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

Catholic News Roundup 02-29

Gag Order
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that Catholic thought - morals - and rights … are being discriminated against in the world marketplace of ideas … and the evidence is all around us… here are some of the headlines:
TheBlaze.com: Unless mandate is rescinded ...
TheBlaze.com: Dolan Snubbed
TheBlaze.com: Post Birth Abortions

Homosexual Teaching Agenda
All Parents in Alberta, Canada could be forced by the government to make sure their children are being taught that homosexuality is okay … according to new legislation.
Catholic Culture

Vatican Cyber-Siege
The Vatican has repelled an assault … not by barbarian hordes this time … but by an army of cyberspace trolls trying to deface the Vatican’s website.
New York Times

GOP Primary Update
Mitt Romney has taken the Michigan and Arizona Primaries overnight … running neck and neck with Rick Santorum to the last minute in the GOP nomination race.
FOX News

Sacred Places Profaned
As attacks on Holy Land sites associated with the life of Christ are become targets of vandalism … custodians of these sacred places are calling on Israeli Prime Minister … Shimon Peres to put an end to the desecration.
TheBlaze.com

Sins of Omission … Hollywood Style
Viewers fell completely in love with the box office hit cinema based on a true story … The Vow … after it came out earlier this month … but the real-life people the movie depicts say a big part of their struggle was left out.
Catholic News Agency

Catholic News Roundup 02-28

Court of Public Opinion
Americans are showing an overwhelming disapproval of Obama’s healthcare mandate … as the supreme court hearings on the issue draw closer.
Cybernet News Service

Gay-on-Gay Crime
A Massachusetts assault case of three lesbians attacking a homosexual is raising some questions … one of which is … can the so-called “sexual orientation” of an attacker determine whether or not it is a hate crime?
TheBlaze.com
GLAD.org

Mapping Condom Use
Your “Safe” sexual encounters should be shared with the rest of the world … according to Planned Parenthood … and that is exactly what they are encouraging college kids to do with their latest campaign.
TheBlaze.com

Secret Sexting
“Sexting” has become increasingly more popular with tweens and teens in today’s society … and parents should also know … there are phone applications out there that can be used to hide such messages.
FOX News
Sexting Statistics

Legislating Personhood
Virginia and Oklahoma seemed to be in a race to see who would pass personhood legislation first … but now it looks like if it gets passed at all this year … Oklahoma will be carrying it across the finish line.
Lifesite News
BioNews
National Journal

Catholic News Roundup 02-27

Texas Takedown
Lone Star State Lawmakers are defunding Planned Parenthood at the expense of losing federal Medicaid altogether … making the message to America’s abortion machine loud and clear … don’t mess with Texas.
Pegasusnews.com

Sisters Supporting Obamacare
Nearly two dozen religious communities of sisters have filed an amicus legal brief in support of the so-called “compromise” with the Obamacare mandate … bucking efforts of bishops to fight off an administration bent on parsing and crippling religious liberty rights.
St. Louis Review
APP.com

Monastery Attacked
Thirty armed men wearing masks attacked a Jesuit monastery in Syria … demanding money and weapons.
Eurasia Review

Michigan Primary Update
Mitt Romney is gaining ground … reclaiming a slight lead over Rick Santorum since the beginning of the weekend … as the clock ticks down to the Michigan Primary tomorrow.
New York Daily News
Reuters
Real Clear Politics

Gay Marriage Goes to School
Teachers in the United Kingdom are going to be forced to teach school children that so-called homosexual marriage is important … and may even face disciplinary action if they refuse.
Express.co.uk

Catholic News Roundup 02-24

Court Denies DOMA
A San Francisco Judge has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional … a decision that follows the Obama administration refusing to enforce the federal law.
Associated Press

Right of Refusal
The right of Pharmacists to refuse to distribute abortifacient dugs is being protected in Washington state … as a court case that has been raging for five years over the issue is put to rest.
Lifesite News

Bishops Behind Bars
If Bishops don’t like the contraception mandate … they can go to jail … according to a Harvard Administrator in TIME magazine’s Ideas blog.
Newsbusters
Cybernet News Service
Catholic World Report

Gay Death Threats
A fourteen year old girl is being subjected to vicious cyberbullying, name calling, and even death threats by homosexual activists … because of comments she made before lawmakers in Maryland.
Lifesite News




Numbers Don’t Lie
Catholic schools are dominating public schools across the U.S. when it comes to literacy and arithmetic … and here are some recently released numbers that show … the score is not even close.
http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2012/02/22/creators_oped

Catholic News Roundup 02-23

In Harm’s Way
A retired Massachusetts judge says a Catholic mentally ill woman should have been forced into an abortion … defending her attempt to use the power of the bench to crush the dignity and rights of the human person.
Cybernet News Service

Speak for Yourself
Women in America are making a clarification … coming forward to say fighting the Obamacare contraception mandate is not attacking a woman’s right to healthcare.
The Hill

Chilling Arab Spring
An international judo showdown between champions from Israel and Egypt is getting plenty of attention … after the Egyptian Judoku refused to shake his Israeli adversary’s hand at the end of the match.
TheBlaze.com

Euthanasia Election Battle
Presidential Candidates are squaring off over Euthanasia … as election issues loom large across the Atlantic … in the French political race.
CatholicCulture.org

Condom Correspondence Service
Free Condoms for your kids in the mail … its’ a new idea being implemented to undermine parents … right from California’s state health department to your mailbox.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-22

Protestant Revolt
Evangelicals and other Protestants are revolting against the Obamacare Health insurance mandate … as thousands of protestant leaders join Catholics to represent religious freedom in the United States.
TheBlaze.com

Court Pressures Obama
Obama is stonewalling court demands that he account for his actions … when he trampled the New Hampshire state government to direct money to Planned Parenthood.
OneNewsNow.com

Tenacious Tebow Bill
The media is blasting Virginia legislation that would allow homeschooled children to participate in Public school sports programs … because they say homeschoolers are not good enough.
NewsBusters.org

Obama and the GOP Leaders
While Obama’s job approval rating remains low … Both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have arrived within two points of the White House resident in election matchups.
Rasmussen

Congo Catholics Attacked
Peaceful Catholic marchers in the Congo were met with beatings and tear gas by police … as they gathered to march in commemoration of a previous massacre.
CatholicCulture.org

Confusing Closings
It’s a scene that is being repeated in Dioceses and Archdioceses all around the country … if not all around the world … as another round of Church closings are announced.
Archdiocese of Detroit

New Viability Standard
A Supreme Court Justice in Alabama says the outcome of Roe vs. Wade in 1973 is erroneous … implementing his determination in the outcome of one of his cases.
FOX News

Virginia’s Unborn Reconsidered
Laws fighting the evils of abortion have pro-death supporters reacting in Richmond Virginia … as what the associated press calls “hundreds” gathered in a silent demonstration outside of the state capitol.
Associated Press

Coercing Canadian Children
Canada’s highest court is condemning religious freedom … ruling that parents cannot pull their children out of a class that exposes them to a host of different religions.
TimesColonist.com

Sex Changes On the Rise
Subjecting children to sex-changes is on the rise in the United States … as it has been in Australia and England among other countries for some time now.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 02-20

Referendum Required
It’s another case of legislating beyond the will of the people … as homosexual marriage law passes the Maryland House heading to the Senate …while voters in the state vow to fight for a referendum if the bill passes.
Washington Post
BPNews.net

Doubtful Consultation
Contrary to Obama’s claims … Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says she didn’t consult with any Catholic Bishops about the so-called religious “accommodation” to Contraception in Obamacare.
Cybernet News Service
Lifenews.com

Pro-Life Priest Arrested
A Catholic priest and several protesters have been arrested … after praying in front of the White House to show their disapproval of Obama’s contraception mandate.
Lifesite News

Santorum's National Lead
As the GOP frontrunner brought his message to southeast Michigan … this was the scene last Friday … Have a listen.
CNN.com

Jefferson’s Jesus
The same Smithsonian Institution that brought you exhibitions on the homosexual lifestyle … now wants to tell you how much of a genius Thomas Jefferson was for … editing the Bible.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 02-17

Sacred and Profane Victory
Public prayer at local government meetings in the United Kingdom is now banned … following a precedent-setting court case that Atheists are celebrating.
One News Now

Career Ending Comments
With French elections on the horizon … the President’s political party is kicking one of its members to the curb … for speaking out against homosexuality.
The Blaze

Outrageous Muslim Influence
School officials across the country are forcing Islamic culture into student curricula … causing outrage among students and parents.
Fox News

Brewing Truth an Trouble
A bar in Denver Colorado is booting hundreds of Catholic patrons out … after calling the content of a Theology on Tap event “too controversial.”
CNA

Persecution Process
The foundations of a “sophisticated persecution” are being organized to ensnare and punish the Catholic Church … according to Bishop Robert Morlino.
Catholic Culture

Catholic News Roundup 02-16

Bishops Media Blitz
Lines are being drawn by the U.S. Catholic Bishops over Obama’s contraception mandate … as they marshal forces for a public relations battle to win support for religious freedom.
Reuters
Associated Press

E-Mail Sting
Sister Carol Keehan is insisting that she is pro-life after being caught ignoring emails from pro-life organizations … but taking the time for positive interaction with pro-death supporters.
Lifesite News

One Nation Under Atheism
Atheists in Massachusetts are trying to eliminate the mention of God in the public square … and this time one family is upset about the pledge of allegiance.
TheBlaze.com

Santorum's Warming Trend
There may be ice and snow on the ground ... but as the Republican race heads to Michigan for the latest primary... Rick Santorum may be heating things up ... melting away Mitt Romney's poll numbers.
Rasmussen: GOP National
Catholic News Agency


Catholics Reconsidering Obama
The majority of Catholics are disapproving of Obama’s presidential job performance … according to a report released this week.
NewsOK.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-15

Faultless French Vote!!!
France says no to legalizing homosexual marriage… after a parliamentary vote preserved true marriage between one man and one woman.
Associated Press
Lifesite News

Abortion Rip Off!!!
A ten year employee of Planned Parenthood is blowing the whistle on America’s abortion Giant … over an alleged multi-million dollar billing scheme that utilized false records to steal government money.
TheBlaze.com

Hopeful Homeschoolers
A Swedish couple separated from their son for the past three years by the government for homeschooling their child … are being allowed to hope … that they might soon get their child back.
OneNewsNow.com

Not so Affordable Care Act
Every single American is negatively impacted by Obamacare … according to Former Presidential candidate Michele Bachman … in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Cybernet News Service: Bachmann
Cybernet News Service: Healthcare Spending
Cybernet News Service: Senior Premiums

Accommodation and Accountability
The Bishops of the United States are clarifying a few things about Obama’s insurance mandate … just to make sure we are on the same page … as Faithful Catholics.
USCCBlog

Catholic News Roundup 02-14

The Magisterium of One
The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is squaring off with America’s Bishop’s over Obama’s Health Insurance Mandate … again.
Catholic Health Associatioan

Opposition Growing
Hardline Political Conservatives are flocking together to oppose Obama’s contraception mandate … calling for the policy to be abolished in order to preserve Constitutional freedom.
Cybernet News Service

Presidential Pass
Many have signed the letter from Notre Dame’s Faculty criticizing the Obamacare mandate … but something important is missing.
National Catholic Register

An American First
The Anglican Ordinariate in the United States has a new head.
CatholicCulture.org

Entertaining Bigotry
One Grammy performance from over the weekend has met with resounding disapproval from viewers and organizations alike.
Christian Wire
Youtube Minaj Performance

Catholic News Roundup 02-13

Confrontation Continues
America’s Bishops are throwing out Obama’s so-called accommodation clause to his insurance mandate … calling it unacceptable … and pointing out the change doesn’t do anything to ensure religious freedom threatened by being forced pay for contraception, sterilization and abortifacient drugs.
USA Today
TheBlaze.com

Mandate Muddles Popularity
Obama is picking a fight with the Catholic Church that numbers say is taking a chunk out of his popularity … according to a tracking poll released just yesterday.
Rasmussen
BigGovernment.com

Breaking the Sex Cycle
And if the Obama administration is successful in trampling religious liberty … you may be seeing more videos – public relations campaigns and school events … intending to hook your kids into a cycle of sexual addiction.




Scholars’ Scorn
They may have given him an honorary degree in 2009 … but this time his report card is getting a big fat F … from one of the country’s most prominent Catholic Colleges.
Cybernet News Service

Cross Dressing Ban
A Suffolk - Virginia school district is considering a ban on cross dressing in class … a decision that is drawing cries of first amendment violations from homosexual activists… and the American Civil Liberties Union.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-10

Unconstitutional Accommodation
Obama is announcing a change in the contraceptive mandate today to do what he says keeps religious employers from violating their consciences when it comes to being forced by the government to accept contraception sterilization and abortion.
FOX News


Line Item Imperialism
Obama may soon have the ability to pick out specific items from new spending bills introduced by congress … as the House of Representatives passes a new law giving Obama a power that has previously been called unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic Network Sues Administration
EWTN … or the Eternal Word Television Network is suing the Obama administration … for the mandate requiring them to cover sterilization, abortion and contraception under the Obama healthcare mandate.
Lifesite News: EWTN Sues Obama
Lifesite News: Catholic Health Association

Evergreen State Falls to Same Sex Marriage
Homosexual marriage in Washington State will be signed into law by its dissenting Catholic Governor … Chris Gregoire … now that the State House has passed the legislation following the Senate’s vote last week.
CNN

Santorum Gaining Support
Rick Santorum is trying to setup another surge as he comes off of his recent three-state sweep … trying to raise money as he prepares for upcoming events in the Western part of the country.
Breitbart.com
GALLUP

Door to Door Death
On call suicide at home will be available soon in the Netherlands … made possible by a private company … so that you can kill yourself even if your doctor cites ethical reasons for refusing to end your life.
Lifesite News


Pro-Life Smart Phones
If you thought Apple’s voice recognition application … Siri … was pro-life for refusing to guide people to abortion clinics … wait ‘til you hear Verizon’s new android application quote the Bible to prove her point.
Deathandtaxes.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-09

Strong-Arming Contraception
Have you checked your daughter’s arms for signs of minor surgery lately?
Parents in the United Kingdom are finding out that their little girls are being injected with contraceptive implants without their knowledge or permission.
The Telegraph

Contraception Crisis
While the teaching of the Catholic Church adamantly condemns contraception … it is being confirmed the majority of Catholic Americans are dissenting on the issue in disturbing numbers.
Public Religion Research Institute

Congressional Criticism
Obamacare’s contraception mandate is drawing the critical eye of 154 members of congress … who are asking the Obama administration to reverse the unconstitutional legislation.
Catholic News Agency
Cybernet News Service


Mutilated Motto
Atheists have had their way with the Air Force’s old motto … yet again removing the mention of God from anything in the public sphere.
The Hill

Planned Parenthood’s Dark Cloud
After nearly 100 million dollars in alleged fraud and mafia-style shakedowns of organizations like Komen for the Cure ... the largest murderer of unborn children is still asking us to believe that they are in the healthcare business.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 02-08

Prop 8—Deep sixed
The California Supreme court has made homosexual marriage legal … again.
FOX News

Candy Bars and Contraceptives
Coming to a Campus vending machine near you … Plan B contraceptives.
TheBlaze.com

Forced Resignation
A Komen for the Cure Vice President has resigned … while ducking media fire seeking to pin her as the driving force behind the organization’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood.
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post

Surprise Support
The media is licking its chops over a seemingly "surprise" rise in Obama' polling numbers topping out at a 50 percent approval rating ... while other polls are reporting that support for Romney has fallen ... in states where he recently won Republican primaries.
RealClearPolitics

Al Qaeda Activist Released
A Muslim cleric is released from a British prison on bail ... after his lawyers succeed in fighting extradition to Jordan where he is facing terror charges in two bombings.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-07

Extraordinary Injustice
2,400 dollars a week is a hefty fee to pay to homeschool your own children …. but that’s how much the Swedish government is fining a Jewish Rabbi’s family … unless they put their kids in public schools immediately.
The Blaze

Catholic School Conundrum
Chicago’s Catholic School classrooms are filling up … even if Bishops in other cities are giving up and closing school doors on their turf.
Associated Press

Deadly Silence
A new court ruling says you can help someone commit suicide in Georgia ... as long as you don't publicize it.
Associated Press

Orthodoxy Outs Obamacare
More forces are gathering behind the effort to oppose the Obamacare mandate forcing contraception, abortion and sterilization on Catholics … as the Orthodox Bishops in the United States join the fight.
Assembly of Orthodox Bishops

Media’s-Islamic Influence
An activist group tied to the Muslim Brotherhood is taking advantage of a recent scandal in Britain … to try pushing the government into restricting the Media’s criticism of Islam.
Stonegate Institute

Catholic News Roundup 02-06

Battle from Within
The Army is taking a fight to its own Catholic Chaplains … as it tried to keep them from reading the Bishop’s letter … calling all Catholics to resist the Obamacare mandate that forces the faithful to accept contraception, abortion and sterilization.
National Review

Classroom Activism
Your children are going to be taught tolerance of deviant same-sex lifestyles … starting in Kindergarten … if you live in Washington, D.C.
Washington Post

Dual Indian State
Sharia Law has made its mark ... in a region of India known as Kashmir ... essentially creating two governing systems.
Cybernet News Service

GOP Nomination Race
If the election were held today ... Rick Santorum would beat Obama by a small margin of 1% ... with Santorum getting 78% of the Republican vote ... according to a new Rasmussen poll.
Rasmussen

Komen--About Face
You may remember - last week - we reported with some suspicion ... the decision of "Komen for the Cure" to defund Planned Parenthood ... as many pro-lifers rushed to turn pink with admiration for what appeared to be a victory.
Associated Press

Catholic News Roundup 02-03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtbkUu-6Yjc

Washington State Marriage Battle
Homosexual marriage may soon be legal in Washington State as a bill passes in the Senate and heads to the State House of Representatives.
CNS News

CHA Questions Mandate
The Head of the Catholic Health Association was once a supporter of Obamacare … but now she’s not so sure.
America Magazine

Fighting Filipino Terrorism
Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist is being reported dead … killed in the Philippines by a U.S. backed air strike.
Fox News

Primary Concern
The Florida Primary may not be over … as Newt Gingrich is making claims that may designate more delegates to his cause in the GOP race for presidential nomination.
The Blaze

The Longest Knot
In a world where divorce, adultery and cohabitation seem to be the norm … it is important for young people to be reminded that marriages can be successful.
Fr. Z's Blog

Catholic News Roundup 02-02

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2yKUBMJ5w


Constitutional Questions Stonewalled
The White House Press Secretary says forcing Catholics to accept a law that eradicates their right to religious liberty … does not challenge their constitutional rights.
Cybernet News Service

“Pro Life Komen?” Doubtful.
Pro-lifers are celebrating media reports that Komen for the Cure is cutting ties with Planned Parenthood … but don’t start putting on your pink ribbons just yet.
Associated Press

Media Frenzy
Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua … the former Archbishop of Philadelphia has passed away … dying in his sleep after serving the Archdiocese for fifteen years.
Associated Press
Reuters

Romney Romps Florida
Mitt Romney has won the Florida Primary … and as Candidates prep strategies heading into their state tours before Super Tuesday … he is now the first candidate to have a serious edge in the GOP nomination race.
FOX News
OneNewsNow.com
Gallup Poll Tracker

Oklahoma Comeback
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is making a comeback in Oklahoma … with a new bill … in the State House of Representatives … that would forbid homosexuals from openly serving in the National Guard.
OneNewsNow.com

Catholic News Roundup 02-01

Will Not Comply
America’s Bishops are publicly defying the Obama administration … saying the Catholic Church will not comply with the unconstitutional demands of the so-called Affordable Care Act.
TheBlaze.com
CatholicVote.org

GOP Healthcare Plans
While Obamacare is challenging the constitutional right to religious freedom in this country … the healthcare plans of Republican candidates are being scrutinized as well.
Cybernet News Service
FOX News

El Paso Bishop Sued
Father Rodriguez’s former parishioners say… turnabout is fair play … and now they are suing the Bishop who sued Father Rodriguez.
ABC News

U.N.’s Gay Agenda
The United Nations is demanding that African Nations treat homosexuals as a protected class … as its attempt to corrupt countries through a kind of gay imperialism continues.
VOANews.com

False Witness
Abuse allegations in Ireland are spiraling out of control … evidenced by the recent spate of false accusations being brought against nuns in the Emerald Isle.
The Tablet

Catholic News Roundup 01-31

Grim Reaper’s Cure
Killing disabled people to harvest their organs is perfectly okay … according to two of the most widely recognized bioethicists in the United States.
TheBlaze.com

Gingrich Defending Life
Newt Gingrich is hardening his political line against embryonic stem cell research … perhaps hoping to highlight some of Romney’s shortcomings on life issues.
Washington Post

Challenging Catholic Education
A Canadian Catholic high school principal may be punished … because he stopped a homosexual activist group from setting up shop on campus.
Toronto: The Star

Honor Killing Verdict
A Canadian jury has sentenced three people to life in prison … after a Muslim honor killing leaves three dead … while the judge labels it a matter of domestic violence.
FOX News

CAIR-ful Training
What I am referring to is the idea that the Council of American Islamic Relations or CAIR --C-A-I-R … is being allowed to influence the New York Police Department’s anti-terrorism training curricula.
One News Now

Catholic News Roundup 01-30

Family Feud
Move over Mom and Dad … look out kids … you are no longer the White House’s version of the family … as the same-sex social overhaul bulldozes housing subsidies… and redefines “eligible families”.
OneNewsNow.com

Bishops Buck Obama
Two American Bishops are telling the White House they will not surrender their fundamental right to religious liberty … and will defy any Obamacare mandate to pay for abortion, contraception, and sterilization.
Archdiocese of Pittsburgh
The Tucson Citizen

Belief Bashing
Atheists are taking advantage of the Army’s support to celebrate how much they hate God and Christianity …. raising some very valid concerns over what is being called a family event.
TheBlaze.com



GOP Primary Update
Newt Gingrich may be breaking ground on the national stage in the Grand Old Party’s race for the presidential nomination … but he does seem to be falling behind as he heads into the Florida Primary.
The Washington Post
Rasmussen
Gallup

Corporate Grind
America’s favorite barista may be serving up not just a well-made coffee … but a steaming hot cup of homosexual activism as well.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 01-27

Nigeria’s Muslim Agression
Thousands flee northern Nigeria … and 185 are dead after coordinated bomb attacks by Islamic terrorists late last week.
Catholic News Agency
Associated Foreign Press

Undiplomatic Maneuvers
In an unprecedented move … the most recently appointed Nuncio to the United States is calling the Vatican corrupt … and referring to his newest assignment as a punishment.
Associated Press
National Catholic Reporter

Questioning Candidacy
Obama is being subpoenaed in a Georgia court … as judicial officials question his eligibility as a 2012 presidential candidate on the Peach State ballot.
World Net Daily

New Spanking Law
Big Brother can put you in prison with a minimum ten year sentence for spanking your child … if a newly proposed law passes in Mississippi.
Lifesite News

State of the Union Demand
Obama is urging all states to raise their compulsory school attendance laws to age 18 … giving parents the impression that he has no respect for what they think about when their child should be out of high school.
Charisma News

Catholic News Roundup 01-26

Battling Same Sex Marriage
The fight is on for the legalization of so-called gay marriage in three states … as lawmakers in two of the three states push for referendums on the issue.
The Seattle Times
Associated Press
Cybernet News Service

Sex Ed and Scouting
Ties to Planned Parenthood have one Virginia Catholic parish kicking the Girl Scouts out.
TheBlaze.com

Fighting Fetal Flavoring
The disturbing practice of using aborted fetuses as ingredients in food products or in flavor testing will be banned in Oklahoma, if one senator has his way.
TheBlaze.com

Other Mandate Options
There are other ways to force you to buy healthcare if the mandate in Obamacare fails … according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The Hill
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Abortion Study Debunked
Claims are being made in a recent study that abortion is safer than childbirth … quoting a medical student and biased doctors who work for a company that lobbies for unprescribed Plan B contraceptives.
Lifesite News

Catholic News Roundup 01-25

March for Life
Neither cold nor rain could contain the hundreds of thousands that flooded Washington D.C. for the March for Life this year … and we took our cameras with us to the United States Capital to give you a look.
FOX News

American Majority Ignored
Abortion without strict limitations goes against a supermajority of Americans … making Supreme Court mandates to keep abortion on demand legal --out of step-- with the will of the people.
Catholic News Agency

Human Hatcheries
No … men don’t have to go through the pain of childbirth … but one ethicist in the United Kingdom takes a leaf from the post-apocalyptic work of fiction … Brave New World … and says women shouldn’t have to either.
Lifesite News

Demanding Suicide
One man seeking suicide in the United Kingdom is pushing his cause to court … in a landmark case opening this week … that some think may legalize assisted suicide in the country.
TheBlaze.com

Snubbing Barack
A star goalie of the National Hockey League says an invitation to the White House is not worth his time … skipping out on his invite to meet Obama … to protest the state of our country.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 01-24

Canning Catholic Identity
The fifth largest healthcare system in the United States is shedding its Catholic name … as hospitals across the country are blackballed from mergers for upholding pro-life policies.
GantDaily.com

Generational Genocide
This year’s March for Life is ushering in the fortieth year of legalized abortion in the United States … marking the passing of a generation of aborted children.
OneNewsNow.com
Cybernet News Service

San Francisco Standoff
Tens of thousands of people marched through San Francisco over the weekend as well … protesting the evils of abortion in one of the most liberal cities in the United States.
Catholic News Service



Egypt’s Islamist Takeover
The Terrorist-tied Muslim Brotherhood has taken power over the newly formed parliament in Egypt … which will meet for the first time this week.
TheBlaze.com
TheBlaze.com

Political Jihad
Islamic activists groups are trying to interject their opinions into American politics … using the Republican primaries as a platform to push their agenda.
Cybernet News Service
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 01-23

Conscience Matter
Obama is now demanding that contraceptives, sterilization and abortion be included in the health insurance plans for employees of Catholic institutions. …Despite meeting with members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops last November.
Cybernet News Service
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Peru’s Pro-Death Plan
Abortion and what is being called “sexual diversity” are about to become law in Peru … as the president of the country awaits reception of the latest legislation plan from country lawmakers.

Gingrich vs. the Media
South Carolina conservatives like Newt Gingrich more than they like the media … according to a poll taken before he won this weekend’s primary.
Cybernet News Service

Abortion Activists Disrupt Pro-life Gathering
This was the scene as abortion activists tried to disrupt a Saturday evening mini-rally before today’s March for Life in Washington.
Lifenews.com

Abortion Advertising
Business is good for abortionists in the United Kingdom … especially now that for profit abortion mills can advertise on TV and the radio.
The Telegraph

Catholic News Roundup 01-20

Archdiocese Honors Pro-Abort Politician
Catholic Charities has chosen to honor a pro-abortion … pro-homosexual former Mayor of Washington D.C. … with the March for Life only a few short days away.
Catholic Culture

Scotland’s Abortion Battle
Two nurses are suing Scotland’s largest health board … in another battle demonstrating conscience rights for health care professionals’ are front line of the abortion fight.
BBC News

Politics of Hate
Pro-life initiatives are being labeled as “hate-groups” by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their stance against homosexuality … prompting demonstrations in the streets.
Lifesite News

2012 Presidential Election Coverage
Just a quick update on the race for the GOP Presidential Nomination … It is being announced that as Rick Perry drops out … Rick Santorum is being declared the winner of the recent Iowa Caucuses after a recount of votes.
TheBlaze.com

Islamic Misconception
Muslim Sharia Law is comparable to Catholic Canon Law, Jewish Halacha practices, even the U.S. Constitution … according one Islamic organization’s recent public statement.
Cybernet News Service

Teacher Tolerance Training
A well-known gay rights activist group has produced a film to help grade school teachers and parents learn how to talk about the topic of homosexuality with their students.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 01-19

Seismic Omission
The Catholic Church is showing signs of weakness in America … in what some call a seismic shift in the Church … and others are calling a seismic omission.
National Catholic Reporter

Stealing Sweden’s Children
Kidnapping is being endorsed by a politician in Sweden … in order to discourage the freedom of families to homeschool their children.
Lifesite News

Forced Sterilization Stopped
A woman ordered by a Massachusetts court to be sterilized and have her child aborted … is now being protected after her case was appealed.
The Boston Globe

Growing the Catholic Vote
Mitt Romney’s religious roots are shallow at best regarding the issues that really matter for Catholic voters … but he seems to be gaining ground with them anyway… as the South Carolina Primary draws closer.
BigGovernment.com
The Washington Examiner

Unequal Treatment
A little girl denied a kidney transplant because doctors have described her as mentally retarded is now receiving public support … and might get the treatment she needs.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 01-18

“A” Listing Africa
Planned Parenthood has its eye on Africa … announcing that it wants to increase what it calls “abortion services” on the continent by 82 percent … setting this goal for the year 2015.
Cybernet News Service

Ireland’s Unborn Threatened
Ireland is being forced to change its abortion law … thanks to the insistence of their masters in the European Union.
Irish Times

Minors Abusing Minors
Sexual abuse between children as young as five is running wild throughout Australia’s State of Victoria … as experts decry the availability of porn to the young on portable devices as the cause.
Lifesite News

Pakistani Persecution
After a year of bloody religious persecution … Pakistani Bishops are calling for the Federal Ministry for Human rights to take action and protect religious minorities.
Catholic Culture
Catholic Culture: Persecution in Review

Celebrity and Sanctification
In Hollywood it’s hard to find Catholics today … much less good practicing Catholics … but Mark Wahlberg tells CNN … his Faith is what has made him who he is.
TheBlaze.com

Catholic News Roundup 01-17

Belgian Bishops Raided
Belgian authorities have raided the offices of three bishops … executing their first sting operation since the summer of 2010as part of their sexual abuse investigations.
Associated Press

Minnesota’s Church Militant
The upcoming vote to solidify the definition of true marriage in Minnesota … has the Twin Cities Archbishop calling all Catholics to battle stations … and discouraging mutiny in the ranks.
Star Tribune

Parents Against Propaganda
Homosexual activists in Minnesota are looking for a loophole in the law to indoctrinate the minds of the young … while parents are pleading with local government to protect their children.
Twin Cities Daily Planet

Biased Banners
City Government in San Francisco is allegedly violating a city ordinance to promote an abortion activist agenda during the National Sanctity of Life Month.
OneNewsNow.com

Ireland’s Vatican Vendetta
The government of Ireland is being overwhelmingly criticized for cutting ties with the Vatican … when it closed its embassy to the Holy See this past November.
Irish Examiner

Catholic News Roundup 01-16

Jesuit University Defies Bishop
A Jesuit University in Pennsylvania is refusing to obey its Bishop … ignoring orders to cancel the speaking engagement of a pro-abortion politician.
CatholicCulture.org

Archdiocese Fails to Report
The use of child pornography by some priests in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has apparently been hidden for years … according to city prosecutors in a current sex abuse case.
The Philadelphia Enquirer

More Abuse in Germany
Two hundred eighty counts of sexual abuse are being leveled against a German priest in court for allegedly abusing three boys over a period of several years.
Associated Press

Truth and Consequences
The former bishop of El Paso is suing one of his priests ... and the priest's brother .... claiming the mishandling of funds.
The American Catholic

Jersey Judge Denies Religious Freedom
Two lesbian women have won a court case in New Jersey ... after a popular oceanside resort refused to allow them to perform a so-called same-sex marriage ceremony on their property.
World Net Daily

Catholic News Roundup 01-13

Gay Divorce
Divorce in Canada may be impossible for some same-sex couples … mostly because their so-called marriage didn’t happen in the first place.
The Globe and Mail
Family Research Council

Assassination Attempt
A deadly gun battle has erupted outside the house of a Chaldean Catholic Archbishop in Iraq … in what is believed to be a terrorist attack attempt.
CatholicCulture.org

Texas Protects Unborn
A law that seeks to preserve the life of the unborn has been cleared for enforcement by the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Texas … despite opposition from Planned Parenthood and its cooperators.
Wall Street Journal

Pastor’s Protest
They were booted out of public schools for holding services there … and now Pastors in New York are coming together to protest the City’s mistreatment of their church congregations.
Cybernet News Service

Goofy Google Doodle
A recent Google doodle honored the Father of Modern Geology at the top of its search page … however the internet giant failed to mention that he was also a dedicated Catholic priest.
Aggie Catholics

Catholic News Roundup 01-12

Religious Rights Protected
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious institutions’ keeping authority over their hiring and firing decisions.
Washington Post
FOX News

Religious Real Estate Grab
A judge is ruling against the freedom of Church owners … Protestant and Catholic alike … forcing them to allow their property to be used for so-called same-sex marriage ceremonies.
National Organization for Marriage

Islamic Infusion
Hillary Clinton will now be importing Muslim women to the United States to give them a free college education … and introducing them into American Society.
Cybernet News Service

Southern Square-Off
As the South Carolina Primary date draws closer … the focus settles on who can challenge Mitt Romney’s recent success as a true conservative in the race for presidential nomination.
Cybernet News Service
Cybernet News Service
Reuters News Service

Museum Quality Homosexuality
The Smithsonian is using your taxpayer money “this year” to fund an exhibit lovingly displaying the homosexual lifestyle …. And this one dominates five large rooms of exhibit space.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 01-11

Prime Time Profanity
A landmark case is hitting the Supreme court this week … as television networks try to duck the Federal Communications Commission (FCC’s) influence over the moral decency of their programming.
Washington Post
Christian Science Monitor

Money Over Morality
The Greek Government is drawing fire in the media after placing Pedophilia on its list of disabilities … but not for reasons that you might think in today’s society.
Associated Press

Obama’s Birds and Bees
According to the Obama administration … Your children should know that it’s okay to be gay and the definition of sexual orientation by the time they are ten.
TheBlaze.com

Outing Obamacare
Obamacare may end up being toppled by the Supreme Court … thanks to an Amicus Brief that is being signed by 27 congressmen.
Cybernet News Service

Debating Contraception
Contraception made it into the last GOP presidential candidate debate held over the weekend… and Mitt Romney was the first to be put in the mediator’s crosshairs on the issue.
Lifesite News

Catholic News Roundup 01-10

Nigeria’s Islamic Oppression
Christians are being forced to flee their ancestral homes in Nigeria as fear of more attacks from the Islamic group … Boko Haram … spreads.
BBC

Crushing Gaza’s Catholics
The only Catholic parish in Gaza finds itself suffering tremendously … trapped within the city’s blockade and surrounded by an overwhelmingly Muslim community.
Vatican Insider
Catholic Culture

Faith Trumps Terror
Threats of terrorism have not deterred the Faith of Filipino Catholics in honoring Christ … as over three million marched through Manila in the procession of the Black Nazarene.
Catholic Culture

Obama’s Bitter Pill
Obama’s council of Advisers on Science and Technology say the morning after pill should be accessible to everyone … despite the dangers it represents to those who take it.
Washington Post

Department of Health and Homosexual Services
The Homosexual population is being embraced as a protected class … according to Kathleen Sebelius and the Health and Human Services Department.
Cybernet News Service

Catholic News Roundup 01-09

New Era … Old Solution
Catholic Schools will be shutting down in Philadelphia by the dozens … now that Archbishop Chaput is approving a plan that will severely diminish Catholic educational influence in the city.
CatholicCulture.org
Yahoo Contributor Network
Catholic News Agency

The Recanting Cardinal
Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George is sympathizing with homosexual activists … apologizing for his recent remarks comparing homosexuality the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Chicago Tribune

Two New American Caridnals
Pope Benedict XVI has bestowed the honor of cardinal on two American Archbishops … among his twenty-two newly ordained princes of the Church.
Lifesite News
CatholicCulture.org

Promoting Pedophilia
The Dutch government is supporting the practice of pedophilia by funding a homosexual rights advocacy group through the European Union.
Lifesite News

Filipinos Fear Terror Attack
A potential terrorist attack on a Catholic procession in Manila has police there on their guard… looking for suspects.
Washington Post