Catholic News Headlines / Links [4-29-10]

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UK official suspended over Foreign Office memo which contained offensive suggestions for Pope Benedict's upcoming visit [4/29]

Pro-lifers to hold conference addressing the "devastating" environmental effects of hormonal contraceptives; Group says the "powerful, steroid-based hormones are not metabolized but are excreted into the water supply" and says that a single contraceptive patch or ring can contaminate millions of gallons of water [Refresher: Catholic teaching against contraception] [4/29]

Cardinal Levada failed to report abusive priest [4/29]

Supreme Court rules memorial cross can stay [4/29]

Priest murdered in India [4/29]

Pro-lifers respond to legal challenge against new OK law requiring that women have the opportunity to see an ultrasound before an abortion, saying the law is constitutional: "The state has a right to ensure that a woman receives sufficient information to give fully informed consent" before she takes the "irrevocable and lethal step of having her own child killed by abortion" [Refresher: Catholic teaching against abortion] [4/29]

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