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Secret Priest’s Life of Danger
BY EDWARD PENTIN Dodging Extremist Police to Serve an Immigrant Flock in Saudi Arabia
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
In
the early Church, Masses were sometimes celebrated in the catacombs to hide
from the authorities. In post-Reformation England, priests would disappear into
Catholic homes and dispense the sacraments in secret.
On
a recent trip to the Persian Gulf, I met with a priest who also ministers
secretly... READ MORE
Test-Tube Orphans
BY CELESTE MCGOVERN Children Struggle to Deal With Consequences of IVF Conceptions
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue 
NEW YORK — Eighteen-year-old Ryan
and 14-year-old Anna found each other on the Internet.
Both were conceived by artificial
insemination technology. After they registered with the Donor Sibling Registry
online, they discovered that they shared the same in vitro fertilization clinic
and “donor... READ MORE
Obama’s ‘Born-Alive’ Problem
BY TOM MCFEELY Group Targets Record on Protecting Infants
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — It definitely wasn’t
the focus that Sen. Barack Obama wanted as he prepared to go to Denver for the
Aug. 25-28 Democratic National Convention.
Instead of a flood of positive
articles about his presidential candidacy, the presumptive Democratic nominee
faced sagging poll numbers and... READ MORE
State Mandates HPV Vaccine Shots
BY SUE ELLIN BROWDER Girls Must Participate, in Spite of Deaths and Seizures
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
RICHMOND, Va. — On Oct. 1, Virginia
will become the first state to require 11- and 12-year-old girls to be
vaccinated for a sexually transmitted infection.
The controversial legislation,
requiring vaccinations against the human papillomavirus in order for girls to
remain in school, comes on the... READ MORE
China’s False Front
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
For at least a little while,
millions of television viewers were distracted by the pomp and pageantry of the
Beijing Olympics. However, human rights activists say neither an eight-foot
wall built along Luomashi Boulevard to conceal run-down businesses nor the
extravagant flash of CGI... READ MORE
When Ads Offend
BY Wayne Laugesen Provocative Commercials Get Pulled ... Unless They're About Catholics
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — When the H.J.
Heinz Co. ran a recent TV ad in the U.K. featuring homosexual family life, it
evoked outrage in Europe and the United States. A male couple was seen kissing
on the lips, and a child in the household referred to one of the men as “mum.”
The ad didn’t inspire... READ MORE
Vocations Thunder Down Under
BY TIM DRAKE
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
SYDNEY,
Australia — In many ways, the sight of so many religious in Australia last
month was shocking to Australians not used to seeing priests and nuns wearing
clericals and habits.
New
York’s Sisters of Life, for example, drew stares and looks of wonder as they
walked Sydney’s streets en... READ MORE
Denver Diversion?
BY TOM MCFEELY Democrats’ Convention Targets Abortion and Catholic Vote
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — When the curtain goes
up on the Democrats’ 2008 convention Aug. 25, the party will begin a campaign
to change Catholic voters’ perceptions.
Pollster Fritz Wenzel says the
support of Catholic voters likely will be crucial to Sen. Barack Obama’s
chances of victory in the 2008... READ MORE
The Great Eights: 1958
BY Father Raymond J. de Souza The Age of the Council
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
Was there a more decisive year for the Church in our time than 1958? Pope Pius XII died. An
old order passed away, and a new one was born.
Pope John XXIII was elected and decided to call the Second Vatican
Council. Or was 1968 more decisive? Pope Paul VI published Humanae
Vitae (The Regulation of... READ MORE
Gaudalupe Weathers the Storm: Archbishop Burke Sees Wisconsin Shrine Completed
BY THOMAS A. SZYSZKIEWICZ The new Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in the bluffs near the Mississippi River faced opposition before it was built.
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
LA CROSSE, Wis. Ever since
Archbishop Raymond Burke announced his plans to build a shrine to Our Lady of
Guadalupe in the bluffs near the Mississippi River here, he has faced all kinds
of opposition.
Even from the weather.
At two of the most crucial events in
the building of the shrine, there... READ MORE
Selling Suicide in Seattle
BY ELENOR K. SCHOEN A report on the state of the assisted suicide proposal in Washington, and how efforts to lobby the state’s medical association paid off.
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
OLYMPIA, Wash. As volunteers
lugged boxes of signed petitions for assisted suicide up the steps of the
Washington Legislature, former Gov. Booth Gardner announced: Weve crossed the
first hurdle, and weve crossed it cleanly, with room to spare. And I think
were going to go all the way.... READ MORE
In Person: Medicine Woman: For Catholic Medical Association, a First
BY Jeanette DeMelo
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
Kathleen Raviele
was a young Catholic medical student in the 1970s when abortion was
legalized.
Gradually, her Catholicism gave way
as old-fashioned and out-of-step with the times. Like many medical
professionals, she bought into the practice of contraception, and even referred
to... READ MORE
Health Care: Catholics’ 2 Views
BY TOM MCFEELY Would health-care reform be prayer answered for Catholics? Or is it a disaster waiting to happen? It depends which Catholic expert you ask.
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON Would health-care
reform be prayer answered for Catholics? Or is it a disaster waiting to happen?
It depends which Catholic expert you ask.
Sister Carol Keehan, president of
the Catholic Health Association, and Kathy Saile, director of Domestic Social
Development for the U.S.... READ MORE
Newly Needy
BY PAUL A. BARRA High Gas and Food Prices Mean More Customers for Charities
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The sputtering
economy, exacerbated by high fuel prices and escalating home mortgage payments,
may be the hot story of this political season. But it is also a chilling
reality for many people who were barely able to support their families when
economic times were good.... READ MORE
New Life
BY SUSIE LLOYD Father Pavone Baptizing Babies Saved From Abortion
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — What started out as
a “routine” prolife weekend last November turned into something extraordinary.
The Diocese of Allentown sponsored a visit from Father Frank Pavone, national
director of Priests for Life. It was just one stop of many for the priest to bolster
a local... READ MORE
Elementary Reeducation
BY GAIL BESSE Homosexual Activist Curriculum
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A special
interest curriculum aimed at normalizing homosexuality to youngsters in grades
K-5 is quietly moving into its second year in targeted cities nationwide.
This “Welcoming Schools Guide” was
devised by the Human Rights Campaign, a powerful Washington, D.C.-based... READ MORE
Face of the New Atheism
BY JEFF GARDNER Exclusive Interview With the Professor Who Profaned the Eucharist
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
MORRIS, Minn. — I never expected to
become the one Catholic journalist to be granted an interview with Paul Zachary
(PZ) Myers, the notorious professor who profaned the Eucharist for his Internet
audience.
After having him on my Internet
radio show, The Heart of the Matter on Catholic... READ MORE
Vatican Okays Mass Translation
BY STEPHEN MIRARCHI U.S. Bishops Reject 1 Part
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — The Vatican has
officially recognized the new English translation of the Order of the Mass, the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops confirmed on July 25.
A 12-part project expected to take
at least another two years, the revision of the Roman Missal began with part
one, the Ordo... READ MORE
China’s Olympic Crackdown
BY SABRINA ARENA FERRISI As Olympians Vie for Gold, Activists Say Religious Rights are the Biggest Loser
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — Though it was hoped
that the Olympic Games would bring about an opening on religious freedom and
human rights in China, the opposite seems to have occurred.
That’s according to observers and
religious freedom activists.
“Instead of improvements in conditions
for religious... READ MORE
Amazing Grace
"Way of the Cross" Event - World Youth Day 2008
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
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