Catholic News Headlines / Links [9-22-09]

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Catholic Medical Association warns about pending healthcare bills: "They empower a small group of unelected government bureaucrats and committees to determine the composition and cost of health insurance policies, the reimbursement of providers, the approval of treatments, etc. We think this government-controlled approach is flawed in principle and ineffective, if not dangerous, in practice." [9/22]

Vatican euro coins "draw ire of the European Union" [9/22]

Elderly pro-life man knocked to the ground & attacked by two women while holding anti-abortion signs [9/22]

Pope tells new bishops that "The time that priests and bishops consecrate to God in prayer is always time well spent" [9/22]

Pro-lifers "shocked" & "perplexed" that pro-life bishop was forbidden from attending pro-life rally by the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna; Bishop stayed away 'in the name of obedience' to the Cardinal [9/22]

Democrat who took a pro-life position is 'fired' from committee chairmanship in Wisconsin [9/22]

Head of Church's "Supreme Court" receives seven minute standing ovation after speech; Regarding politicians who support homosexual 'marriage' and abortion, the Archbishop said "It is not possible to be a practicing Catholic and to conduct oneself in this manner" and says that repentance "must also be public"; Says that funeral rites should not be given to pro-abortion Catholic politicians [9/22]

That's a miracle? NJ diocese investigates "possible miracle" that an unborn child diagnosed with a genetic abnormality was born with the defect "not present to the degree that had been expected" after a "family in the area" prayed to the late founder of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm; If accepted as a miracle by the Vatican, it could ultimately lead to her canonization [9/22]

How is this not this the worst form of anti-Semitism and a betrayal of your mission? Italian Bishops’ Conference says "it is not its intention to actively pursue the conversion of Jews" [Refresher: Who Jesus Is & Why You Should Believe] [9/22]

More scandal in Miami: Former str*pper seeks child support from priest she says fathered her child; Diocese previously paid a settlement to the same woman whom the priest had lived with for years [9/22]

Vatican under fire at UN Human Rights Council for "both covering up child abuse and allowing it to continue" [9/22]

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