANI): Pope John Paul II used to regularly whip himself in a sign of “remorse for his sins,” a nun has claimed.Five years after his death, the Catholic Church is considering the Pope for sainthood.As part of the Vatican’s investigation, thousands of documents have been collected and examined by ...
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• Searching for clues from the Roman Catholic-Anglican summit

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 631
  There wasn’t much information in the official communique after Pope Benedict and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams met at the Vatican on Saturday. The terse text mentioned “cordial discussions” about challenges facing Christians, the need to cooperate and their intention to continue bilateral theological ...
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• Cuomo: "God is not a celestial party chairman"

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 591
  Another high profile Catholic politician -- and one who is no stranger to clashing with bishops -- has added his two cents to the Kennedy-Tobin debate: Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said Sunday that church leaders should be cautious about pressuring Catholic politicians over issues such as abortion because ...
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• Bishop asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop communion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  East Providence, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Tobin, of Rhode Island said on Sunday that he had asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy, long back in 2007 to stop receiving because of the congressman’s public stance on various moral issues. Communion is the central sacrament of the church.Bishop ...
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• David Hamid (Suffragan Bishop in Europe):

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 546
  It is important in the light of some awkward feelings, particularly about the way the news of the Apostolic Constitution was handled, that the Pope and Archbishop restated their intent to continue and consolidate the ecumenical relations between our Churches and drew attention to the preparatory work presently under ...
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• Liars lying, Books by Crocks edition

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 564
  Sarah Palin as seen by: Frank Rich The Times on Palin in Michigan and Indiana , but no mention of her ditching her fans in Indiana Christopher Buckley Steve Chapman Joe Wurzelbacher CNN TBogg TRex Palin did manage to find time to ditch some fans yesterday so she could rip ...
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• Kennedy says he is barred from receiving communion

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 591
  One of the most publicized standoffs in whats been dubbed the "wafer wars" has reportedly escalated : Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy to receive the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because of his advocacy of abortion rights, the Rhode Island Democrat said Friday. ...
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• Church of England head meets Pope to protest mass conversion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov 22 (IANS) The head of the Church of England has personally confronted the Pope over attempts by the Catholic Church to convert disillusioned Anglicans.Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, voiced his protest at a meeting at the Vatican Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI following the Pope’s offer ...
  2 days ago

• Catholic Bishops Look to Get Their House in Order

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 816
  Filed under: House , Democrats , Republicans , Religion , Abortion , Health Care , Gay Rights , Immigration , Obama Administration , Disputations , Congress , Conservatives BALTIMORE -- If you judged the influence of the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States by the heated reaction to some of their ...
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• Christian Coalition Promises Civil Disobedience if Laws Passed it Doesn’t Like

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  More than 150 leaders across a spectrum of conservative Christianity on Friday released a 4,700-word document vowing civil disobedience if they are forced to take part in "anti-life acts" or bless gay marriages. Called the "Manhattan Declaration," the six-page, single-spaced document was drafted by Prison ...
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• Archbishop of Canterbury in goalpost moving exercise

  
  A View from Middle England by Arden Forester — Authority: 131
  The Archbishop of Canterbury has gone to Rome. Not over to Rome. Just a short visit to speak his mind. However, it seems to me his mind is tortuously flexible these days. He spoke at length when giving an address in Rome, as the guest of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The address was part of a ...
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• Autumn exhibition at Clun’s Old Surgery Gallery

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 163
  for the first time is Sophie Bignall. Sophie, who exhibits watercolours of animals, trained at Reigate College of Art, and another newcomer to the gallery is Bishops Castle Art Society member Bobby Britnell, who has recently established a studio and
  3 days ago

• In Baltimore, U.S. bishops assert their authority

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 968
  BALTIMORE -- At a time of fractious debate within the Catholic Church in the United States, the head of the national bishops group said this week that Catholic universities, media outlets and other affiliated organizations that insist on independence from the church hierarchy are "less than full...
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• This is a good synopsis of Harry Reids Trojan Horse

  
  Lead Us Not into Temptation — Authority: 137
  White House on a A Collision Course with Catholic Bishops At the White House on Thursday, health reform director Nancy Ann DeParle praised Reids effort to find a compromise on abortion. "It was carefully worked through by the leader, who cares a lot about making sure this maintains the status quo on abortion ...
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