Catholic News Headlines / Links [8-13-09]

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NY archbishop says vocations crisis to marriage is the "real vocation crisis" [8/13]

Indiana congressman calls his angry constituents "political terrorists": Pro-lifers send formal request for an apology [8/13]

USCCB issues letter "alleging that the [House's healthcare] plan's purported prohibition on federal funds for abortion is a 'legal fiction'"; Bishops' letter to the House asks: "By what right, then, and by what precedent, would Congress make abortion coverage into a nationwide norm, or force Americans to subsidize it as a condition for participating in a public health program?" [8/13]

Telegraph blogs editor comes to defense of traditional Catholics: Asks "Is the Holy Father aware that traditionalist Catholics in [England and Wales] do not have a single bishop who shares his own understanding of the place of the traditional liturgy in the life of the Church?"; Editor notes that certain "wayward" bishops in the country indulge "every whim" of progressives and preside over ceremonies that are "scarcely recognizable as Catholic" while traditional Catholics are treated as "virtual schismatics" [8/13]

You've got to be kidding: Deportation is "too severe a penalty" for illegal immigrants according to an American archbishop who is a Mexican native [8/13]

In wake of ruling requiring Catholic college to provide c*ntraceptive coverage to employees, CL asks EEOC to provide documentation regarding its decision as well as an explanation of why they believe the First Amendment is "not operative" in the case, if that is their view [8/13]

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