Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-22-09]

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Pope Benedict said to be "feeling good and in high spirits"; Supreme Pontiff is "getting more and more used to the cast" but is using a tape recorder since it is difficult to write with the cast on his right wrist [7/22]

Parishioners in TX trying to save hurricane damaged parish defeat Archdiocesan legal maneuver to transfer case to federal court [7/22]

America's "most trusted" newsman: An abortion & homosexual activist who sought to "force Christianity out of the public sphere" [7/22]

Chicago bishop admits that dozens of known abuse cases in the 70s & 80s were not reported to civil authorities even though he knew the acts were crimes; Says victims' families "were not seeking to get the police involved and have the priests criminally charged" [7/22]

If only it were true! President Obama claims he doesn't want taxpayer funded abortion in healthcare bill; Administration officials, however, "won't rule out" abortion funding [7/22]

Financial woes cause Irish priests to take pay cut [7/22]

Pathetic: Suspended priest to run for president of Philippines; Says "This priesthood that I love so much, I'm willing to give up for a greater love and that's love for the country"; Confused priest calls political office "a higher service" than the priesthood and claims God is "calling" him to run for President [7/22]

Shocking: Well known Italian 'pro-life' Catholic politician opposes legal protections for the unborn; Prefers instead a emphasis on "reducing abortion"; Lawmaker previously known "as one of the staunchest defenders of Catholic teaching on the absolute inviolability of human life" now thinks it is a "mistake" to oppose 'legalization' of abortion [7/22]

Jewish group expresses "regret" over publication of offensive work which makes anti-Semitic charges against the Pope [7/22]

Mexican government tells 10-year-olds they have a "right" to c*ntraception; Government issues pamphlets to public school students that urge use of c*ntraceptives, provide information on how to obtain & use c*ndoms; No mention made of abstinence; Government also running "public service" ads promoting c*ndom use on radio; Parents' group denounces program for harming values, promoting disease - UNO finds c*ndoms have 10% failure rate [7/22]

Some progress? USCCB committee chairman apparently backs off call for healthcare coverage for illegals [7/22]

A real conspiracy: Journalist reveals names of "key figures" in "deliberate long-term plan" for homosexual rights movement in Britain [7/22]

Priest that diocese says was "committed to a life of prayer and penance" is arrested while playing cards [7/22]

ITV conversation supports long-held suspicion that chief N.O. Mass architect, Bugnini, was a Freemason; Says it is "as certain as anything can be in this world"; Points to letters found in his briefcase from the Grand Master of Italian Freemasonry which addressed Bugnini as a brother [Related Resource: Papal quotations regarding Freemasonry / Secret Societies] [7/22]

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