Catholic News Headlines / Links [10-21-09]

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Former Anglican says Vatican announcement is "a dramatic slap-down of liberal Anglicanism" and a "total repudiation of the [so-called] ordination of women, homosexual marriage and the general neglect of doctrine in Anglicanism"; Says "It basically interprets Anglicanism as a spiritual patrimony based on ethnic tradition rather than substantial doctrine and makes clear that it is not a historic 'church' but rather an 'ecclesial community' that strayed and now is invited to return to communion with the Pope as Successor of Peter" [10/21]

Cleveland diocese sells altars, statues from closed churches; Diocesan spokesman says items may only be purchased Catholic schools and institutions [10/21]

83-year old whose client list "included at least 50 priests" is sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for Ponzi scheme; Victims - who lost more than $20 million - included "mainly the elderly and the religious community"; Perpetrator who said "I really care about all the investors. I want them to be paid" met many of his victims "by advertising in church bulletins and other religious publications" [10/21]

The power of language: Group seeks to redefine "suicide" as "assist in dying" in order to promote their "death agenda" using the court system; Rejects word "suicide" as "politicized language that implies a value judgment and carries with it a social stigma" [10/21]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito "frustrated" over "persistent questions about the court's Roman Catholic majority" [10/21]

House Majority Leader claims that the Constitution empowers Congress to require all Americans to purchase health insurance [10/21]

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