Wednesday, February 18, 2009

News Updates, 2/18

North Dakota Personhood Bill Passes, First In US History
Signaling the growing momentum of the personhood movement, North Dakota Lawmakers approved HB1572 with a vote of 51-41...

Pope: Catholic politicians must protect life
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday told U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who supports abortion rights, that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its development," the Vatican said.
[For P'Lousy - in one ear and out the other]

Pelosi Refuses to Change Her Position on Abortion After Meeting with Archbishop Niederauer
The Archbishop of San Francisco met with Speaker Pelosi on Sunday, February 8 to discuss her views on abortion.
[Canon 915 enforcement coming???? Doubt it...]

Dolan pegged to lead New York archdiocese
...but Vatican has made no official announcement

UK cardinal refuses Latin Mass to Vatican's Burke
Archbishop of Westminster invokes canon law authority
[Thankfully, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor will be retiring soon...]

Father Z on the banning on Archbishop Burke
'...a pretty blatant smack-down from the cardinal'

Eugenics progressing in the name of 'normality'
Vatican warns on missteps of genetic breakthroughs

Florida priest goes to trial in theft case
Accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars

John Paul II faced assassination plots in Poland
Woman planned to kill Pope in the town of Czestochowa

Bishop sees problems in restoring ties to Vatican
SSPX head: 'We don't want to do it precipitously'

New Syrian Catholic patriarch installed in Lebanon
Ignace Joseph III Younan was former head of US diocese

Beijing is blocking many Catholic websites
Under the pretext of filtering vulgar content
[This might give the fraudster more ideas...]

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Other Issues
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"If the present banking system is failing- let it fail." - Alan Keyes
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's not a thought likely to occur to anyone thinking about the banking system these days. It's broke alright. Insolvency is the word of the day, along with that other word, nationalization. Funny how so many people who think the nation state has effectively ceased to exist when it comes to borders and immigration suddenly rediscover its powers when its time to take over the banks...

Conservative Radio Giant Michael Savage Joins Forces with the Thomas More Law Center to Challenge Fairness Doctrine

Appeals court overturns ruling that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees to US
[Barry Soetoro Smackdown?]

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