NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
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Pro-life Catholic Bishop Confirms that a Catholic Cannot Vote for Obama in Good Conscience
An Open Letter to American Bishops regarding 'Catholic moral teaching' and the 2008 election presents "the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church..." concerning "the candidacy of Barack Hussein Obama."
The "Open Letter", by Randall Terry, has been sent by certified mail to all U.S. Bishops. (See complete Open Letter at www.humbleplea.com.)
Following is the complete response from Bishop Gracida concerning the Open Letter and Faithful Catholic Citizenship. Faithful Catholic Citizenship proves - using the words of John Paul II - that a Catholic cannot in good conscience vote for Back Obama. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/399618274.html
Pro-life Catholics who support Obama face criticism
Catholic political commentator George Weigel has criticized pro-life Catholics who support the pro-abortion rights Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Writing for Newsweek magazine, he criticizes pro-life Obama supporters such as Pepperdine University law professor Doug Kmiec and suggests their emergence may portend a "hardening of the battle lines" within the Catholic Church regardless of who wins the presidency this November.
According to Weigel, Kmiec argues that Obama sounds more Catholic on issues such as the family wage, health-care costs and the war in Iraq and "comes reasonably close" to embodying "an alternative way to be pro-life." Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14075
Planned Parenthood Complicit In Child Sex Abuse
On Oct. 8, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that California voters are reading about in the ballot argument in favor of Proposition 4. In the case now before Ohio's high court, a 14-year-old girl, known in court records as "Jane Roe," was sexually abused by her soccer coach, who then took her to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. Planned Parenthood did not report the abuse to authorities. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=03b84d97-e921-4cfd-a77b-b11cf28ed38d
Pro-Life Group Awaits Election Ad Ruling
A U.S. District judge will decide whether to grant a preliminary injunction to allow a pre-election ad depicting state Supreme Court of Appeals candidate Margaret Workman as the author of a decision that requires taxpayers to pay for abortions for women on Medicaid to run. West Virginians For Life, an anti-abortion, nonprofit organization, requested the injunction. The group wants to run the Workman ad, but has refused to disclose its donors (in spite of what the Bible says: "...make full proof of thy ministry." 2 Timothy 4: 5d) So to this point, its ads have not run although the petition went online, but was taken down. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=45536
Plans to Legalize Abortion in Northern Ireland Shelved
Pro-choice Labor MPs had been planning to back an amendment to the Embryology Bill that would allow terminations in Northern Ireland, the only part of Britain where the procedure remains illegal. They have changed their minds after being privately warned by ministers that with the Stormont executive close to collapse, the move could tip the province's politicians into withdrawing from negotiations. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: |
October 16, 2008
NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
