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AP is reporting: President Barack Obama has told congressional Democrats to drop a proposal to spend money on family planning from the proposed $825 billion plan to stimulate the economy, a White House aide told McClatchy. Obama is likely to offer that concession when he meets Tuesday with congressional Republicans, who’ve complained bitterly that the…

Some important points have come up in the boards that I want to address: IGNORE THE HOLOCAUST ISSUE Many in the comments area have argued that I erred in focusing on Bishop Williamson being a holocaust denier. They point out that these folks were excommunicated, and rehabilitated, for reasons unrelated to Holocaust denial. “Elmo” writes:…

Conservatives have long chided liberals for “cafeteria Catholicism,” choosing parts of Catholic doctrine they like while ignoring those they don’t. George Weigel (conservative) and David Gibson (liberal) explain how Benedict XVI’s overture to four “traditionalist” bishops smacks of Conservative Cafeteria Catholicism.

The astonishing decision of Pope Benedict XVI to revoke the excommunication of, Richard Williamson, a Bishop who denies the holocaust has been cast as a blow to interfaith relations. It surely is that; Jews appropriately believe that Holocaust deniers are the worst order of evil anti-semites. To reward such a person is, for most Jews,…
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