News Updates, 4/27

Belgium's Bishop of Bruges quits over abuse
Admits sexual abuse of a boy earlier in his career 

Belgian cardinal accused of ignoring abuse reports
Godfried Danneels was informed by two former priests 

Pope will make historic apology for abuse
Vatican hopes unprecedented act will defuse anger 

Vatican to fund adult stem cell research
Holy See already agreed to donate $2.7 million 

Pope asks Catholics to give a soul to the Internet
Equip yourselves with faith as well as technology 

Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard
Cleric advised Rome's mayor on family policy issues 

Bishop 'ready to resign' over sex abuse silence
Calls for thorough investigation of 'tragic case' 

Florida embezzler priest released from prison
Banned from the property of the parish he built 

Socialists in Hungary are ousted in elections
Center-right Fidesz party secured two-thirds majority 

 

Seton Hall University (Catholic) Plans Same-Sex “Marriage” Course, Upset Students
According to an article published by The Setonian on April 15, a course on homosexual “marriage” will be offered next semester at Seton Hall University, a Catholic university in New Jersey with approximately 10,000 students.

Obama covered up HHS report until after healthcare vote?
I can't say I'm surprised, but I didn't know the deceptions surrounding Obamacare went quite this far, to the point of smothering a government report. From The Prowler:

The economic report released last week by Health and Human Services, which indicated that President Barack Obama's health care "reform" law would actually increase the cost of health care and impose higher costs on consumers, had been submitted to the office of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius more than a week before the Congressional votes on the bill, according to career HHS sources, who added that Sebelius's staff refused to review the document before the vote was taken.

"The reason we were given was that they did not want to influence the vote," says an HHS source. "Which is actually the point of having a review like this, you would think."

We imagined -- and said in an editorial -- that the report had probably been months in preparation. But that it could have actually been finished and on Sebelius's desk (and at the White House) a week before the vote reinforces the notion that dishonesty was the White House's most important tool in passing Obamacare....