Catholic News Headlines / Links [11-30-09]

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Funny: Telegraph's satirical 'Happy 40th Birthday' to Novus Ordo Mass [Refresher: The Traditional Latin Mass vs. the Novus Ordo Mass] [11/30]

Diocese agrees to sell historic Pittsburgh church to advertising company who will use property for billboards [11/30]

Anonymous supporter flies "Free the ND 88" banner over Notre Dame, issues statement denouncing Fr. Jenkins [11/30]

Man who purchased church because he "couldn't' bear" to see it close says he would give it back to the archdiocese for free if they'd reopen it [11/30]

NY Times runs article entitled 'Latin Mass Appeal', noting the "radical break" of the NO from the TLM, the role of the "chief architect" Annibale Bugnini who "fell from" grace after rumors surfaced (and were never denied by the Vatican) that he was a Freemason, the assistance of Protestant 'ministers' in liturgical reforms, the aim of appeasement of non-Catholics in the liturgical reforms, Pope Paul VI's tears, Pope John Paul II's liberalizations, and the present "counterrevolution" in favor of the TLM; Author claims Bugnini may have finally "met his match" with Pope Benedict, "a noted liturgist" who is "no fan of the past 40 years of change" [11/30]

Pope urges special attention to rights of child immigrants who are often victims [11/30]

NJ bishops ask Catholics to pray that homosexual 'marriage' not be 'legalized' by the state legislature [11/30]

More reason for 'global warming' skepticism: Freedom of information request leads to revelation that scientists threw away data concerning climate predictions; Loss of data prevents others from checking calculations, determining how data was compiled [11/30]

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