Catholic News Headlines / Links [8-11-09]

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"Landmark" U.S. vocations study finds traditional Catholic communities "have better success attracting younger members"; Study also shows increased diversity in "ethnicity, age, and life experiences" but an aging population overall [8/11]

So much for religious liberty: EEOC is attempting to force a small Catholic college to provide contraception coverage to its employees even though it violates Church teachings [8/11]

"Most comprehensive study of homeschool academic achievement ever completed" shows homeschooled students score an average of 37 percentile points higher than students educated by the government; Even students whose parents lacked college degrees scored in the 83rd percentile - "well above the national average"; Government spends 20 times the amount per student that homeschooling parents spend and achieves worse results than homeschoolers [8/11]

Secular media reports on renewed interest in perpetual adoration in Massachusetts [8/11]

Vietnamese Catholics hold massive protests to demand release of detained Catholics; Hundreds of thousands of courageous Catholics participate even though government crackdown may be "imminent" [8/11]

Priest in Colombia says that 30% of priests in the Cali archdiocese are homosexual; Says he provided a report on the problem but nothing was done to correct it [8/11]

So much for the First Amendment: Pelosi & House Majority Leader characterize healthcare opponents' behavior as "simply un-American"; In the past, Pelosi claimed to be "energized" by hecklers (those who shared her positions), calling their actions "democracy in action" [8/11]

Pope Benedict "unites himself spiritually" with Kennedy family as sister of former U.S. President lies critically ill in hospital [8/11]

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