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Abortion clinic closes – pro-life center takes its place. First built as a Jewish synagogue in the late 19th century, the building at 72 Ransom Street NE in Grand Rapids had been leased to abortionist Thomas Gordon who performed abortions there at the Heritage Clinic for Women since 1996. Since 1998, the vision of reclaiming…

MGM tries to figure out if its satire of life in an evangelical Christian high school has an appeal to…evangelical Christians. “It was not an easy sell to someone writing a check,” Mr. Stern said. “The movie is very pro-faith. We never set out to make a movie that was controversial. It’s about kids out…

Please correct your initial post concerning Monsignore Monteiro. The original Spanis Press report (http://es.news.yahoo.com/040503/4/3e3fb.html): “…monseñor Monteiro manifestó a un grupo de periodistas que “las uniones homosexuales son totalmente contrarias a la doctrina de la Iglesia. Tal postura (la legalización de estas uniones) está claramente en contra de la línea de la Iglesia”. Rough (sorry, I’m…

From The Hill In an effort to defend his political appeal among Catholics, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is to meet today with Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, who has strong ties to the Latino community. The meeting follows another Kerry held last month with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, who is leading a bishops…

Only one of those Arizona priests has removed his name from the letter The Rev. Chris Carpenter, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Mesa, said Tuesday in an e-mail to the media that he would remove his name from the Phoenix Declaration “in fidelity to my promise of obedience and respect for the bishop…

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From Archbishop Myers of Newark. Speaking of teachable moments…. This is not a new teaching of the Church. From the earliest years, it has been pointed out that one cannot claim to be a Christian and yet believe other than what the Church teaches. In the second century St. Justin Martyr described the Eucharist in…

Papal Envoy to Spain says times they are a’ changin’ Monsignor Manuel Monteiro de Castro told a conference of Spanish bishops at the weekend: “The new political situation in which we are living in Spain sets new challenges in the spreading of the gospel and we must meet those challenges in an appropriate manner.” Departing…

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