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• Bishops Originally Asked for "Abortion Neutral" Health Reform Package

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 729
  This article was originally published by Think Progress and is reprinted here with permission from the author. On Monday, in an interview with ABC News, President Obama reminded Congress that “ this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill .” When asked about the Stupak Amendment ,he responded that ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: GOPer Cao: Health vote may end career

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 501
  Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao acknowledged Wednesday that becoming the lone House Republican to vote in favor of health-care reform was a rookie move that could end his upstart political career. "I am a novice," said Mr. Cao, Louisiana Republican, who was elected in December 2008. "But I have to do what my conscience tells me ...
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• Diocese of the West Holds Clergy Conference

  
  Charismatic Episcopal Church CEC — Authority: 125
  At our semi-annual Convocation, September 24 - 26 which was held this year at St. Paul’s Charismatic Episcopal Church in Henderson, NV. The Diocese of the West was very honored to have Archbishop Craig Bates as our guest. Along with some very profound and meaningful teaching from Abp. Bates, there was much ...
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• Mary Gordon on the Amplitude and Complexity of Scripture: Reading the Gospels as the Bishops Target Gays and Women

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 129
  I wrote yesterday about what happens when we grab a handful of carefully selected scripture passages to prove a political point, as we ignore the weight of the Judeo-Christian scriptures—their preponderant emphasis on love, mercy, and justice. To be specific, I wrote about what happens when religious groups are ...
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• Vatican Backs Obamas Global Agenda

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 443
  Written by Cliff Kincaid Monday, 12 October 2009 15:48 Some pro-life Catholics are acting shocked that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They dont seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. ...
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• Catholic churches worried about impact of direct tax code on them

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 444
  Certain provisions in the Direct Tax Code applicable to religious and charitable institutions and trusts will pose "serious difficulties" for these organizations, the Catholic Church has said. "The Direct Tax Code as conceived creates serious... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
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• Bishop Tobin calls Senator Patrick Kennedy to repentance

  
  causa nostrae laetitiae — Authority: 132
  I have nothing to add to the ending of this magnificent, pastoral attempt to bring an errant sheep  into the fold. He is a true shepherd with a heart for souls. Bravo, Bishop Tobin! "Your rejection of the Church’s teaching on abortion falls into a different category – it’s a deliberate and obstinate act of ...
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• Cardinal George Lauds House Action to Ban Federal Funds for Abortion; Promises Vigilance as Senate Pursues Health Care Reform, Wary About Affect on Poor, Elderly

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 480
  WASHINGTON DC ( MetroCatholic ) — Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, lauded the November 7 decision of the U.S. House of Representatives to block federal health care reform money from paying for elective abortions. In a statement issued November 9, two ...
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• "Health care legislation is about human beings..."

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 584
  "Health care legislation, with all its political, technical and economic aspects, is about human beings and hence has serious moral dimensions. Our focus is the concrete realities of families with children and their access to doctors, the poor and the...
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• False Prophets

  
  Regaining the Center — Authority: 127
  The misguided and the disingenuous are all over the news media speaking with the sincerity that we were used to seeing with ace chicken hawk, Dick Cheney. Senators Bluster and Fluster are speaking out daily with words like “dead on arrival”, or “I can not support that provision”. And from the side ...
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• Abortion Funding and Health Care

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  President Obama’s approach to health care reform — forcing taxpayers to subsidize health insurance for tens of millions of Americans — cannot not change the status quo on abortion. Either those taxpayer dollars will fund abortions, or the restrictions necessary to prevent taxpayer funding will curtail access ...
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• Act of Providence: Tobins letter to Kennedy

  
  The Deacon's Bench — Authority: 584
  In a rare public rebuke, the Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island has called a prominent member of his flock, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, to "conversion and repentence." Bishop Thomas Tobin is publishing a letter to the congressman in the diocesan newspaper...
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• Reflections from a Ft. Hood Chaplain

  
  Charismatic Episcopal Church CEC — Authority: 125
  Father David Fell is a priest in the Charismatic Episcopal Church who is serving as a Chaplain (Captain) in the US Army with the III Corps/Ft. Hood Spiritual Fitness Center. He has completed two combat tours in Iraq with the 4th Infantry Division. Fr. David’s service has been distinguished with two Bronze Star ...
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• Eccleston Square seeks £40K development manager. Meanwhile, church closures loom

  
  Telegraph.co.uk News Blog — Authority: 813
  A sharp-eyed friend has spotted this ad in The Guardian (where else?):The Bishops’ Conference is looking for a full-time PR executive and fundraiser (£37K-£41K plus benefits “dependant” on experience) for its “Faith in the Future” initiative, which asks rich Catholics to fund projects devised by a largely ...
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• 1st British Anglicans Headed to Rome

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 589
  Anglicans who have sought communion with Rome are giving a positive initial reaction to the apostolic constitution released today that outlines how their personal ordinariates will be established. In a report posted today on the Messenger Journal, the Great Britain province of the Traditional Anglican Communion said ...
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• Bishop to Kennedy: “Your position is unacceptable to the Church…”

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 524
   ” Congressman, I’m not sure whether or not you fulfill the basic requirements of being a Catholic, so let me ask: Do you accept the teachings of the Church on essential matters of faith and morals, including our stance on abortion?” Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin,  Bishop of Providence This from ...
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• The Bishop of St Albans responds to Vatican’s Apostolic Constitution

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 589
  I am unaware of any clergy or lay people in the Diocese of St Albans who have decided to take up this offer of joining one of the ‘Personal Ordinariates’ yet. Personally, I will feel sad if anyone decides to leave us. However, there has always been two-way traffic between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church ...
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• A Jesuit Archbishop, The CDF And "Anglicanorum Coetibus"

  
  Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit — Authority: 140
  Married former Anglican bishops are eligible to head new Church jurisdictions overseeing Anglican converts to Catholicism, according to guidelines that accompany the much-awaited apostolic constitution from the Vaticans Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). However, they can do so only as ordained ...
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• Forward in Faith UK: A first reaction to today’s publication of Anglicanorum Coetibus

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 589
  From here : I had thought the original notice from Rome was extremely generous. Today all the accompanying papers have been published and they are extremely impressive. I have been horrified that the Church of England while trying to accommodate us has consistently said we cannot have the jurisdiction and ...
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• “The Application of the Sex Discrimination Legislation to Religious Organisations”

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 153
  From WATCH (Women and the Church) London Branch On Wednesday 11th November at 3.30pm in Westminster Hall, Robert Key, MP for Salisbury, has arranged for a debate to take place on: "The Application of the Sex Discrimination Legislation to Religious Organisations". This is an excellent achievement. We are grateful to ...
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