Friday, December 05, 2008

News Updates, 12/5

Texas bishop condemns sterilization, rips FOCA, urges Catholics to rally against culture of death
Bishop Alvaro Corrada of Tyler, Texas, has issued a powerful public statement condemning surgical sterilization and warning against legislation that could deprive health-care workers of their right to refuse involvement in such immoral procedures....

The Encyclical on Social Doctrine Can Wait. But the Wager on Poor Countries Can't(Chiesa)
This is the proposal of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, on the front page of the Vatican newspaper. Financing consumption and investment for two or three billion people who are waiting only to improve their lives. The example of microcredit...

Archbishop asks for tolerance in same-sex debate
Niederauer: 'disagree without being disagreeable'

Loyalty to Catholic values costs Luxembourg monarch
Sovereign powers clipped in a furor over euthanasia

Latest Vermont priest misconduct trial begins
Catholic Church is hoping for a different outcome

Church TV enlists devil as 'anti-spokesperson'
Diocese whips up one hell of an advertising campaign

Oriental-rite bishop frustrated With Vatican
Says Church has patiently waited for justice for 42 years

Priest finds newborn baby left in nativity scene
Boy just hours old when discovered in mock-up manger

Bishops' movie reviewer praises homosexualist film
'Milk' contains scenes of 'male kissing' and 'male nudity'

Bishop accuses Martini of 'casting doubts on truth'
Says retired cardinal off-base on contraception, homosexuality
[In reality, he's a heretic - why not speak the truth?]

Jack Black is Jesus in Hollywood's 'Prop 8'
Musical is satire of California same-sex marriage ban

Why the POTUS Needs to Be a Natural-Born Citizen
The Founders and Framers were incredibly intelligent people. In fact, they operated, intellectually, at a grade 24 level, grade 12 equating to the senior year in high school. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that each Article and Amendment – each tenet – in The Charters of Freedom was painstakingly examined, debated, reviewed and, finally, included. Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution – the Article that clearly states the qualifications for holding the office of President of the United States – is no different....

The Donofrio case: "natural born citizen"
Today, before the United States Supreme Court lies Leo Donofrio v. Nina Mitchell Wells, New Jersey Secretary of State. This suit was received by Justice Thomas, and by the determination of the entire court, it is scheduled for conference Friday, December 5. This conference is held to decide what, if any, further steps should be taken. Only two of these steps would be to either intervene in the process of selecting the president, or to hear oral arguments...

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