Catholic News Headlines / Links [3-15-10]

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Archbishop Chaput says Senate healthcare bill "does not meet minimum moral standards" and is "a bad bill that will result in bad law"; Warns that 'Catholic' organizations claiming the bill is "sufficiently" pro-life "are doing a serious disservice to the nation and to the Church" and "provide the illusion of moral cover for an unethical piece of legislation"; He reminds that the bill "does not deserve, nor does it have, the support of the Catholic bishops in our country, who speak for the believing Catholic community" [3/15]

Archbishop Tomasi says "nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion" [3/15]

Declassified reports reveal WWII plan to infiltrate the Vatican with spies disguised as monks [3/15]

Catholic Health Association under fire for endorsing pro-abortion healthcare bill that is opposed by "every legitimate Catholic pro-life organization" [3/15]

Protest time: Cardinal Mahony's annual 'dissent-fest' to take place March 18-21; Protest organizer says that "the world's largest training event for Catholic schoolteachers" which features "pro-gays, women-priest advocates, New Agers and anti-Pope rebels will tell Catholic educators what to teach" and then "the teachers will go home and infect countless innocent Catholic children with those errors" [3/15]

Bishop Giuseppe Versaldi defends the Church, Pope Benedict; Says "it is even more relevant to underscore that the Catholic Church - despite the deformed image with which it is wished to be represented - is the institution that has decided to lead the clearest battle against [abuse of minors] starting from within" [3/15]

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