Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-14-09]

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Vatican charitable agency seeks emergency relief for starving Eritrean children who are too weak to walk and unable to even swat flies [7/14]

Man who repeatedly impersonated a priest is in custody in Philadelphia awaiting arraignment [7/14]

Vatican newspaper does it again: L'Osservatore Romano praises new Harry Potter film which contains witchcraft [Reality checks: (1) "Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil" (Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of Rome), (2) "It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly" (Cardinal Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI), (3) "Neither let there be found among you any one that shall...consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard, nor charmer...For the Lord abhorreth all these things" (Deut. 18:10-12), (4) "Every form of sorcery is practiced with indirect or direct recourse to Satan" (TIA article). Also, remember that the more witchcraft is portrayed "positively", the more dangerous it is.] [7/14]

Police say violence over Protestant marches in Northern Ireland was organized [7/14]

Now pro-life 'Jane Roe' of Roe v. Wade disrupts Sotomayor confirmation hearing with anti-abortion comments; Will face charges for unlawful conduct, disruption of Congress [7/14]

Victory in predominantly Catholic Lithuania: Parliament votes to keep homosexual information away from children; Lawmaker praises taking a step to help the country "raise healthy and mentally sound generations unaffected by the rotten culture that is now overwhelming them"; Homosexuals predictably upset [7/14]

Obama nominates 'award-winning African-American Catholic' woman for Surgeon General; Nominee called for future doctors to be taught how to perform abortions and serves on board of directors of organization seeking to legalize abortion in other countries [7/14]

Recession good for something: Dissenting 'Catholic' organization may have to close due to financial problems [7/14]

GAO report says House-approved 'climate-change' bill will benefit Communist China; Legislation expected to give Chinese manufacturers in certain industries an advantage over their U.S. competitors & cause "output, profits, or employment" to decline for certain U.S. manufacturers [7/14]

Obama's choice for "science czar" is an advocate of compulsory population control in the U.S. "including forced abortion and the addition of sterilizing agents to drinking water" [7/14]

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