Wednesday

September 28 2011 Morning Edition

Catholic World News:
USA: Catholic Health Association renews criticism of contraception mandate http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11871
 
USA: Law professors Alvaré, Bradley and Snead decry HHS contraceptive mandate http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11889
 
USA: Respect Life statement decries abortion, contraception, militant secularism http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11867
 
USA: FDA finds risks with some versions of Pill, but won't take action http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11875
 
USA: USCCB urges Catholics to lobby on behalf of anti-poverty programs http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11870
 
USA: President Bush rebuffed Pope John Paul's plea for peace in Iraq, source recalls http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11872
 
USA/Religious freedom: State Dept. cites 8 'countries of particular concern' http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11868
 
Bolivia: Bishops denounce socialist government's repression http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11869
 
Ireland: Excess deference to Church, state seen a factor in Irish abuse scandal http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11865
 
Germany: Reject 'worldly' vision of Church, Pope urges German faithful http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11859
 
Vatican: Vatican deflates report that Pope is preparing to resign next year http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11862
 
Vatican: When Vatican II documents are seen as political compromises http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11882
 
Vatican: Holy See diplomat addresses intellectual property rights http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11886
 
Vatican: Schedule set for October papal visit to Italian towns http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11880
 
Italy: Christianity must rescue modern culture: Cardinal Scola http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11860
 
Italy: SSPX to review Vatican document for reconciliation in October http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11863
 
Russia: Moscow patriarchate signals support for Putin http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11876
 
Sierra Leone: in wake of brutal war, churches full http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11887
 
Nigeria: Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja says no to negotiations with Islamist terrorists http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11884
 
Malawi: Numerous government spies at bishops' meeting http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11888
 
Iraq: Envoy to Vatican Habib Mohammed Hadi Sadr says Christians are right to worry about 'Arab Spring' uprisings http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11879
 
Iran: Faced with death sentence, Christian convert refuses to revert to Islam http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11866
 
Pakistan: Spelling error leads to blasphemy charge for Pakistani schoolgirl http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11873
 
China: Cardinal Zen sees Chinese bid to 'brainwash' students http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11861
 
 
Australia: Adelaide archdiocese again under fire in abuse case http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11874
 
 
 
Google Makes 5 Dead Sea Scrolls Searchable

Jerusalem (CNN) – In a perfect blending of 21st-century advances with the cutting-edge technology of an earlier age, starting this week internet users can, for the first time, use Google search and scanning technology to examine five manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls.....  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/google-makes-5-dead-sea-scrolls-searchable/

 

Two Steps Ahead of the Spirit.../Anthony Esolen

Which pope said the following?  http://www.crisismagazine.com/2011/two-steps-ahead-of-the-spirit

Covering the Pope: a guide for journalists

For any event at which the Pope appears, always inflate the number of protesters......  http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/09/26/covering-the-pope-a-guide-for-journalists/#.ToHknGB4D2E.twitter
 

The Pope's Role in the New Battle for Religion/Spiegel Online

Fighting the Dictatorship of Relativism

Anti-abuse activists protest in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Thursday.
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AFP

Anti-abuse activists protest in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Thursday.

 
 
 
 
Benedict at the Bundestag: two views    
By Robert Royal and James V. Schall, S. J.   

http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/benedict-at-the-bundestag-two-views.html

 
 
 
 
September 28, 2011
George Weigel

In the flood of commentary surrounding the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I found but one reference to a related anniversary of considerable importance: the fifth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg Lecture. That lecture, given the day after the fifth anniversary of 9/11 at the pope's old university in Germany, identified the two key challenges to 21st-century Islam, if that faith of over a billion people is going to live within today's world in something other than a condition of war. . . . Continue Reading »

 

The Pope, Martin Luther, and Our Time/Mark Brumley


 

 

Pope gives Communion in the hand, traditionalists not happy
 
 
 

High Fashion in the Church? 

If you want to make some people's blood pressure go through the roof, it seems all you have to do is show them a picture of Raymond Cardinal Burke in a cappa magna.

For those of you who are not familiar with this rather large and cumbersome piece of ecclesiastical haberdashery, it is a very ample choir cape with a long train.

The train part, which is usually carried by a cleric, was fifteen feet long, until Pius XII shortened it to a more manageable seven feet. Interestingly enough, Blessed John XXIII, the same Pope the soi-disant progressives invoke as the prophet who sang a new church into being, lengthened it back to fifteen meters.....  http://www.chantcafe.com/2011/09/high-fashion-in-church.html

 

A New Generation of Theologians  
Ryan N.S. Topping

Much of the animosity felt by older theologians toward the Vatican or, more generally, toward episcopal authority, has disappeared.....  http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/09/a-new-generation-of-theologians

 

 


Operation Rescue Rallies Support for Father Frank Pavone http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/4949617855.html
 
 
As North Texas community becomes first former-Episcopal group to Tiber-swim, "Anglicanorum coetibus unfolds before us":
http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2011/09/anglicanorum-unfolds-before-us-in-fort.html
 
 

GetReligion/bailey Whispering with Rocco Palmo

We usually examine mainstream media reporting here, but we also have our eyes set on non-mainstream sites that cover religion. Earlier this month, tmatt highlighted a piece from the Baltimore Sun on Rocco Palmo who runs Whispers in the Loggia, which regularly scoops mainstream press.

A former US correspondent for the London-based international Catholic weekly The Tablet, Palmo has served as a church analyst for many mainstream outlets since he launched the blog in 2004. A native of Philadelphia, he studied political science at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 2010, Palmo received an honorary doctorate from Aquinas Institute of Theology, a Dominican school in St Louis, for services to the church's interaction with technology. In April he was named as one of two chairs of the Vatican's first conference on the blogosphere/social media. Get ready for an epic twist on 5Q+1 with Palmo, especially a bit of hopefulness in the bonus question......

 

 

NCReporter Article Critical of American Life League financial practices http://ncronline.org/news/politics/practices-questioned
 
 
Pro 'Family Planning' Sigourney Weaver Guest Teaching at Catholic College

 .....In an op-ed earlier this year for The Huffington Post, Weaver suggested "family planning" is a solution for stopping climate change.....  http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/09/26/pro-family-planning-sigourney-weaver-guest-teaching-at-catholic-college/

 

CUA Students Experiencing Benefit of Single-Sex Dorm Policy

 .....[One female student]…, a freshman exploratory major and resident of Ryan Hall, said, "It has been much easier to bond with the people in my building since it's only girls. The girls aren't freaking out because there are boys. Everybody gets along.

It's just easier without guys; it's not as much pressure."  http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/09/26/cua-students-experiencing-benefit-of-single-sex-dorm-policy/

 
 
 
 

Is Vanderbilt University flirting with the suppression of religion?

Professor Says Vanderbilt Suppressing Christian Student Groups Amid Shutdown Threats http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/26/professor-says-vanderbilt-suppressing-christian-student-groups-amid-shutdown/

 
 

Accused in the Church: Stopping the Collateral Damage http://catholicpreaching.com/index.php?content=articles

 

 
Canada: Ottowa Parish Upset with Police Probe of Church's Finances http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?objectID=139894
 

Mexico: "Marisol was a woman of faith": Scalabrinian Lay Movement mourns the loss of one of its members, brutally murdered in Mexico... http://newadvent.org/

 

 
Cuba: Pro-Government Crowds Shout Down and Block Cuban Dissidents Marching to Church
 
 
BBC Urged to Stop Using 'BC', 'AD' Terms
 .....The proposal caused consternation among Christian traditionalists and some of the corporation's most famous names, who promised to ignore the idea.

James Naughtie, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, said: "Nobody has suggested this to me, and if they do, they will get a pithy answer, which may be too pithy to share with readers of the Telegraph."  http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?objectID=139819
 
 
 
 

Catholic Church criticises Italy's 'sad and hollow' political class

Don't blame Silvio Berlusconi, says Umberto Eco, it's the fault of all Italians
The cardinal did not mention him by name, but he left little doubt he was referring to the sex and corruption scandals that dog Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right government Photo: AP
 

A speech by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco to fellow bishops did not specifically name Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi but he left little doubt he was referring to the sex and corruption scandals that dog the prime minister and his centre-right government......  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8790884/Catholic-Church-criticises-Italys-sad-and-hollow-political-class.html

 

Berlusconi 'stunned and saddened' by bishop's speech http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44683958/ns/world_news-europe/

 

 

 
 
 
 
From Jeff Mirus:

And then there's that Maryknoll priest who, incredibly, has accused the Vatican of abusing the Japanese. You'll find my take on this in Roman Persecution.

 

Bishops Speak Out Against HHS Mandate and Urge Faithful to Do Likewise As Deadline Looms

(CNA/EWTN News)—Catholics across the U.S. are mobilizing against a proposed Health and Human Services mandate that requires health insurance to cover contraception and provides a narrow exemption for religious groups.

"Under the new rule our institutions would be free to act in accord with Catholic teaching on life and procreation only if they were to stop hiring and serving non-Catholics," explained Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee.....  http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishops-speak-out-against-hhs-mandate-and-urge-faithful-to-do-likewise/

 

 

Religious exemption to HHS mandate 'wholly inadequate,' CHA head says http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2011/09/religious-exemption-hhs-mandate-wholly-inadequate-cha-head-says

 

 

Congress investigating Planned Parenthood over sex abuse cover-up allegations
 
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - According to a letter leaked this morning, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched an investigation into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to determine whether the abortion organization handles criminal conduct properly, or has mishandled federal funding to pay for abortions.

A letter to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards leaked to Washington Post reporter Sarah Kliff shows Commerce Chairman Rep. Cliff Stearns telling the group to hand over official documentation that "ensures federal money received by PPFA and its affiliates is not being used to impermissibly subsidize abortion," as well as "all official written policies and procedures" proving that PPFA segregates the funds in practice......

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Louisiana bishop Herzog gives qualified support for Komen Race for the Cure http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/louisiana-bishop-herzog-gives-qualified-support-for-komen-race-for-the-cure

 

IVF babies up to 10 times more likely to suffer rare genetic disorders: geneticist

 .....The [Financial Post] reported that there was an apparent lack of interest from [Dr. Rosanna] Weksberg's audience [Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society] for her speech, which Weksberg described as "very telling."  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ivf-babies-up-to-10-times-more-likely-to-suffer-rare-genetic-disorders-gene

 

 
September 28, 2011
Joe Carter

From the time of Adam and Eve until the late 1970s, there was—with one notable exception—only one way to make a baby: the sexual bonding of a man and a woman. That number increased to two in 1978 after the birth of Louise Brown, the first "test tube baby." Today, there are thirty-eight ways to make a baby, almost all of which can be accomplished without sexual intercourse.  . . . Continue Reading »

 

 
 
 
 
 
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 11:39 AM
Wesley J. Smith

It amazes me how an embryo is or isn't an existing human life–depending on what the question is regarding the embryo being discussed. 

In Argentina, a man fathered embryos via IVF, and then divorced. 

His ex wants to be implanted with the embryos, but he says that would be forcing him into unwanted fatherhood. 

The court ruled in favor of the ex wife.  From the AP Story:

Almost 50 new locations join largest-ever 40 Days for Life campaign – launches this week http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/almost-50-new-locations-join-largest-ever-40-days-for-life-campaign-launche

Abortion Business Landlord Attacks, Harasses Pro-Lifers http://www.lifenews.com/2011/09/27/abortion-business-landlord-attacks-harasses-pro-lifers/

 

Where are all the men?: The culpability of men in the abortion holocaust http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/where-are-all-the-men-the-culpability-of-men-in-the-abortion-holocaust

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Planned Parenthood, ACLU create front organization to defeat pro-life legislation in Mississippi

JACKSON, September 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The organization "Mississippians for Healthy Families" is simply a front organization for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, who are attempting to prevent a pro-life amendment from being added to the state constitution, according to a state pro-life organization.....  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/planned-parenthood-aclu-create-front-organization-to-defeat-pro-life-legisl

 

 

Louisiana Billboard Campaign Helps Women Avoid Abortions http://www.lifenews.com/2011/09/26/louisiana-billboard-campaign-helps-women-avoid-abortions/

 

 
Canada: Baby Joseph dies at home after long legal battle
"It seemed like a relaxing breath, like he was OK. It didn't seem like he struggled," Nader said. "It was God's way of telling us his last breath was OK." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/09/28/wdr-baby-joseph.html#.ToMebpp0FwY.twitter
 
 
 
 
 

A Plea for China from Capitol Hill

Marking 31 years of a lethal 'one-child' mandate.

BartlomiejMagierowski / Shutterstock.com

– BartlomiejMagierowski / Shutterstock

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wesley J. Smith

Definitions matter. 

That point hit me hard as I read an article that wants doctors to be given the right to stop treatment from a man diagnosed to be in a persistent unconscious condition.  From "When Family and Doctors Disagree on When to End life."

Hold on: Bad title! Doctors shouldn't "end life."  They can ethically withdraw treatment in some circumstances, which can result in death.  But that isn't the same thing.

Where were we?  Oh, yes: From the column by Hilary Young in The Star:

 

 

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 10:00 AM
Wesley J. Smith

"Get out of the lifeboat you expensive terminal cancer patients! 

Sure, your lives could be extended months, maybe even years,–but it isn't worth the money!  You're going to die sooner or later, so it might as well be sooner.  We need the money for more important and productive patients."

That, in a harshly stated nutshell, is the recommendation of a committee of doctors in Lancet Oncology who recommend money by rationing therapies that don't save the lives of cancer patients, but can extend their lives. 

From the Daily Mail story:

Homosexuality: Judge orders Prop 8 tapes released despite Supreme Court ban

Pro-family activists' desire to keep the tapes sealed is based upon a fear that Prop. 8 witnesses will be harassed for their stand, as other Prop. 8 supporters have been..... http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/judge-orders-prop-8-tapes-released-despite-supreme-court-ban

 

 

Gay journalist Nicholas F. Benton lambastes movement's attachment to unbridled impersonal sex http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/10170-nick-bentons-gay-science-no-50-our-gay-movements-colossal-failure-.html

 

Hadley Arkes: All homosexual acts are gravely immoral. How far will California go to stop Catholics from warning people of this fact?  http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/from-california-another-front-in-the-culture-wars.html

New Project Defends Those Who Defend Marriage

The National Organization for Marriage has launched the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance to support the freedom to express one's belief that marriage should be the union of a man and woman without fear of harassment or punishment.

The alliance recently released a video on Frank Turek, a leadership seminar speaker who lost his contract with Cisco and Bank of America after human-relations employees discovered that he had written a book that argued marriage should not be redefined.

In response, the alliance started a consumer-complaint campaign directed towards Bank of America in the state of North Carolina, where the company's headquarters is located.

"We reached out to a small number of customers of Bank of America in the Charlotte area, told them what happened to Frank Turek, and asked them to call the company to let bankers know their customers do not appreciate this kind of disrespect," said Gallagher. "In the last few days, more than 1,400 people have called to complain.....  http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/new-project-defends-those-who-defend-marriage/

 

National Organization for Marriage Names John Eastman Chairman of the Board                                                        The constitutional scholar took the reins Sept. 22. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/national-organization-for-marriage-names-john-eastman-chairman-of-the-board/

Illinois: Judge denies Catholic Charities' request for reconsideration  http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x26168113/The-state-can-began-canceling-its-adoption-contracts-with-Catholic-Charities

 

Drop the Ambiguous Phrase: 'Gay Christian' - Denny Burk, Baptist Press

 

 

British Police Say Some Bible Verses Violate Public Order Act, Are Homophobic  http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2011/09/british-police-say-some-bible-verses.html
 
 
 
 
 


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