Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-30-09]

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Catholic Medical Association says proposed healthcare reform "could make our current, flawed system even worse" [7/30]

Pope Benedict's Bavarian home to become a "solar-power generator"; Project may provide income, electricity for German power grid; Materials, labor donated by local workers and students [7/30]

Vatican publishes "highlights" for Jan.-March 2009; List includes letter to bishops concerning the lifting of SSPX excommunications; Highlights for April-June 2009 to be published on 7/31 [7/30]

Vatican library to re-open in 2010; "Pope's library" is one of the oldest in the world [7/30]

Opposition building to Sotomayor nomination; Article says "no Democratic nominee since 1916 has received as many votes against his nomination as are already certain even before the Sotomayor final vote" [7/30]

Catholics flee Vietnamese city for fear of being assaulted; Government officials have reportedly considered creating a "Catholic-free" zone [7/30]

Bill Clinton fundraising for pro-aborts; Former President seeks filibuster-proof majority in the Senate [7/30]

Sickening: 'Transsexual' man strips, attacks priest in Italy during Mass [7/30]

Attack on the elderly: Doctor who has read part of proposed healthcare bill says end-of-life counseling is "strong-arm counseling", Says "the counseling parts are designed to encourage euthanasia" and warns that healthcare providers "may be forced to give counseling directly opposed to their religious or moral beliefs"; Lawyer finds language in the bill "incomprehensible", which he believes was "done maliciously" [7/30]

"It just doesn’t get any sicker than this" says Catholic League president regarding health care rights for infants who survive abortion or murder [7/30]

"So much for tolerance": Group peacefully defending marriage assaulted by pro-homosexual activists [7/30]

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