Friday, July 3, 2009

Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-3-09] (late edition)

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Former Director-General of Vatican Radio dies at 76 [7/3]

"Renowned" moral theologian "gently critical of" TOB promoter Christopher West [Warning: Article discusses sensitive, adult subjects] [7/3]

Here we go again: Vatican newspaper praises arch-heretic John Calvin; Calls him "extraordinary" and a "Christian" [Reality checks: (1) Heresy costs souls (click here for more information), and (2) Protestants are not rightly called Christian ("The very tradition, teaching, and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning, which the Lord gave, was preached by the apostles and was preserved by the Fathers. On this was the Church founded, and if anyone departs from this, he neither is, nor any longer ought to be called, a Christian." - St. Athanasius, Doctor of the Church] [7/3]

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