Catholic News Roundup 03-30

UK Decriminalizes Suicide
The United Kingdom’s Parliament is one step closer to completely legalizing assisted suicide ... doing everything to approve its practice but making it legal.
Lifesite News
The Gaaurdian: Suicide numbers

Obama’s Social Agenda Rolls On
As though forcing contraception coverage on people with Obamacare wasn’t enough … Obama is now pushing to classify same-sex couples coming into the U.S. as families on customs forms.
The Huffington Post

French Families Foiled
Compromise is the order of the day in France’s presidential election race … as the French president cuts back his conservative values in order to win more votes.
Lifesite News

Media Re-Assesses Abuse Report
The infamous grand jury report that has priests on trial for brutal rape charges in Philadelphia … is making some … more objective members of the media skeptical of its accuracy.
TheMediaReport.com

German De-Christianization
Islam is staking out territory in the German city of Mannheim … telling local government officials they want to rename the part of the city they live in.
Examiner.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-29

“Catholic” Newspaper Dissents
The National Catholic Reporter newspaper is openly supporting dissent from Church teaching on sexuality … calling for a new sexual ethic as articulated by dissident retired Australian Bishop Geoffrey Robinson.
National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Culture

Obamacare in Court Update
The balance of government power was the topic of discussion on Tuesday in the Supreme Court … and yesterday seemed to be much the same as Justices heard arguments over Obamacare’s severability.
FOX News

Horrific Home Invasion
A federal Judge is condoning the home invasion by social workers into the residence of an Arizona homeschooling family … without probable cause.
World Net Daily

Primary Update
The numbers are in … and Mitt Romney’s has fallen to new lows.
The Hill
Washington Post

Lip-Slip or Papal Prayer
Human freedom is on the mind of the Pope … made clear by the interjection of the word “liberty” into one of his speeches.
Business Insider

Catholic News Roundup 03-28

Court Argues Obamacare
After the first day of Obamacare’s trial in Supreme Court … Justices of the highest court in the land seem to be making it clear … they won’t punt the case to a later date.
FOX News

Saudi Churches Threatened
Destroy all Churches on the Arabian Peninsula … it’s a new order coming directly from the mouth of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority.
Cybernet News Service

Gay Pride Shames Academy
The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is casting a shadow on military campuses across the country … as the oldest private military academy in the nation gets set for gay pride week.
Cybernet News Service

Catholics Publicly Mocked
Catholics should be ridiculed for their Faith … says Atheist Activist Richard Dawkins before a crowd of thousands at the recent “Reason Rally” that is making headlines.
Catholic News Agency

October Baby -- Box Office Bombshell
The movie … October Baby … released this past weekend … is showing itself quite competitive in the movie marketplace … after it received one of the highest per screen movie ratings … second only to the Box Office hit …. The Hunger Games.
Collegenews.com
Breitbart.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-27

Unconstitutional Funding
A federal court judge says that because a Catholic charity group refuses to refer refugee sex slaves and prostitutes for abortion and contraception … any federal funding of the organization is unconstitutional.
Universalhub.com

Sex Abuse Trial Update
One of three priests being tried in the notorious Philadelphia sex abuse scandal is pleading guilty … as the criminal court case takes a dramatic turn.
TheBlaze.com


Bishop Coerced
An underground Chinese Bishop appointed several years ago by the Holy See is being detained along with his chancellor … to attend what the government is calling “learning classes.”
UCANews.com

Shutting Down Sharia
American resistance to the invasion of Sharia law into the U.S. court system is waning in some states … as it begins to take shape in others … while lawmakers around the country consider banning the enforcement of foreign laws in their courts altogether.
Huffington Post

Wife Beating 101
In traditional Sharia fashion … the so-called religion of peace is making its marriage practices known to readers in a newly published book … that instructs a Muslim man how and when to beat his wife.
Toronto Sun

Catholic News Roundup 03-26

Rallies Roll Across America
In over 140 cities all over the United States … from sea to shining sea … protestors sent a clear message to the Obama Administration … that our citizens will not surrender their right to religious liberty … in the name of the Obamacare mandate.
Catholic Culture

Celebrating Dissent
Despite the fact that the Girl Scouts have been proven to have ties with Planned Parenthood and even accepted a transgender male as a scout last year … the Archbishop of Boston still invited the organization into the cathedral to celebrate the GSUSA’s 100th anniversary.
The Boston Pilot
TheBlaze.com: VA Church Bans Girl Scouts

Contraceptive Cab Ride
All aboard the Shame Shuttle … if you are a Michigan University college girl in need of ride home after a one-night stand … you might be able to get a bottle of water and a coupon for the morning after pill out of it as well.
Our Sunday Visitor

Louisiana Primary
Rick Santorum gained a few delegates over the weekend … as he soared to a victory over Mitt Romney in Louisiana.
Cybernet News Service

Contempt for Christianity
In another atheist attempt to stamp out Christianity … Hawaiian atheists are demanding that a congregation utilizing a public building be evicted … even though the presence of Christians has only made the area surrounding the church livable again.
TheBlaze.com

Unreasonable Rally
Supposedly thousands of Atheists gathered on the Mall in Washington D.C. over the weekend in a demonstration billed as the “Reason Rally …” though how reasonable the number of f-bombs dropped by one of the headlining performers was is anyone’s guess.
TheBlaze.com
USA Today

Catholic News Roundup 03-23

Muslim Murderer Killed
The murderer cornered in France after an 8 day killing spree was killed early yesterday morning … jumping out of his window after an exchange of gunfire with police that ended a standoff lasting over 30 hours.
TheBlaze.com

Campaigning for Islam
Muslims across America are using a multi-million dollar campaign to inject Sharia law into U.S. courtrooms … and to convince the American public that Islamic Sharia law falls in line with American … and even Christian … values.
Huffington Post

Marines Buck Obama
Resistance to Obama’s recent legislations is reaching a fever-pitch in the Marine Corps …as highlighted in the latest issue of The Marine Corps Times.
TheBlaze.com
Los Angeles Times

Temporary Pro-Life Victory
Life prevails again in the Philippines...for now. A vote on the Reproductive Health or RH Bill ... which would force taxpayers to fund contraceptive and abortifacient services was delayed yet again before the country's House of Representatives went into a recess.
Lifesite News

Obamacare in Supreme Court
It’s a case that could redefine the limits of federal power … as the Supreme Court in Washington prepares to hear opening oral arguments on Monday over the constitutionality of Obamacare.
The Hill

Catholic News Roundup 03-22

French Police Corner Terrorist
Toulouse police may have caught the gunman responsible for a recent tragic school shooting … that took the lives of three Jewish children.
FOX News

Misplaced Attack
A sextape scandal in an Egyptian town has unleashed the fury of Islamic hatred on one Coptic Christian family.
TheBlaze.com

Disperate Dialogue
To fear Islam is to be ignorant of Islam … or so says one prince of the Catholic Church … Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran.
CatholicCulture.org

Scandalous Salaries
Amid Catholic Church and School closings as well as dramatic cuts in the number of staff working for the Archdiocese of Boston … the number of lay employees making over 150 thousand dollars a year has somehow increased from 5 to 17 in the past five years.
The Boston Herald

Banking Bias
JP Morgan Chase … the U.S. banking giant … is severing its ties to the Vatican … announcing that it will phase out its account with the Holy See by March 30.
TheChurchReport.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-21

Confusing the Faithful
One American Bishop is confusing Catholics … by openly calling the contraception mandate constitutional.
Catholic Sentinel

Believers Need Not Apply
Christian campus groups in San Diego must be open to censorship from Atheist leaders … according to a court ruling that will support San Diego State University’s edict against the freedom of religion.
Charisma News

Where Are the Women
It’s the question liberals have been asking … and now conservative women are answering it … saying … “not on your side … that’s for sure.”
Original Story: Daily Caller
Cybernet News Service


Illinois Primary Update
Mitt Romney has taken Illinois in a decisive victory that leaves Rick Santorum with alot of ground to cover if he wants to take the lead in the GOP Nomination Race.
FOX News

Cardinal Unmasked
Many Bishops have simply become politicians obsessed with the approval of the elite and of their colleagues … according to George Neumayr of The American Spectator … and he is citing examples.
The American Spectator

Catholic News Roundup 03-20

Vatican Mole Hunt
After sensitive high level documents were leaked to Italian press over the past few weeks … Pope Benedict XVI is initiating a internal criminal investigation to identify and punish the culprits.
News.va
DNAIndia.com

Cuba’s White Martyrs
Pope Benedict the XVI is arriving in Cuba in a few short days … coming to visit a very troubled country … and persecution seems to be intensifying as his visit draws closer.
TheBlaze.com

Unholy War
Atheists are taking scrub brushes to local roads in Polk County, Florida in an attempt to rub out what they call the bigotry of Christianity in the area.
TheBlaze.com

Lesbian Demands Gay Friendly Church
A lesbian activist in Ontario who sends her child to Catholic school is demanding the removal of a Catechism quote that condemns homosexuality from one of the school pamphlets.
Lifesite News

Gay Divorce
Even before the legalization of same-sex marriage takes effect in Maryland … a landmark divorce case between two lesbians is hitting the floor of the state supreme court.
The Sacramento Bee

Catholic News Roundup 03-19

Obamacare on Campus
The Obama Administration is supporting the rampant fornication taking place on college campuses across America … by covering contraceptives for all female students under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Cybernet News Service


Abortion’s Human Trafficking
The brains of aborted babies are now approved for use as “raw material” for science experiments … with full permission from the Food and Drug Administration.
Lifesite News


School Voucher Challenge
Public School teachers in Indiana say that a voucher program that allows parents to choose Catholic schools over public schools … must be unconstitutional … as their lawsuit against the program heads to state Supreme Court.
Indiana Public Media

International Court Upholds True Marriage
The European Court of Human Rights is delivering a strong message to homosexual activists on the Continent ... as a new ruling says that only married couples may adopt.
Lifesite News

Texas Suing Obama
The Obama administration is in the throes of court battle ... as the State of Texas sues the administration for closing down a women's health program ... just because the State is holding back funds to clinics that provide abortion.
The Baltimore Sun

Catholic News Roundup 03-16

Big Budget Healthcare
Obamacare is going to cost Americans much more than Obama said it would … and cover fewer people … according to the Congressional Budget Office’s projections.
FOX News

Suing Sebelius
In a case the first of its kind … A Catholic private business owner is suing the federal government over the Health and Human Services contraception mandate … fighting contraception being forced on his company and its employees.
Cybernet News Service

Father Guarnizo Speaks Out
After being ripped in the liberal media for refusing a lesbian communion at her mother’s funeral … Father Marcel Guarnizo says … he did the only thing a faithful Catholic priest could do.
Cybernet News Service

Organized Dissent
Dissenting Catholic homosexual activists will be gathering in Baltimore today to listen to an Australian Catholic Bishop and Maryland Governor Martin O’ Malley praise deviant sexual lifestyles for priests and other Catholics.
CatholicCulture.org

Gray Lady Gaff
The New York Times ... once THE well-respected paper of record ... is proving to have a double advertising standard when it comes to Christians, Muslims and Atheists.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-15

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The Color of “Obama” Money
Abortions for a dollar … it’s the latest policy discovered in Obamacare … as the most pro-death administration in the history of the United States flushes red with the blood of the unborn on its hands.
FOX Nation

More Planned Parenthood Scandals
The CEO of a Planned Parenthood location in Lubbock, Texas has been arrested for exposing himself in public … at a local baseball park.
TheBlaze.com

Democratic Desecration
The image of Obama’s face on the American flag … flying over a Democratic headquarters location … has enraged Florida war veterans … who banded together this week to give local liberals a lesson in respecting Old Glory.
FOX News

Christian Death Sentence
The situation of an imprisoned woman in Pakistan … sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming Islam … is provoking demands for her release.
Cybernet News Service


Catholic Yoga Controversy
The Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts is firing up controversy … as it now will offer yoga classes on Catholic Church property … at its Pastoral Center.
Boston Catholic Insider

Catholic News Roundup 03-14

Matrimonial Mayhem
The Episcopalian establishment is rapidly perverting the institution of true marriage into a ceremony embracing deviant sexual lifestyles.
TheBlaze.com

Deep Fried Controversy
Homosexual activists are targeting the Christian-owned Chick-Fil-A company’s college campus locations … because they say … the business is anti-gay.”
Lifesite News

Muslim Journalist Defends NYPD
A Muslim journalist has gone public … saying law enforcement in New York City IS being unfairly targeted by a hit campaign … that wants to paint them as anti-Muslim.
FOX News

Two crucial victories for Rick Santorum in both Alabama and Mississippi are keeping him alive in the GOP Nomination Race … and he will walk away with a delegate increase that leaves him with 251.
FOX News

Professor Denies Episcopal Authority
A recent New York Times Op-ed column penned by a Notre Dame Philosophy Professor features a controversial claim about Catholic bishops.
Cardinal Newman Society

Obama Popularity Falling
Contrary to some media claims … support for Obama has dropped … among both men and women … since the beginning of the contraception mandate battle last month.
The Weekly Standard
Rasmussen

Catholic News Roundup 03-13

U.K. Cross Controversy
It may soon be illegal for Christians to wear crosses in the work place … thanks to a case coming to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that will allow employers to ban the practice.
Cybernet News Service

Mandate Divides Bishops
Catholic Bishops of the United States are divided on how to deal with a hostile White House regarding the contraception mandate.
National Catholic Register

Mayor’s Texas Tantrum
Take your freedom of speech outside … those are the words of the mayor of El Paso Texas as City Council threatens a group of Christians with jail time for standing up against the gay agenda.
OneNewsNow.com

Deep South GOP Race
GOP candidates are preparing for two races in the Deep South and one in Hawaii that hold a total of 101 delegates at stake … as Mitt Romney fights to increase his established lead over Rick Santorum.
FOX News

Justice For Pro-Lifers
A lawsuit filed by pro-lifers against the Maryland State Police has finally been settled.
OneNewsNow.com

God Over Government
A 31-year old missionary serving at the College of St. Mary in Omaha says that she's willing to risk her life to avoid violating her conscience by following Obama's contraception mandate.
Catholic News Agency

Catholic News Roundup 03-12

The Gray Lady embraces Bigots
Atheists are indulging in their favorite pastime … anti-Catholic bigotry … in an ad that the New York Times actually published over the weekend … exhibiting hate speech in its call to liberal Catholics to leave the Church and join the ranks of the godless.
Catholic News Agency

Spain Defends Church Rights
Attempts have been rejected in Spain to blackball the Catholic Church … in an effort to keep it from getting involved with education and providing chaplains for the military.
CatholicCulture.org
L'Osservatore Romano


Church Bombing Trend
A suicide bomber attacked a Nigerian Catholic Church yesterday ... leaving at least ten dead and the church building badly damaged.
Associated Press

Father Marcel Marginalized
The Archdiocese of Washington D.C. is removing the faculties of a Maryland priest … after he denied an openly professed lesbian from receiving Holy Communion.
Baltimore Sun
Abbey Roads Blog

UK Bishops Defend Marriage
The coalition government in England is caving to pressure from the aggressive and well-funded same-sex marriage lobby ... but not without a fight from the sceptered isles' Catholic Bishops.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 3-09

Nigerian Genocide
Boko Haram has declared war on Christianity … sounding the death knell for many Nigerians in the coming weeks … as the militant jihadists group attempts to eradicate Christianity.
Catholic Culture

SNAP Director Deposed
The Society Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is facing questions … after its director allegedly violated a gag-order by publicizing restricted information in a press release.
Catholic News Agency

Dissenting Priest Fired
Boston College has decided to terminate the contract of a priest who openly challenged Church teaching.
CathNews.com

All Too Commonplace
These bagpipes are the sound of protest at Madonna University this week as members of the group Tradition, Family and Property (TFP)… protested the presence of pro-homosexual speaker Father Michael Crosby ... chosen to lead a retreat for Felician sisters housed in Livonia, Michigan.
New Ways Ministry: A homosexual group

Gay Games
So much for the interest of the consumer majority … makers of the Star Wars video game … The Old Republic … are jumping to include homosexual material in the game’s post launch in response to complaints from homosexual activists.
OneNewsNow.com

Protesting the mandate in DC
If you’re in Washington this Saturday … you might want to head over to the Department of Health and Human Services building to make your voice heard in protest of the recent Obamacare mandate.
RealCatholicTV.com Facebook

Catholic News Roundup 03-08

Obama’s Enlightened Voices
Obama is … literally … telling Bishops they don’t know the teachings of the Catholic Church … and that they should instead listen to the voices that are praising the theologian-in-chief.
TheBlaze.com
America Editorial

Not-So-Anonymous Attack
Anonymous … the infamous computer hacking group … says they are “penalizing” the Catholic Church … after more cyber-attacks that … this time … crashed the Vatican Website.
CatholicCulture.org

Adoption Defended
Chalk one up for religious agencies in the State of Virginia.
CatholicCulture.org

Aloha Traditional Marriage
Homosexual activists are attempting to destroy traditional marriage in Hawaii ... by using the courts and the governor to redefine marriage.
Catholic News Agency

Good Christian Belles
A new ABC show called "Good Christian Belles" or "GCB" is under fire for painting Southern Christian women in a negative light.
FOX News
USA Today
TMZ.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-07

Obama Above The Law
The White House has gravely violated the law 21 times … and Attorney Generals from 9 states have come forward to cite these cases in a report that demands justice.
Cybernet News Service

Contraception Development and Peace
An arm of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops (CCCB) has been caught supporting contraception … right in the middle of countrywide social justice funding campaigns.
Lifesite News

Forcing Diversity Education
After lawmakers in Alberta Canada said homeschoolers will be forced to teach their kids that homosexuality is morally acceptable … Government officials now seem to be backing down.
Lifesite News

Super Tuesday Recap
Mitt Romney may still be leading the GOP nomination race after yesterday’s ten primaries … but he was forced to share the spotlight with Rick Santorum at the close of last night’s races.
Politico

Flukes False Philosophy
Many are finding it curious that Sandra Fluke’s testimony before congress did not mention recreational sex or abortion once.
Cybernet News Service
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 03-06

Abortion for Illegal Aliens
The Obama Administration says your tax dollars will be used to provide illegal aliens with transgender hormone therapies and abortions.
Lifesite News

Blocking Parental Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been blocking the rights of parents to protect their children from abortion for the past 17 years in Illinois … but one legal organization says it’s time for that to end.
OneNewsNow.com

Sharia Law Bias
An assault charge has been thrown out of a Pennsylvania court … and the judge is being accused of basing his decision on Sharia Law.
OneNewsNow.com
American Laws in American Courts

Super Tuesday
Today is Super Tuesday in the GOP nomination race … with ten states and over 400 delegates up for grabs.
Washington Post

Heart of Dublin Stolen
The heart of a saint was stolen from its reliquary in the emerald Isle over the weekend … adding to a string of thefts over the past year that have resulted in no arrests from Irish police.
TimesUnion.com
Church Teaching on Relics

Fluke or Fake
A controversial law student from Georgetown who has been making splashes in the media lately over a woman’s “right” to contraceptive coverage may not be what she says she is.
TheBlaze.com
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 03-05

Catholic Vote Kills Conscience Rights
The numbers are in … and it looks like Catholics are the ones responsible for the defeat of the Respect for Human Rights Act … the law that would have freed religious organizations and employers across the U.S. from the Obamacare contraception mandate.
Cybernet News Service

Maine Marriage Threatened
A Maine referendum may legalize homosexual marriage in the state … however the Bishop of Portland has decided to fight it by taking a grassroots approach.
The Morning Sentinel

Anglican Bishop Ousted
As many Anglicans seek a return to full communion with the See of Peter ... the journey for one Anglican leader … got him fired from his post.
CatholicCulture.org

Super Tuesday Prep
It’s all about winning delegates … as GOP hopefuls shore up their camps in key states … heating up competition for Super Tuesday tomorrow.
FirstPost.com
Washington Post
FOX News

Obama Defines Sin
As the United States gears up for the 2012 presidential election ... concerns about the present occupant of the oval office and his religious beliefs are once again making headlines.
Baptist Press

Catholic News Roundup 03-02

Blunt Injustice
Federal lawmakers in Washington have tabled the idea of freedom of choice when it comes to healthcare … rejecting the value of conscience rights with regard to contraception coverage.
FOX News

Public Schools … Private Worship
Churches may continue to hold worship services in public schools … for now … thanks to judges in New York City.
TheBlaze.com

Miscarriage of Justice
A Scottish court is ruling that it’s okay to clamp down on the conscience rights of Catholic midwives … and force them to take part in abortions.
Catholic News Agency

Gay Marriage in Maryland
A new law in Maryland legalizing homosexual marriage has been signed into law by dissenting Catholic Governor Martin O’ Malley.
Reuters

Multiplying Mosques
New Research reveals that the number of mosques in America has almost doubled over the past decade.
Washington Post
Blackfive.net

Gaga's New Group
Controversial pop star Lady Gaga appeared at Harvard on Wednesday to promote her new organization ... the Born This Way Foundation.
Detroit Free Press
Lifesite News

Catholic News Roundup 03-01

Huffpo Anti-Catholic Rant
The Jesus-Eating Cult of Rick Santorum … is the title of the latest hate piece on the Huffington Post … taking full advantage of the last acceptable form of bigotry … Anti-Catholicism.
FOX News

Freedom and Infanticide
In the name of academic freedom and ethical expression …. an article promoting the idea of murdering newborns is being defended by the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME)
TheBlaze.com

Tiny Terrorist
No … this isn’t a Halloween costume … meet the half-pint grandson of the bloodthirsty Hezbollha terrorist mastermind … and Lebanon’s latest TV Star.
TheBlaze.com

Tax Confusion
When it comes to Obamacare … a few of the president’s departments aren’t on the same page.
TheBlaze.com
Politico.com

“For the Love of Dog"
A 38-year-old Vancouver man is set to go on trial for bestiality, after the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says it obtained video of him engaging in sex acts with his dog.
ThBlaze.com