Catholic News Roundup 12-16

Amendment Averting Closure
The United States Senate is saving the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) from the brink of closure … by consolidating its size and pulling bahttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/11th-hour-senate-re-authorizes-us-religious-freedom-commissionck its budget in the process.


Obama’s Sodomy Pitch
The controversy over the sodomy-bestiality ban continues in Washington … as Obama pleads with both chambers not to prohibit these deviant acts in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/defense-bill-will-not-include-provision-legalizing-sodomy-bestiality-military-0

Not Ideal Adoption
An American homosexual activist will be allowed to adopt two Colombian boys in a hotly contested move that is being criticized by one of the country’s bishop’s.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12673

Gingrich Clears Confusion
Gingrich is grabbing more attention from pro-lifers … reconciling himself with Personhood USA and showing support for the belief that life for the unborn begins at conhttp://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/199351-gingrich-signs-personhood-pledgeception.


Impossible Image
Scientists say there is no explanation for the image on the Shroud of Turin … and the on it is not the result of any process known to modern technology.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12669