Monday, November 24, 2008

News Updates, 11/25

Catholic Leader: Excommunication Possible for Backing Pro-Abortion FOCA Bill
A top Catholic leader says it is possible that Catholic members of Congress who vote for the Freedom of Choice Act could face excommunication. Cardinal France George of Chicago, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the comments about excommunication in an interview with CNS...

Church defends priests, nun accused of murder
Says arrests are an attempt to 'save the skin' of police

Pope: Dialogue among religions should be pursued
Jewish, Muslim leaders cautiously praise Benedict XVI

Tan Books acquired by Saint Benedict Press
Traditional Catholic publisher pulled from bankruptcy

Bishop: I would give my life to end abortions
Robert Hermann's comment drawing worldwide acclaim

Texas: bishop acknowledges, laments sterilizations were done at Catholic hospitals
Bishop Alvaro Corrada of Tyler, Texas has acknowledged the accuracy of reports that Catholic hospitals in that state were allowing doctors to perform tubal ligations, rendering women sterile.

Arrested Mafia Godfather turns to God in prison
'Boss of bosses' spends his days "praying, reading the Bible"

Gonzaga University Twice Disallows Pro-Life Advertisement in Campus Newspaper
Gonzaga University, a prominent Catholic college, is coming under fire for twice denying a pro-life group the ability to run a pro-life advertisement in the student newspaper.

Obama admin reveals plans to advance gay agenda
Citing what they call America's 'promise of equality'

Hollywood ponders next step in gay marriage fight
Worrying about free speech rights being trampled

Pope pondering change to Mass liturgy
Sign of Peace may be moved to keep solemnity

Cardinal Arinze: Pope consulting with all bishops about moving Sign of Peace
Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, told the official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on Friday that Pope Benedict is consulting with the world’s bishops about moving the Sign of Peace during Mass.

London's Archbishop of Westminster keen to retire
Four bishops rumored to be recommended as replacement

Obama Helping Pro-Abortion Martin in Georgia Against Pro-Life Chambliss
Pro-life advocates are counting on every vote to help them stop the pro-abortion agenda Barack Obama will unleash next year once he takes office. Though Obama isn't president yet, they are already fighting him in the race to keep another pro-life vote -- Saxby Chambliss -- in the Senate.

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