Fireball aftermath...Clergy sex abuse...Stand Up To Cancer - 9&10 News

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:32:54 -0700

Fireball aftermath...Clergy sex abuse...Stand Up To Cancer
9&10 News
BRUSSELS (AP) — A commission in Belgium says almost 500 people have come forward alleging sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. Witnesses say it was widespread, ...

Opinion: After 9/11 -- When Will We Reach the Tipping Point? - AOL News

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:09:35 -0700

Opinion: After 9/11 -- When Will We Reach the Tipping Point?
AOL News
... even Prentice and the Know-Nothing mayor of Louisville had to face down the unhinged mobs and plead with the crowd to not burn a Catholic church. ...

Ties to 9/11 color opinions on NY mosque debate - Tbo.com

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:01:54 -0700

Tbo.com

Ties to 9/11 color opinions on NY mosque debate
Tbo.com
Now an assistant at St. Lawrence Catholic Church here, he still visits New York and Ground Zero. He is drawn to it, he says, because he feels the presence ...

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EJ Dionne Calls for Politics of Conscience in Villanova Speech - CafeSentido.com

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:08:59 -0700

EJ Dionne Calls for Politics of Conscience in Villanova Speech
CafeSentido.com
The acclaimed journalist, scholar and Washington Post columnist rooted his talk in Catholic Social Teaching and spoke of an historical drive, in the US, ...

PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks for PB's help in Getting Rid of Bennison - Virtue Online

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:57:25 -0700

PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks for PB's help in Getting Rid of Bennison
Virtue Online
Gracious God, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in ...

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No Indulgence for Father Bourgeois - In These Times

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:03:30 -0700

No Indulgence for Father Bourgeois
In These Times
Bourgeois has also been an outspoken advocate for the ordination of women into the Catholic priesthood. Because of his participation in the ordination of a ...

Why Isn't Spain Happy? - The American

mag — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:01:35 -0700

Why Isn't Spain Happy?
The American
And Spain can hardly still be considered a Catholic country, given that church attendance has literally been cut in half from 1981 to the present. ...

The Ongoing Controversy Over the Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero: How It ... - FindLaw

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:47:45 -0700

The Ongoing Controversy Over the Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero: How It ...
FindLaw
For example, after a New Jersey priest avoided conviction on child sex abuse on a technicality, the bishop pledged to keep him from children and then ...

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CIA told media to promote women's horror stories in Afghanistan - Workers World

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:03:19 -0700

CIA told media to promote women's horror stories in Afghanistan
Workers World
When researchers from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice were given access to church files, they “found that more than 4392 Catholic priests and ...

Sister Olga Yaqob Named University Chaplain for BU's Catholics - BU Today

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:11:02 -0700

BU Today

Sister Olga Yaqob Named University Chaplain for BU's Catholics
BU Today
Yaqob is not the first female Catholic chaplain—Helfrich's predecessor was also woman. Representing a church whose leadership's public face is all male, ...

Two more lawsuits allege abuse by Irish priest in Santa Rosa diocese - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:52:29 -0700

Two more lawsuits allege abuse by Irish priest in Santa Rosa diocese
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
“It's just inconceivable that Bishop Hurley would place a known pedophile into St. Bernard parish without notifying anyone,” said Joseph George, ...

Pope Benedict To Encounter Hostile Audience In UK Visit - Huffington Post (blog)

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:21:08 -0700

Daily Mail

Pope Benedict To Encounter Hostile Audience In UK Visit
Huffington Post (blog)
A book accusing the pope of human rights abuses for his record on pedophile priests hit shelves on Wednesday (Sept. 8). The author, lawyer Geoffrey ...
Catholics -- Shun the Pope Who Has Abused You Huffington Post (blog)

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Cardinal under fire for new monsignors - Chicago Tribune

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:06:14 -0700

Cardinal under fire for new monsignors
Chicago Tribune
Thomas McQuaid, pastor of St. Leonard Catholic Church in Berwyn, said he wrote to George earlier this year, cautioning him against the custom. ...

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Pope, bishops seek clemency for condemned inmate - Louisville Courier-Journal

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:37:39 -0700

Pope, bishops seek clemency for condemned inmate
Louisville Courier-Journal
Diocese of Owensboro Bishop William Medley, who didn't attend Thursday's meeting, said in a statement that Wilson has converted to Catholicism while on ...

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Disturbing Trends Deposing Priests*PA Standing Ctte wants HOB to exit Bennison - Virtue Online

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:01:21 -0700

Disturbing Trends Deposing Priests*PA Standing Ctte wants HOB to exit Bennison
Virtue Online
Formed in 1999, the Luther Foundation began as a confessional movement within the state church for those opposed to the ordination of women. ...

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Belgian abuse probe to continue despite ruling - BusinessWeek

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:28:53 -0700

Belgian abuse probe to continue despite ruling
BusinessWeek
The government says an investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church can continue even though a June raid on the archdiocese has been ruled illegal ...

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America's Pesky Christian Problem - Capitol Hill Blue

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:53:24 -0700

America's Pesky Christian Problem
Capitol Hill Blue
2003 – The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston agrees to pay its victims of sexual abuse $85 million. “Men of simple understanding, ...

Sign up for our eNewsletter and get - The Catholic Spirit

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:52:16 -0700

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The Catholic Spirit
Sponsored by the Council of Catholic Women. “Glory Days” at St. Francis Xavier, Buffalo — Sept. 17 and 18: begins at 5 pm Friday with live music and ...

facts first, please; hold the speculation - Catholic Culture

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:02:06 -0700

facts first, please; hold the speculation
Catholic Culture
The sex-abuse scandal is the only thing on reporters' minds when they cover Catholic affairs, so they assume that it's the only thing on the Pope's mind, ...

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An Open Letter to My Daughters - The Atlantic

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:04:38 -0700

An Open Letter to My Daughters
The Atlantic
The Catholic Church put the ordination of women as priests in the same category of offense as pedophilia -- which sounded a lot like one of the foremost ...

Young adult Catholics ready for change - U.S. Catholic magazine (blog)

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:48:23 -0700

Young adult Catholics ready for change
U.S. Catholic magazine (blog)
By Online Editor Young adults still feel the "call to action," the director of the church reform organization of that name writes. ...

New charges against Boston priest - UPI.com

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:26:18 -0700

New charges against Boston priest
UPI.com
"Catholics, citizens and cops should be extremely skeptical when Catholic officials claim they have 'cleared' an accused pedophile priest,'' he said.

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An invitation to a formal debate - Samar News.com

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:02:24 -0700

An invitation to a formal debate
Samar News.com
I'd much prefer the following topics: papal infallibility; the Immaculate Conception; the Holy Eucharist; the primacy of Peter; the Church being ...

Progressive Catholicism's Simplistic Thesis - First Things

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:54:23 -0700

Progressive Catholicism's Simplistic Thesis
First Things
The American Catholic Revolution: How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever, by Mark S. Massa, SJ, is no exception. Dean of the School of Theology and ...

Catholics - Shun The Pope Who Has Abused You - Huffington Post (blog)

mag — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:11:33 -0700

Catholics - Shun The Pope Who Has Abused You
Huffington Post (blog)
In a church in Congo, I watched as a Catholic priest said condoms contain "tiny holes" that "help" the HIV virus - not an unusual event. ...

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