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Cardinal Dulles says Bishops’ abuse policy extreme The nation’s pre-eminent Roman Catholic theologian, Cardinal Avery Dulles, called in a speech published yesterday for reconsideration of the “zero tolerance” policy toward sex abuse by priests that U.S. bishops adopted two years ago in Dallas. In the speech, delivered to a Catholic group in Florida on May…

With nowhere to go in the voting booth. Given the limitations of each party, it’s hard to blame pro-life progressives’ temptation to stay home and throw their hands up in frustration. Polls show that a sizeable number of pro-life Democrats voted for Bush in 2000, although few expect a repeat of that in 2004, given…

Catholic school teacher fired for having child baptized in a Protestant church. But Abigail’s baptism in her father’s Protestant church – to which her proud mother invited school colleagues – violated the terms of Anne Souza’s contract at St. Mary’s School, according to pastor Monsignor John Oliveira. “I can’t put on this robe and be…

Lifesite News rounds up some different reactions Numerous and sometimes contradictory stories are circulating about the reaction of Vatican officials to the US Bishops’ Task Force on Catholics in politics.

A different tactic in Michigan Michigan’s House and Senate Wednesday passed a bill defining legal birth as the moment when any portion of a baby has been delivered from the birth canal. All rights afforded to a human being begin at that moment, the new law says. Right to Life of Michigan calls it a…

The Bishops won’t be alone. American Life League: The Stafford, Va., Catholic group will unveil a national newspaper ad urging bishops to take a unified stand that Catholic politicians cannot be legitimately Catholic if they support abortion rights, spokesman Joe Giganti said. Call to Action: The Chicago-based Catholic reform group plans several news conferences calling…

Olmsted clarifies again Catholic politicians who unambiguously support a woman’s right to choose should not receive communion, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said Wednesday. But he declined to say he would deny communion to politicians who do not follow church teaching on abortion. Asked directly about what he would do if Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive…

I’ve been thinking about a couple of the publishing-related comments, which seemed to imply that it’s really unrealistic to think that Catholic writing and publishing can reach the masses, that the hardcore customers of St. Cyprians are what we should be happy with, and that publishing in is the dumps anyway. Well, publishing is certainly…

Calgary bishop rips PM Calgary’s Roman Catholic Bishop is ripping into Prime Minister Paul Martin’s faith credentials, demanding the PM take a stand against abortion and same-sex marriage. In an open letter to be posted at city parishes Sunday, outspoken Bishop Fred Henry accuses Catholic Martin of “moral incoherence” for his failure to oppose homosexual…

If you don’t know who he is, you should. He’s the Anglican bishop of Durham in England, and a New Testament scholar who is one of the leaders in bringing some sense and historical responsibility back into the field, and taking it down to the popular level..as a bishop should! His series, Christian Origins and…
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