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October 21 2011 Morning Edition

Catholic World News:

USA: Bishop Finn ignores calls for resignation http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12125

USA: Archbishop Dolan welcomes appointment of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, new apostolic nuncio to the United States http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12120
 
USA: Leader of Courage Father Paul Check speaks on challenge of homosexuality for Catholics http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12111
 
USA: Patrick J. Reilly reports Catholic colleges on defensive against contraceptive ideology http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12140
 
USA: LA Times profiles NeoStem, the biotech firm in research partnership with Vatican http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12126
 
Canada: CCCB elects as new president Richard Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12121
 
Vatican: European rabbis urge Pope to suspend SSPX talks following Williamson remarks http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12131
 
Vatican: Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue message to Hindus stresses religious freedom http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12124
 
Vatican: Pope praises new English translation of the Mass http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12123
 
Vatican: Migrants need help of 'new evangelization' to counter secularizing trend, Pope writes http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12112
 
 
Peru: Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo of Budapest named to investigate Pontifical Catholic University of Peru http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12128
 
UK: Bishops of England and Waleslament poor care for elderly in nursing homes http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12132
 
UK: Demographer Danny Dorling says world population may decline in 100 years http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12135
 
Vatican: Holy See hopes for peace in Libya after Qaddafi's death http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12138
 
Vatican: L'Osservatore Romano analyzes protests against financial system http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12139
 
Vatican: Pope dedicates "Domus Australia,"Australian pilgrimage center in Rome http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12113
 
Egypt: Cairo eyewitness account: 'we'll kill any Christian we get our hands on' http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12133
 
Angola: Bishop António Francisco Jaca of Caxito speaks of witchcraft's challenge http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12117
 
Burma: Soldiers shoot at worshippers during Mass, burn churches in Namsan-yang http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12130
 
Hong Kong: Cardinal Zen answers rumors on major-donor ties http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12129
 
Hong Kong: Cardinal Zen fears government takeover of Hong Kong's Catholic schools http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12116
 
 
Australia: Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, president of the Australian bishops' conference, declares a Year of Grace http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12137
 
World: '10 policies for renewing family life' http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12122
 
 
 
Final preview clip from FrBarron's CATHOLICISM Series...from Ep. 10 on Purgatory
http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/what-the-church-means-by-purgatory/
 
 
 
 
 
 

The new translation is only five weeks away.

Need a new Roman Missal? Here's an excellent chart that compares all 15 versions available in the United States... http://www.catholicchurchsupply.com/fuseaction/store.romanmissalcomparison

 

Pope Recalls God's Loving Plan Throughout History

Benedict XVI discusses Psalm 136 at Oct. 19 audience. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-recalls-gods-loving-plan-throughout-history/

 

Key points for understanding the Inter-religious gathering in Assisi/video http://www.romereports.com/palio/key-points-for-understanding-the-inter-religious-gathering-in-assisi-english-5194.html

From Jeff Mirus: Don't miss our story on the Vatican's message to the world's Hindus. In the past, the annual Vatican messages of greeting to different religious groups were generally uncontroversial—if not downright boring. But this message is not just another "vanilla" statement; it packs a punch, with an unmistakable challenge to Hindus. This, I think, is in line with Pope Benedict's approach, making real demands on our partners in inter-religious dialogue.

 

On the Goodness and Necessity of Latin in Religious Education, Part 1 http://benedictus-dominus.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-goodness-and-necessity-of-latin-in.html

 

A "divorce" between Regnum Christi and the Legionaries http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/world-news/detail/articolo/legionari-legionarios-regnum-chriti-velasio-de-paolis-9150/

General Audience: God's love revealed in Israel's liberation from slavery http://www.romereports.com/palio/general-audience-god's-love-revealed-in-israel's-liberation-from-slavery-english-5185.html

 

Bishop Williamson hits out against Jews again http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/10807/bishop_williamson_hits_out_against_jews_again

 

 

Pope called on to condemn bishop's new anti-Semitic slur http://www.jewishjournal.com/religion/article/pope_called_on_to_condemn_bishops_new_anti-semitic_slur_20111019/

 

New leader for men's orders sketches hopes and fears/John Allen

Pope Benedict Names Archbishop Carlo Viganò U.S. Nuncio

Successor to Archbishop Pietro Sambi has a doctorate in both canon law and civil law.

1999 Reuters photo

– 1999 Reuters


 

 

Sisters Go Online to Promote Vocations

Communities of women religious rely more on the Internet and social media, and some orders report a sharp rise in inquiries.

Courtesy of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

– Courtesy of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

 

CBS: Bishop Finn plans to continue leading diocese http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/19/ap/business/main20122749.shtml

 

GetReligion/bobby: Finn and the Facebook foes

From Jeff Mirus:
  • A Missouri prosecutor says that it was a "tough decision" to pursue indictment of Bishop Robert Finn, yet claims that some people wanted a felony indictment. Forgive me if I sound cynical, but if indictment for a misdemeanor was a close call, why would a prosecutor even speak about a more ambitious felony charge—unless she wanted to score a few more publicity points? Sorry, but you can't have it both ways. Either the misdemeanor indictment is a slam-dunk, and the bishop is lucky he's not facing felony charges; or the prosecutor is a showing her spunk by pursuing any charge at all. One or the other. Not both.

 

Pope Names New Bismarck Bishop

Benedict appointed Msgr. David Kagan from the Rockford, Ill., Diocese to be the North Dakota diocese's seventh bishop on Oct. 19.

Bismarck Diocese website

– Bismarck Diocese website

 
 
Illinois bishop runs Kansas City Marathon
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill.
 
 

Bob Hope and His Ladies of Hope

His mother, wife and Our Lady of Hope made all the difference in his life.

Getty Images

Bob and Dolores Hope in 1999.

Bob Hope — "the most honored entertainer" ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, for his achievements in theater, radio, film, TV, philanthropy and business, and an extraordinary record of service to country, with 199 USO shows around the globe — won the biggest prize of all in the waning days of his life when he converted to Catholicism.

Born Leslie Townes Hope on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England, he was the fifth of seven boys.....  http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bob-hope-and-his-ladies-of-hope/

 

Less is not more, especially when it comes to Mass           By Mary DeTurris Poust

A couple of weeks ago, I experienced something at Mass that I'd never seen or heard before in my almost half-century of life as a Catholic.

My family was sitting up in the second or third row, our usual spot in our very large suburban parish. Starting at the Eucharistic prayer and lasting through the Sign of Peace, a baby somewhere toward the back half of the church was screaming. I'm not talking fussing and cooing or even an occasional bout of serious crying. I'm talking full-out, top-of-his-lungs, screaming bloody murder.

I'm not sure how the priest was even able to concentrate on the words he was saying. Well, actually, he obviously wasn't able to concentrate, and that's where things get interesting..... http://www.osvdailytake.com/2011/10/less-is-not-more-especially-when-it.html

 

Fairfield Students Bussed to Hear Gay Advocate Bash the Church

Fairfield University's student newspaper The Mirror reports  that Fairfield provided transportation for students to hear openly gay sex columnist Dan Savage bash the Catholic Church in his keynote address for the "Pro-Queer Life" conference on Saturday.

The lecture contradicts assurances reportedly made by Fairfield President Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., to Bishop William Lori that the conference would "not be a vehicle for dissent."  http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/10/18/fairfield-students-bussed-to-hear-gay-advocate-bash-the-church/

 

Catholic College Hosts Wine and Cheese with Robert Gibbs

Former White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs is scheduled to speak at Chicago's Saint Xavier University Thursday, according to the school's website. http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/10/19/catholic-college-hosts-wine-and-cheese-with-robert-gibbs/

 

The Future of 'Peace & Justice' Catholics - Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal

First Usus Antiquior Mass Offered at Thomas More College


 
 

Writer: Catholic Colleges Are Just Too Expensive

Dorothy Joseph, a Catholic homeschooling Mom, and writer, bemoans the cost of Catholic higher education in today's CatholicLane.com, a concern plaguing many families....  http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/10/19/writer-catholic-colleges-are-just-too-expensive/

Virginia Town Decides to Put 'Christmas' Back in Parade Name Leesburg, Va., is putting "Christmas" back in the name of its holiday parade. But not everyone is sharing in the holiday cheer.
http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?objectID=141522
 

U.S. Hispanics Choose Churches Outside Catholicism/NPR

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The Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus delivers a sermon at the New Life Covenant Church in Chicago. The church has grown from a congregation of dozens to thousands of families in just a few years.

Courtesy of Miriam Acosta

 

The Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus delivers a sermon at the New Life Covenant Church in Chicago. The church has grown from a congregation of dozens to thousands of families in just a few years. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/141275979/u-s-hispanics-choose-churches-outside-catholicism

 

 

 

More People Plan on Celebrating Day of the Dead http://www.patheos.com/community/deaconsbench/2011/10/19/more-people-plan-to-live-it-up-on-the-day-of-the-dead/

 
Chile: Denouncing Eco-Feminist Theology

From the ashes of Liberation Theology, a new, more profound and broader revolution has been born: eco-feminist theology. This new theology is the subject of a 200-page book titled, From Liberation Theology to the New Eco-feminist Theology. It is written by Juan Antonio Montes Varas and was just published by Chile's Acción Familia organization.

This new theology joins together the Marxist concept of the "oppressed" with radical feminist demands and the so-called "deep ecology." According to this doctrine, women should "raise their awareness" of the abuse they have suffered because of the subordination that Christianity imposed on them, and as a consequence, they should see abortion and homosexual relations as part and parcel of the "rights" they must advocate.

The eco-feminist theological current is not confined to a small group of visionary nuns; it is a powerful Church current that proposes a new way of understanding the universe, religion and even God himself. It is born from a long entrenched process in the Church which further radicalizes the Marxist egalitarian tenets of some currents of liberation theology.

 

European shrine directors meet in Walsingham

Shrine directors from Germany, Slovenia, Romania, England, Poland, France, Ireland, Portugal and other countries attended the conference in Norfolk

European shrine directors meet in Walsingham

Archbishop McDonald pictured with the shrine directors (Graham Howard 2011/catholicchurch.org.uk)http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/catholiclife/2011/10/19/european-shrine-directors-meet-in-walsingham/

 

Spain: The Spanish case is shocking: but we cruelly remove children from 'undesirable' families too

If we are going to adopt morally superior attitudes, we had better be sure we are actually morally superior

By William Oddie

 ,,,,,Few Catholics in this country today can be found to defend the Franco regime (and I certainly don't intend to). But in the thirties, it was very different. When I was editor of this newspaper, I ran a regular column with extracts from the Herald from some decades before. This involved going back to the thirties and forties: and I was astonished as well as shocked to discover that the Herald firmly and consistently supported the Franco regime.... http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/10/19/the-spanish-case-is-shocking-but-we-cruelly-remove-children-from-'undesirable'-families-too/

 

POLISH ELECTIONS/ Anticlericalism rising in Catholic Poland

 
 

The Traditional Latin Mass in Afghanistan http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/10/traditional-latin-mass-in-afghanistan.html

Church Report Condemns Pakistan's Intolerance Toward Non-Muslims

A 12-year-old Christian girl's ordeal sheds further light on the plight of religious minorities.

Reuters/Faisal Mahmood

WALKING IN FEAR. Girls walk through a street in Gojra town, located in Punjab province. Residents of the neighborhood, known as Christian Colony, are haunted, since 2009, by memories of Muslim attacks on families there. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/church-report-condemns-pakistans-intolerance-toward-non-muslims/

 
Philippines: Italian priest killed by 'professional'
 
 

Pope hails 'courageous' priest killed in Philippines http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5423137

 

Powerful Video: Robert Downey Jr. Asks Hollywood to Forgive Mel Gibson http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=21862

 

Robert Downey, Jr. Asks Hollywood to Forgive Mel Gibson UPDATED

Image credit: Eric Charbonneau/WireImage http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2011/10/robert-downey-jr-asks-hollywood-to-forgive-mel-gibson/

From producer of 'The Passion', 'Snowmen' a moral tale for a younger generation

 

Greed is a Real Sin http://catholiclane.com/greed-is-a-real-sin/

Why I never should have had eight children

I can't cook.
I can't grocery shop.
I can't bring the kids out alone without help.
I have nooooo patience.
I am not crafty in the least.
I can't sew.
I can't throw a party.
I'm not athletic or outdoorsy.
I don't know how to make a pretty home.
I don't know how to make anything fun.
I am lazy and a procrastinator.
I'm used to being served, not serving.
I am sarcastic and cranky.
I am a complainer.
I like to be alone.
I hate to be interrupted or inconvenienced.
I am not particularly good with children.
http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-i-never-should-have-had-eight.html
 
Pornography, Public Morality, and Constitutional Rights/Robby George 
Theorists of public morality—from the ancient Greek philosophers and Roman jurists on—have noticed that apparently private acts of vice, when they multiply and become widespread, can imperil important public interests.....  http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/10/3958
 

Porn numbs body's response to sexual pleasure: Psychology Today

Marnia Robinson, co-author of "Cupid's Poisoned Arrow: Biology Has Plans for Your Love Life."  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/porn-numbs-bodys-response-to-sexual-pleasure-psychology-today
 

Dutch pedophilia lobby leader jailed for three years

 
 
Roman Catholic bishops applaud ban on embryonic stem cell patents
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/313033
 

OK, gentle readers, raise your hand if you thought — after years of mainstream news consumption — that the Roman Catholic Church is opposed to all stem-cell research?

 
FIRST THINGS:
Friday, October 21, 2011, 2:08 PM
Wesley J. Smith

An abortion/medical conscience controversy is riling the decidedly pro choice state of Washington, presaging what I think will become one of our own most contentious bioethical controversies. 

The issue involves the existence and extent of "conscience rights" for medical professionals and facilities opposed to participating in interventions that take human life.

Here's the context: Catholic Providence Health and Services has purchased a hospital, which is now refusing to perform abortions.  From Nicole Brodeur's column, "Swedish Abortion Decision: How About Respect for Patients?" published in the Seattle Times:

 

The pro-abortion legacy of Justice O'Connor: 30 years after joining the court, the damage continues http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/the-pro-abortion-legacy-of-justice-oconnor-30-years-after-joining-the-court

Abby Johnson: Planned Parenthood Kept Me in the Dark on My Abortion http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/20/abby-johnson-planned-parenthood-kept-me-in-the-dark-on-my-abortion/

Straight and Worthy Answers on Abortion in A Recent Interview, Well Worth Reading By: Msgr. Charles Pope

There is a magnificent interview over at National Review Online of professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Christopher Kaczor. He is the author of the new book The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice (Available at Amazon HERE). The interview is conducted by Kathryn Jean Lopez, of National Review, and though she takes up the voice of a pro-"choice" advocate, she is not.

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards: 'I work hard' for my $400,000 salary

"It's public record. It always has been," Richards said in response to a question about why Planned Parenthood has refused to respond to inquiries about her pay. "I work hard for my salary, and I think that's a red herring.

"Planned Parenthood is the most cost-effective provider of family planning services in this country. The far right has done everything they can to undermine us and to create non-issues, which I think that is," she said.....  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/planned-parenthood-president-i-work-hard-for-my-400000-salary

 

Planned Parenthood Marks 95 Years With Funding Cuts, Closures http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/19/planned-parenthood-marks-95-years-with-funding-cuts-closures/

 

National Right to Life President Carol Tobias: Komen for the Cure is intimately tied to the abortion industry  http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/10/national-right-to-life-president-carol-tobias-notes-that-komen-for-the-cure-is-intimately-tied-to-the-abortion-industry/

Massive petition campaign launched to Defund Planned Parenthood http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/massive-petition-campaign-launched-to-defund-planned-parenthood

GetReligion/tmatt: Ghosts in new Down syndrome tests

Back in 2007, the divine Mrs. M.Z. Hemingway headed to the doctor for a perfectly ordinary reason. However, there was a twist in the plot that she described in a highly personal post entitled, "Brave New World," which focused on a New York Times science story. Her post started like this.....

 

Phill Kline: the man who knows too much   by Judie Brown                                                         http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/phill-kline-the-man-who-knows-too-much

 

Phill Kline Wrongly Targeted For Taking on Planned Parenthood http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/19/phill-kline-wrongly-targeted-for-taking-on-planned-parenthood/

Judge Temporarily Blocks Kansas Law Restricting Federal Title X Funds http://www.aclu.org/reproductive-freedom/judge-temporarily-blocks-kansas-law-restricting-federal-title-x-funds

Pro-abortion group successfully lobbies Texas Catholic hospitals on abortifacient Plan B

 .....[Seton spokeswoman Adrienne] Lallo said that Seton is in compliance with Directive 36 of the US Conference of Catholics Bishops 2009 directives for Catholic hospitals. Directive 36 says that women who are victims of sexual assault may use methods to prevent the fertilization of an ovum following rape.

"Emergency contraception can be administered to female patients who have been sexually assaulted, refused transfer for a (forensic exam) at a neighboring hospital, requested emergency contraception within 72 hours of the assault and are not pregnant, as confirmed by a pregnancy test," Lallo said. 

In the year 2000, a Vatican document dealt with the "morning-after pill."

"It is clear, therefore, that the proven 'anti-implantation' action of the morning-after pill is really nothing other than a chemically induced abortion. It is neither intellectually consistent nor scientifically justifiable to say that we are not dealing with the same thing."

In 2001, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger censured a prominent Spanish theologian, Father Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.R., for claiming falsely that the "morning-after pill" and other such methods that intervene after fertilization and before implantation are not abortifacient. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-group-successfully-lobbies-texas-catholic-hospitals-on-abortif

Oklahoma Judge Overturns Law Limiting Unsafe Abortion Drug http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/19/oklahoma-judge-overturns-law-limiting-unsafe-abortion-drug/

New 911 call from New Mexico abortion clinic exposes pattern of emergencies http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-911-call-from-new-mexico-abortion-clinic-exposes-pattern-of-emergencies

San Francisco OKs New Law Attacking Pregnancy Centers http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/19/san-francisco-oks-new-law-attacking-pregnancy-centers/

Horror on a Chinese street: a nation awakens to its increasing inhumanity http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/horror-on-a-chinese-street-a-nation-awakens-to-its-increasing-inhumanity

GetReligion/geocongor: Confucian ethics and modern China

The terrible story out of China of a toddler run over by a van as she wandered alone through a market has seen extensive news coverage......

Homosexuality:

Illinois Catholic adoption agencies given only 45 days to transfer all children after gay adoption dust-up http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-adoption-agencies-given-only-45-days-to-transfer-all-children-afte

 
NJ Teacher's Husband Defends Her Comments on Gays http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?objectID=141606
Canada: Quebec pledges $7 million to combat 'negative attitudes' against homosexuality http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/quebec-pledges-7-million-to-combat-negative-attitudes-against-homosexuality
 

Australia: Same-sex 'marriage' could force churches to stop performing legal marriages altogether: Archbishop Archbishop Barry Hickey, Perth http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/same-sex-marriage-could-force-churches-to-stop-performing-legal-marriages-a

 

Politics: Fr. Jenkins to Join the "Non-Partisan" Commission on Presidential Debates

Fr. John Jenkins, who was recently called a "cheerleader" for President Obama and "Obama's dupe" by one Catholic writer, was named to the Board of Directors of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which refers to itself as a non-partisan organization......  http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2011/10/21/fr-jenkins-to-join-the-non-partisan-commission-on-presidential-debates/

 

 



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