Catholic News Headlines / Links [11-3-09]

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More 'religious freedom' for atheists & Muslims: European court of human rights rules against crucifixes in Italian public schools; Italy in "uproar" over the ruling which says the presence of the crucifix could be "disturbing" for non-Christians and atheists [11/3]

Nun murdered on Navajo Indian reservation near Arizona-New Mexico border [11/3]

Vatican issues statement regarding apostolic visitation of women religious [11/3]

Former PP clinic director resigns, "joins pro-life forces" after seeing ultrasound images of an abortion; Former director says she was under "heavy pressure" to increase the number of abortions to increase revenue [11/3]

Persons 18 & younger who have died from H1NI since April: 114; Children who die from abortion each day: 2,247 to 3,305; Pro-lifer comments: "This staggering inconsistency hardly even shocks us anymore, as the latest 'pandemic' never even begins to reach the death toll that we have grown to tolerate from legalized abortion. Ignoring the by-far-largest killer of children in favor of the latest fashionable panic goes beyond mere irony; it speaks of a deep societal sickness that we can hardly comprehend because it is so pervasive" [11/3]

Archbishop Chaput on healthcare reform proposals: "To put it bluntly: all of the health-care reform solutions currently facing Congress violate human dignity in potentially grievous ways. Unless these proposals are immediately changed to reflect the concerns of Congressman Stupak, other like-minded members of Congress, and leaders of the national Catholic community, Catholics need to vigorously oppose and help defeat this dangerous legislation" [11/3]

Americans spending "record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition" leading to "empty ammunition shelves"; Bullets "selling faster than factories could make them" with enough bullets sold in 12 months to "give every American 38 of them" [11/3]

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