Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-9-09]

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Shocking: Archbishop gives Holy Communion to Canadian Prime Minister, a known Protestant, during funeral Mass; Spokesman denies earlier reports that PM pocketed the Holy Eucharist [7/9]

White House spokesman thinks pro-abort Obama will have "frank talk" with Pope on abortion in Friday's meeting [7/9]

Argentinean archbishop tells parents not to fall into the "error and sin of denying their children the sacrament of Baptism"; Calls it a lack of piety and love for their children and a deprivation of God; Besides problem of postponing baptism, archbishop also highlights problem of selection of improper baptismal names [Related Resources: Necessity of Infant Baptism ('Other Thoughts on Abortion') | Baptism Information] [7/9]

Language skills may have role in predicting risk of dementia, based on study of nun's brains [7/9]

Denver archbishop critical of news media that "fails to give a voice to the truth religion offers"; Says electronic media thrives on "brevity, speed, change, urgency, variety and feelings" whereas thinking "takes time", "needs silence and the methodical skills of logic"; Calls on Catholics to recognize reporters' biases, reject "sandbagging" by the news establishment, and be formed not by news but by the authentic Catholic faith [7/9]

Irish parishioners "threatening to violate the first commandment"; One thousand people flock to see supposed silhouette of the Blessed Virgin Mary in tree stump; "Stump has proven a boon for the local economy" and one shopkeeper is "leading a petition drive" to deter authorities from uprooting the stump [7/9]

Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg, a feminist who approves of partial birth abortion, thinks there are populations "that we don't want to have too many of"; Laments that poor women don't have easier access to abortion; Writes off Sotomayor's repeated "wise Latina" statements as something she "didn't get out quite right" [7/9]

Massachusetts wants to force your state to recognize other state's same sex 'marriages'; Files lawsuit challenging federal defense of marriage act [7/9]

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