Notre Dame Shocks Catholics by Welcoming Obama!

Barack Obama, the most pro-abortion president ever, will give the commencement address at Notre Dame in May.

The announcement in Notre Dame's newspaper makes no mention of Obama's support of abortion.

See also the Eagle Forum blog.

Pope encourages abstinence for AIDS in Africa

Pope Benedict XVI said on March 17 during his trip to Cameroon, “You can't resolve it (AIDS) with the distribution of condoms.” The Pope suggests that not condoms but abstinence is the true answer to the tragic AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the first explicit statement on the issue by Pope Benedict.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0901232.htm
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0901232.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.

The coming collapse or the coming awakening?

Will Christianity face a partial collapse in the face of growing secularism, or will Christianity overcome growing secularism and experience a new Great Awakening?
The collapse: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html
The revival: http://www.conservapedia.com/Essay:The_Coming_Fifth_Great_Awakening_in_America

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