Palin the Pro-Lifer

BY Joel Davidson

She Backed Up Words With Her Life

September 21-27, 2008 Issue

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The attentive audience never knew that Gov. Sarah Palin was pregnant with her fifth child.

It was Nov. 24, 2007, and Palin was giving a passionate pro-life speech during Alaska Right to Life’s annual fundraiser in Anchorage.

It would be another four months before the... READ MORE

CRS Douses Firestorm

BY PAUL A. BARRA

September 21-27, 2008 Issue

BALTIMORE — A firestorm stirred up by an eminent Catholic moral theologian is still smoldering, even though one big conflagration has apparently been doused.

Germain Grisez is professor of Christian ethics at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md.

In an article published in... READ MORE

Teaching Moment

BY ROBIN ROHR

Pelosi and Biden Provoke Bishops On Life

September 21-27, 2008 Issue

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen American bishops and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops all took the same “teaching moment” opportunity in recent weeks.

It started with comments from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden. During... READ MORE

Politics and the Pulpit: Group Declares ‘Freedom Sunday’

BY TOM MCFEELY

September 21-27, 2008 Issue

WASHINGTON — If the Alliance Defense Fund gets its way, Catholic priests may soon be free to endorse political candidates in their Sunday homilies. And they would do so without fear of jeopardizing the tax-free status of their parish churches.

The Alliance Defense Fund — an Arizona-based... READ MORE

Pro-Lifers Energized By McCain’s Palin Pick

BY TIM DRAKE

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Excitement and enthusiasm were high at the Republican National Convention over Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate.

“Pelosi and Hillary are women in politics, but in Sarah Palin we not only have a woman in politics, but... READ MORE

California Approves End-of-Life Bill

BY Robin Rohr

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bed-bound for the past 11 years, Judith Koch might have a reason to support California’s End-of-Life Care bill.

“I was on hospice and I almost died,” said Koch, who has Multiple Sclerosis. “If it wasn’t for my mom trying to feed me what little I could eat, I... READ MORE

Unconventional Approach

BY TIM DRAKE

Violent Protests Mar GOP Gathering

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — There was a marked contrast in the protests outside the two national conventions.

While thousands of peaceful pro-life protesters gathered in Denver, there were violent anti-war protesters at the Republican Convention.

In St. Paul, aside from one peaceful anti-war march on... READ MORE

Health Care, U.S. Style

BY TOM MCFEELY

What’s Wrong With Our System … And How We Got It

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In America, employers pay for health insurance. Catholic surgeon Dr. William Passinault says American medicine has changed dramatically because of changes introduced to the health-insurance system in the mid-20th century.

“There’s no question about that,” said... READ MORE

Courting Catholics

BY TIM DRAKE

Republican Convention Targets a Key Swing Vote

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

Democrats tried to attract Catholic voters in Denver. Republicans tried to attract them in St. Paul. As the excitement at the end of the Republican National Convention affected Catholic Republicans as much as it did other delegates, they may have succeeded. Polls and TV ratings suggest Sen. John... READ MORE

Connecticut Marriage Politics

BY GAIL BESSE

Constitutional Convention?

September 14-20, 2008 Issue

HARTFORD, Conn. — Could the Connecticut Supreme Court be delaying a controversial same-sex “marriage” decision until after the November elections to keep voters from protecting marriage in the constitution?

Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, thinks... READ MORE

Language Ban a Contentious Issue in Kansas

BY PAUL A. BARRA

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

WICHITA, Kan. — Presidential candidate Barack Obama was criticized recently for telling parents in Powder Springs, Ga., “Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English … you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish.”

But the advice might have helped ameliorate a recent... READ MORE

The House Speaker and Abortion

BY REGISTER STAFF

Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Meet the Press’ Comments Draw Heavy Criticism

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five and Speaker of the House, caused a firestorm of controversy over her comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

In an interview Aug. 24 with “Meet the Press” moderator Tom Brokaw, the host asked Pelosi, “Sen. Obama [says] the question of when life... READ MORE

Doctors Say ‘Yes’ to Their Right to Say ‘No’

BY ROBERT KUMPEL

Bush Administration Seeks Comment on Conscience Regulations

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is proposing stronger regulations to protect physicians and health-care workers who refuse to participate in abortions for reasons of conscience.

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt made that announcement Aug. 21. Leavitt expressed concerns... READ MORE

Tattoo Taboos

BY TIM DRAKE

Catholics Debate the Morality of Body Art

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

People in Russell Grigaitis’ position look forward to September — because it brings long sleeves that cover their tattoos. A rose decorates his upper right arm. An old-fashioned marching drum decorates his left shoulder. But Grigaitis regrets the tattoos he received while in his 20s. At the... READ MORE

Denver Protest

BY Wayne Laugesen

Pro-Lifers Outnumber Others At Democratic National Convention

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

DENVER — You’ve heard the news from the convention floor. Chances are, you didn’t hear the news from outside the walls where the Democratic National Convention took place Aug. 25-28.

Radical leftist organizations, including one called Recreate 68, promised violence and mayhem. They planned... READ MORE

Biden’s Legacy

BY CHARLIE SPIERING

Catholic Votes With NARAL, Not Church

September 7-13, 2008 Issue

WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama’s choice of Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., as his running mate for was lauded by many Democrats who were attracted to his Irish Catholic roots. Biden was described by both press and pundits as a “fighter” with a “working-class background” and foreign policy... READ MORE

Ugandan Students Pay It Forward

BY SISTER GRACE CANDIRU

August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue

KAMPALA, Uganda — St. Kizito is a Catholic-founded secondary school of Our Lady of Africa Mbuya parish. The parish, in a Kampala suburb, is surrounded by a posh neighborhood with walled fences.

But at the periphery are single-room tin-roofed houses with mud-and-wattle walls. Here the poor,... READ MORE

Win for Home Schooling

BY ROBERT KUMPEL

California Court Reverses Restrictive Ruling

August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue

SAN DIEGO — When a California court Aug. 8 reversed its own decision regulating home schooling, a lot of parents breathed a sigh of relief.

“Initially, there was some concern, and I actually took the trouble to read the original decision,” said San Diego resident Dean Gipson.

He was referring... READ MORE

Obama Tabs Biden for VP

Delaware Senator, a Catholic, a Pro-Abortion Stalwart

August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue

Catholics received a clearer picture of the path chosen by presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Aug. 23 when the Illinois senator chose pro-abortion Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.

Fidelis, a national Catholic-based advocacy group based in Chicago, said the... READ MORE

Paul Year Check-Up

BY MARGE FENELON

Catholics Mark Year of St. Paul in A Variety of Ways

August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue

GALVESTON-HOUSTON — Several dioceses have big plans for the Year of St. Paul. So does the Holy Spirit.

Peter Schoeffield hadn’t intended to do a project for the Missionaries of St. Paul during the Year of St. Paul. Neither did he intend the final draft of his project’s fundraising letter to... READ MORE

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