Shame on Georgetown!

Georgetown University covered a symbol signifying the name of Jesus Christ (The IHS insignia) at the request of President Obama, who was speaking there.
Georgetown should have stood up for Christ, and Obama should not have demanded the covering of the symbol!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/16/georgetown-university-hid-religious-symbols-white-house-request/

It's time for pro-Obama Catholics to step up to the plate

George Wesolek, Director of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, exhorts pro-Obama Catholics to step up and respond with the pro-life message to President Obama's radical pro-"choice" policies.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15501

Today is the Annunciation and the Day of the Unborn Child

Today, March 25, as we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation, let us also renew our commitment to all life, born and unborn, and celebrate
"Day of the Unborn Child".
http://dayoftheunbornchild.com/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm

Connecticut bill attempts to redefine episcopal system

A bill introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly attempts to take power over parishes away from bishops and put it into the hands of an elected group of trustees. The backlash has been huge and there is a protest meeting organized for March 11.
Another blog- http://catholickey.blogspot.com/2009/03/trusteeism-bill-introduced-in.html

A news story- http://www.cfnews.org/BridgeportDiocese.htm

An official government page- http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1098&which_year=2009

Update: The bill has pulled, and will be reviewed for Constitutionality! See http://catholickey.blogspot.com/2009/03/trusteeism-bill-introduced-in.html for more details.

Healthcare conscientious objection in danger

The Obama Administration may remove the possibility of physicians and health care providers to exempt themselves from performing certain procedures (such as abortion) that violate their moral values. The Bishops and other good Catholics are worried.
http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-046.shtml

California Prop 8 supporters still under attack!

The owners of Leatherby's Family Creamery, an ice cream shop in California, donated thousands of dollars to support Proposition 8, which prohibited gay marriage in California. Recently they have faced picketing, harassment, threats, and other ugly results from extreme members of the pro-gay-rights community.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=2133

Iron Curtain is gone, but Communism remains

Almost two decades after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, its anti-Christian influence remains, preventing Christianity and the fruit associated with it to spring up again.
http://www.zenit.org/article-25072?l=english

Pro-lifers arrested- sidewalk not public property!

Nine pro-lifers from the Survivors Campus Life Tour were arrested on the sidewalk outside a Birmingham, Alabama high school. The sidewalk was not public property for “non-citizens of Birmingham,” according to a policeman. The nine believe that their arrest was over the content of their message.
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=32135

Why Bill Ayers?

Bill Ayers, the former domestic terrorist and member of Weather Underground, who wished he had set more bombs, was invited to speak at a Catholic college (St. Mary's Moraga in California) on January 28th.

Why? Any coherant ideology one can get from him is not a bit Christian.
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=mary2id=1.16.09%2Ehtm

Holocaust denial controversy

An excommunicated traditionalist bishop (Richard Williamson) from the controversial Society of St. Pius X, who minimalized and denied the atrocities of the Holocaust, was welcomed back into the Church by Pope Benedict XVI on January 21, 2009.

This has caused a stir- the German Chancellor demanded that the Vatican clearly state the harm of denying the Holocaust. This the Pope has done more than once.

Some (such as the Jewish radio talk show host Steve Malzberg) are not satisfied. Malzberg complained about the lifting of the Bishop's excommunication on his show on February 3. He suggested that perhaps it should not have been lifted at all, due to his Holocaust statements.

However, his excommunication- and its lifting- bore absolutely no relation to his Holocaust statements. It is not usually the Church's practice to excommunicate over statements or actions unless they conflict directly with the teachings and laws of the Church. Bishop Williamson was excommunicated because he accepted ordination against papal orders.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900516.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEng.jhtml?itemNo=1058236&contrassID=19&subContrassID=1&title=