Monthly Archives: May 2004

PAT ROBERTSON HOSTS CHURCH CRITIC

By |2017-03-20T17:56:03-04:00May 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On the March 3 edition of "The 700 Club," TV evangelist Pat Robertson ran a segment on celibacy in the Catholic Church. Invited to appear with Robertson was therapist A.W. Richard Sipe. Sipe used the occasion of the latest report on sexual abuse by priests to challenge the wisdom of celibacy. We let fly with the [...]

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STRAIGHT TALK ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

By |2013-06-25T20:12:41-04:00May 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Several high-ranking Catholic clerics made a trip to Albany in March to lobby against same-sex marriage. Of all the bishops, it was Brooklyn's new Ordinary, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who spoke most bluntly about the Church's opposition to gay marriage. In a radio interview, Bishop DiMarzio noted the absurdity of permitting two people of the same sex [...]

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CATHOLIC DEMOCRATS REBUKE BISHOPS

By |2012-10-12T18:05:04-04:00May 20th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Forty-eight Democratic congressmen have signed a letter to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., taking issue with those bishops who have said that Catholic lawmakers should be denied Communion if they champion abortion rights. Catholic League president William Donohue weighed in today: “The Democratic congressmen who signed the letter, almost all of whom are pro-abortion, [...]

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Robert Katz: The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope

By |2011-08-19T17:43:59-04:00May 19th, 2004|Categories: Book Reviews, White Papers and Essays|

by Ronald Rychlak (Catalyst 5/2004) During World War II and for years after it ended, Pope Pius XII was heralded as a staunch opponent of the Nazis and a champion of their victims. Then in 1963, as the result of a piece of fiction written by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, a controversy arose about whether the [...]

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PRIVATE BELIEFS, PUBLIC CHOICES: CHURCH AND STATE IMPLICATIONS

By |2017-03-20T17:56:03-04:00May 18th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on Catholic politicians who claim to personally agree with a teaching of the Catholic Church, yet feel obligated not to vote that way: “Senator John Kerry, the likely Democratic contender for the White House, addressed the issue of same-sex marriage yesterday: ‘I personally believe that marriage is between a [...]

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AIR AMERICA BASHES CATHOLICISM

By |2012-10-12T18:05:14-04:00May 12th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

  In today’s New York Daily News, there is an article by Michael Goodwin that is critical of Air America, the liberal radio venture.  Goodwin says that on May 10, various hosts took the opportunity to slam Catholicism. Louis Giovino, the Catholic League’s director of communications, spoke to Goodwin today to learn more about the Catholic-bashing remarks.  [...]

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BISHOPS BEWARE OF LAY CLERICALISM

By |2017-03-20T17:56:03-04:00May 12th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Several leading newspapers ran a story today on a dispute that has emerged between Anne Burke, interim chairman of the National Review Board, and some bishops over the authority and longevity of the panel.  Burke, who said she will resign from the panel at the end of June, maintains that the bishops have “manipulated” the group [...]

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CATHOLIC POLITICIANS AND ABORTION

By |2017-03-20T17:56:03-04:00May 6th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announced yesterday that he would no longer receive Holy Communion at Mass. McGreevey’s decision follows comments made by Archbishop John Myers of Newark that Catholic elected officials who support abortion rights should not present themselves for Communion.  In addition, Bishop John Smith of Trenton has explicitly criticized McGreevey for his record [...]

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BISHOP GREGORY SHOWS COURAGE:

By |2017-03-20T17:56:03-04:00May 5th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bishop Wilton Gregory, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has refused to release the mental health records of a retired priest accused of sexual abuse.  The alleged acts occurred in the 1970s in the Illinois Diocese of Belleville; the diocese is now led by Bishop Gregory.  As a result of his decision, the [...]

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New Anti-Pius XII Book by an Old Critic

By |2011-09-01T13:38:13-04:00May 1st, 2004|Categories: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust|

Ronald J. Rychlak Catalyst, May 2004 During World War II and for years after it ended, Pope Pius XII was heralded as a staunch opponent of the Nazis and a champion of their victims. Then in 1963, as the result of a piece of fiction written by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, a controversy arose about whether [...]

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