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Daschle Appointment Worries Pro-Life Activists
BY TIM DRAKE
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack
Obama continues to make appointments. But so far, his administration appears,
to many, to be one of the most radically pro-abortion White House
administrations in history.
The secretary of health and human
services cabinet position will play a key role in... READ MORE
It’s Beginning to Look a Little More Like Christmas
BY GAIL BESSE
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Snowflake parties
have been multiplying, winter light festivals have been abounding, and holiday
concerts have filled school halls with joyous tones.
But Christians are saying, “Enough
with the political correctness run amok. We want our Christmas back!”
Consider: When... READ MORE
Teens Imitating Television
BY TIM DRAKE Study Shows Link between TV Viewing and Teen Pregnancy
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Teenagers who watch
programs like “Friends,” “That ’70s Show” or “Sex and the City” are more likely
than their peers to get pregnant or get someone pregnant.
That’s the finding of a recent study
conducted by a behavioral scientist at the Rand research organization... READ MORE
Charities’ Own Hard Times
BY NICOLE FICERE CALLAHAN Agencies and Parishes Struggle to Meet Increased Need
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
CLEVELAND
— Every month, the parishioners at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in
Cleveland take up a collection to assist struggling residents of the city.
Their struggles involve paying for food, rent, utilities and transportation. A
separate collection helps support a nearby hot meal program.... READ MORE
Advent for the Heart
BY Bob Horning St. Ignatius and Today’s ‘Spiritual Desolation’
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue 
Father Tim Gallagher
knows Advent.
He has spent the past 25 years
bringing the reform-of-life method in St. Ignatius’ teaching to life through
retreats and seminars. Father Gallagher, a priest of the Oblates of the Virgin
Mary, is the author of five books on the Ignatian method, including... READ MORE
Chemical Cremation
BY BARB ERNSTER New Way to ‘Dispose’ of Cadavers Raises Catholic Questions
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
MANCHESTER,
N.H. — Warning: This article is not for the faint of heart or the squeamish.
The
Christian custom of burying the dead was the only method allowed until
cremation became more mainstream in the early 1980s. Now another option is
creeping into, and creeping out, society. It’s called... READ MORE
Coalition Defends Proposition 8 Vote Against Protests
BY ROBIN ROHR
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proponents of
California’s Proposition 8 were celebrating their Election Day victory, but
bracing for a new court challenge.
Proposition 8, ratified by 52% of
the electorate, amended the state constitution to define marriage as the union
of one man and one woman. The... READ MORE
Taxes to Kill Embryos
BY CHARLIE SPIERING Image: Rescued 'embryos' playing Obama Executive Orders Will Reverse Bush’s Preference for Moral Research
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — He promised, and it
looks likely he will stick to his promise.
Barack Obama is likely to issue an
executive order permitting federal funds taken from Americans’ income taxes to
be used for embryonic stem-cell research once he takes office, aides hinted
recently.
In an interview... READ MORE
Buying Stock in Values
BY Wayne Forrest … And Vice Versa: Faith-Based Funds and the Crisis
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
NEW
YORK — In these turbulent economic times, investors are looking for safe havens
to protect their futures. Although it is almost impossible to avoid losses with
stock markets around the world experiencing dramatic downturns, there are ways
to at least lessen the downside.... READ MORE
Men’s Groups Come of Age
BY TIM DRAKE
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
HARTFORD, Conn. — The day before
Connecticut’s Catholic Men’s Conference Nov. 15, only 300 men had registered
online. It was the first time such an event had been planned in the state, and
organizers were a little worried.
On the morning of the event, held at
Hartford’s Connecticut... READ MORE
Winning the Fight for Life
BY VICTOR GAETAN Bulgaria’s Nativity Center Is One Reason Abortion Is Declining
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
SOPHIA, Bulgaria — In a drab house
on the outskirts of Sophia, Bulgaria, every room is a bright, busy workshop.
One woman intently sketches
arabesque curves into the ocher clay of a serving plate as another flattens
clay with a rolling pin. Fired tiles of the Nativity scene line the... READ MORE
Student View: Campus Life Not Catholic
BY TIM DRAKE Study Looked at Catholic Universities
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
DAYTON, Ohio — In our Nov. 9 story,
the Register broke the news of a groundbreaking new survey that shows that
Catholic schools are often deleterious to their students’ faith.
In following up on the story, we
found that those results weren’t news to Catholic students. When David Thomas,
a... READ MORE
Bishops Plan for Life Fight
BY Joan Frawley Desmond
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
BALTIMORE — Barely
a week after the elections marked a dramatic shift in the battle over life
issues, the nation’s bishops’ conference gathered to reinvigorate its own
defense of life.
At its semi-annual meeting in
Baltimore Nov. 10-12, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also staked out... READ MORE
The Abortion President?
BY TIM DRAKE Pro-Lifers Sound Warning on Freedom of Choice Act
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — According to the
victors in this year’s elections, America voted for change.
But
there’s one change that many Americans are not ready to embrace.
Over a year ago, Democratic
presidential hopeful Barack Obama promised Planned Parenthood that the first
thing he would do as... READ MORE
‘New’ Mass on the Way
BY Joan Frawley Desmond Bishops Move Liturgical Translations Forward
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
BALTIMORE — During the U.S. bishops’
meeting, the assembly approved several key liturgical documents in one day.
At previous bishops’ conference
meetings, translations designed to closely adhere to the original text raised
concerns that overly “literal” translations had produced awkward... READ MORE
Resisted Suicide
BY ELENOR K. SCHOEN Washington’s Vote No Coalition Refuses to Die
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
OLYMPIA, Wash. — In the wake of
Washington’s Nov. 4 vote allowing physician-assisted suicide, the coalition
fighting it refused to die.
The “No on I-1000” campaign is
transforming itself into “a grassroots resistance movement,” according to
Eileen Geller, executive director of the... READ MORE
Voting and Abortion
BY Tom McFeely
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — A poll conducted last month indicated that
most Catholic voters did not make abortion their primary concern in deciding how to vote.
The Le
Moyne College / Zogby International Contemporary Catholic Trends Poll of 1,000
Catholics was conducted Oct. 17-20.
Only 29%
of the respondents... READ MORE
The Catholic Voter ‘God Gap’
BY TOM MCFEELY
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Mass-going Catholics
continue to have substantially different voting preferences from Catholics who
are less active in their faith.
That’s one of the findings of exit
polls of Catholics who voted in the Nov. 4 presidential election.
As might be expected in a race where
a Democratic... READ MORE
Black Pro-Lifers’ Joy and Pain
BY TIM DRAKE Making History: Black Pro-Lifers Hail Historic Moment and Redouble Efforts
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
President-elect Barack Obama’s
election Nov. 4 was historic in more ways than one.
Not only does it represent the first
time an African-American has been elected to the White House, but his running
mate Joseph Biden’s election represents the first time that a Catholic will
occupy the vice... READ MORE
Marriage Wins Big
BY ROBIN ROHR
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Election Day
brought in a trifecta of wins for marriage. In three states, voters ratified
constitutional amendments defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
Floridians in favor of marriage
garnered an overwhelming 61.9% of the ballots cast, Arizona answered Yes... READ MORE
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