Monthly Archives: June 2003

CATHOLICISM ON TRIAL

By |2013-07-17T14:58:29-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

President George W. Bush has nominated J. Leon Holmes to serve as a federal judge for eastern Arkansas. But his nomination has run into trouble with some Democrats who believe Holmes is too religious. Holmes is a convert to Catholicism and is strongly pro-life. Judge Leon Holmes has stellar credentials. He graduated first in his law [...]

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AL SHARPTON GOES ON TOUR

By |2013-07-17T14:59:16-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Rev. Al Sharpton, a Democratic presidential candidate, has announced that he will begin a voter registration drive this summer, traveling the country with musicians and religious leaders. Sharpton is known for his campaigning in black churches and has said that the presidential campaign of Rev. Jesse Jackson provides a useful model for his bid at the [...]

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ISRAEL MUSEUM HOSTS ANTI-CATHOLIC ART

By |2019-09-24T13:48:55-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The Israel Museum is hosting an exhibition, “Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography,” that is based on a newly released book by that name; it began May 26 and will run through September 6. Nissan N. Perez is curator of photography at the museum and the author of the book’s introduction. On May 7, Catholic League [...]

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SPARE US THE LECTURE

By |2013-07-17T15:01:03-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On April 30, a Pennsylvania radio station aired an editorial by Mark Marek that lectured Pope John Paul II on Catholic doctrine. WLSH, located in Lansford, Pennsylvania, aired the broadcast that many local Catholics found offensive. Marek, a former Catholic, took umbrage with the pope for his Holy Thursday statement reaffirming Catholic doctrine on marriage, Holy [...]

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BILL MAHER RIPS PRIESTS ON BROADWAY

By |2013-07-17T15:02:49-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

To the utter delight of New York liberals, comedian Bill Maher has taken his sick brand of humor to Broadway. “Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home,” opened for a limited engagement in May at the Virginia Theater. Louis Giovino, the league’s director of communications, attended the May 7 performance and provided the following examples of Maher’s [...]

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RIDER APOLOGIA

By |2013-07-17T15:03:47-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The May Catalyst reported that we were awaiting a statement by Rider University president Bart Luedeke regarding our criticisms of “The Children of Fatima.” He distanced himself from the play, saying he was sorry some found it offensive. That’s weak but better than nothing.  

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DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

By |2017-03-20T17:56:21-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

He was a likable person with plenty of charisma. His superiors thought highly of him even though they realized early on there was something terribly wrong with him. Indeed, he broke his vows over and over again. Yet for this all he got was a slap on the wrist. Then came the promotions. Many of them. [...]

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RELIGIOUS CLEANSERS ON THE MARCH

By |2013-07-17T15:06:15-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Those whose goal in life is to cleanse American society of all traces of religious expression are on the march again. Suburban Philadelphia is the site of a battle over the display of the Ten Commandments. The ACLU maintains that a Ten Commandments plaque on the façade of a Chester County courthouse is an unconstitutional imposition [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS HIGH COURT REJECTS CLERGY ABUSE LAWSUIT

By |2017-03-20T17:56:21-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On April 30, the highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court, dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was molested by a Catholic priest more than 40 years ago. In doing so, the Supreme Judicial Court overturned a decision by the state’s Appeals Court that ruled in favor of the woman. The [...]

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WITCH HUNT AGAINST PRIESTS IN ERIE, PA

By |2013-07-17T15:07:12-04:00June 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The northwestern Pennsylvania chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has embarked on an aggressive campaign, posting signs on the front doors of Catholic schools throughout Erie County urging people to come forward with the names of molesting priests. Erie Bishop Donald Trautman labeled the unauthorized campaign as “reprehensible.” He accused those involved [...]

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