News Updates, 3/12

Pope: Holocaust-denier affair was mishandled
Benedict writes 'anguished' letter to Church leaders

"Hopey/Changey" Pax Christi bishop cites 'new' disarmament moment
[BARF ALERT WARNING-Nat'l unCatholic Reporter]
Bishop Gabino Zavala questions morality of nuclear deterrence. New political circumstances are giving rise to "great hope" for "dramatic and fundamental changes in U.S. nuclear weapons policies," said Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles in an address March 11 that marked the start of a new disarmament campaign by Pax Christi USA, the [heretical] Catholic [in name only] peace organization...

Cardinal Pell: Confront religious intolerance
Warns Church's freedom under pressure from new trend

Cardinal Egan predicts 'discussion' on celibacy
'I am not so sure it wouldn't be a good idea'

Connecticut parish finance bill killed
State's bishops had strongly opposed the legislation

“No reason for the legislature to tamper with them”
Connecticut bill that would have forced Catholic Church to reorganize pulled by sponsors, but Diocese of Bridgeport still wary

Vatican criticizes Obama stem cell decision
Msgr. Fisichella calls it 'victory of politics over ethics'

IRA dissident killings unite Northern Ireland
Protestant and Catholic leaders denounce rising violence

Brazil president attacks Vatican for excommunication
And for condemning nine-year-old rape victim's abortion

Cardinal: Explain indulgences to help ecumenism
Says key is understanding sin, grace, Church's role

Contraception makes babies thin, women fat
University of Ottawa researchers publish findings

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*** URGENT ****Secret Missouri State Police Report: Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Libertarians are Terrorists (as are Defenders of the Constitution)
Alex Jones has received a secret report distributed by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) entitled “The Modern Militia Movement” and dated February 20, 2009. A footer on the document indicates it is “unclassified” but “law enforcement sensitive,” in other words not for public consumption. A copy of the report was sent to Jones by an anonymous Missouri police officer...
[I would assume that supporters of Alan Keyes are also to be labeled as "terrorists" by what appears to be a criminal element of tyrants within State Government. These appear to be people who have no regard for the Bill of Rights and our God-given rights to free speech and association...Missouri's own Jack-Booted Thugs?]

Judge orders homeschoolers into public district classrooms
A North Carolina judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be "challenged." The children, however, have tested above their grade levels – by as much as two years....the judge also ordered a mental health evaluation for the mother – but not the father – as part of the divorce proceedings, in what Williams described as an attack on the "mother's conservative Christian beliefs."
[Apparently this TYRANT judge doesn't think the kids are stupid enough...This judge should be impeached and imprisoned for violating the rights of the mother with regard to the education of their children. ]
Alan Keyes has a response to this judicial assault and tyranny here.

DIRE EMERGENCY CANCELLED:
Obama Declares: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think'...
[This demonic thug is INSANE!]

Now-needy FDIC collected little in premiums
The federal agency that insures bank deposits, which is asking for emergency powers to borrow up to $500 billion to take over failed banks, is facing a potential major shortfall in part because it collected no insurance premiums from most banks from 1996 to 2006.

Be Very Afraid, UK Watchdog Tells Bankers
Britain's Financial Services Authority warned bankers should be "very frightened" of the watchdog, promising intrusive oversight, but warned against forming a monolithic EU supervisory body.

283 US firms at high risk of default
A total of 283 publicly traded US companies including many high-profile firms are at high risk of defaulting on their debt payments, Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday.

Maxine Waters Helped Bank Whose Stock She Once Owned
California Democrat Has Championed Minority-Owned OneUnited on Capitol Hill and Criticized Its Government Regulators
[Washington DC is a breeding ground for corruption, a embarrassing cesspool of liars and cheats]

S.C. governor evokes Zimbabwe in arguments against "Porkulus"
The United States faces a Zimbabwe-style economic collapse if it keeps "spending a bunch of money we don't have," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday.

Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Audit the FED
Ron Paul has introduced H.R.1207: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 to Congress and it’s been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....