Monthly Archives: December 2009

OBAMA BETRAYS THE BISHOPS

By |2017-03-20T17:53:41-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Is President Obama for or against abortion coverage in the health care bill? The guessing game is over. On September 30, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a letter to the U.S. Senate saying, “So far, the health reform bills considered in committee, including the new Senate Finance Committee bill, have not met President [...]

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NO SEQUEL TO “THE GOLDEN COMPASS”

By |2012-10-11T19:43:45-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on reports that there will be no sequel to “The Golden Compass,” the movie based on the first book of a trilogy by English author Philip Pullman: Two years ago, the Catholic League launched a boycott of “The Golden Compass” in the hope that Christian parents would keep their children [...]

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MAJOR NEWSPAPERS BLAST CATHOLICISM

By |2017-03-20T17:53:41-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The end of October proved to be a wild time for the Catholic bashers. Perhaps anticipating Halloween, they unleashed a fury. What was most noticeable was the origins of the attacks: they came from the MSM, or mainstream media. Specifically, they came from some of the most influential newspapers in the nation. On October 28, in [...]

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BIG NIGHT FOR CATHOLIC VALUES

By |2013-02-07T21:53:43-05:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

This year’s Election Day results provided faithful Catholics with confidence that their values are shared throughout the nation. Indeed, it was a big night for Catholic values. The Catholic Church led the fight in Maine against those seeking to reinvent marriage, and won: the vote was 53-47 in favor of repealing the state’s gay marriage law. [...]

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VATICAN DIDN’T LURE ANYONE TO CATHOLICISM

By |2017-03-20T17:53:41-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In late October, the Vatican announced a new process for disaffected conservative Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the newspaper coverage was okay, but there were others that completely misrepresented the outreach of the Church. The opening sentence in the Vatican’s October 20 statement said, “With the preparation of an Apostolic Constitution, the [...]

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NEW YORK TIMES AGAINST “ZERO TOLERANCE”?

By |2017-03-20T17:53:41-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The November 11 New York Times ran an editorial on “zero tolerance” policies and the trouble they can cause. Looking back at the “zero tolerance” policy for school misconduct that the Congress adopted in 1994, the New York Times opined that it was a “reasonable step” at the time. But it now says that this policy “has been disastrous for [...]

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KERRY AND KENNEDY FUND RELIGION

By |2013-02-07T21:56:16-05:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On November 3, the Los Angeles Times wrote an article on a health care bill in the Senate. The following quote appeared in that story: “Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. The [...]

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“OPPOSITE-SEX MARRIAGE”?

By |2017-03-20T17:53:41-04:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In a piece from the October 27 edition of the New York Times, Adam Liptak—theTimes’ Supreme Court correspondent—referred to marriage as “opposite-sex marriage” in a piece on the battle over gay marriage. Referring to attorney Charles J. Cooper, who is pressing the case against recognition of gay marriage, Liptak wrote, “The government should be allowed to favor [...]

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BOOK FOR YOUNG GUYS

By |2013-02-07T21:57:25-05:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Want a gift of easy reading for a young guy this Christmas season? All Things Guy: A Guide to Becoming a Man that Matters by Teresa Tomeo, et al. might be just right. This short inspirational volume, the work of four committed Catholic women, asks such questions as, “Do you want to grow up to be a happy [...]

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WHY DOES OBAMA LIKE KEVIN JENNINGS?

By |2013-02-07T21:57:57-05:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the November issue of Catalyst, we noted President Barack Obama’s selection of Kevin Jennings to be the Director of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. We noted that Jennings is a former drug user, irresponsible teen counselor and a Christian basher. What we did not know at the time is that he is also [...]

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