Author: Tom Faranda

Go here – Bishops should publicly rebuke wayward politicians Here is the full text: 6-January-2010 — Catholic World News Briefs | Bishop Vasa: Prelates Should Publicly Rebuke Wayward Politicians January 06, 2010 Devoting his diocesan newspaper column to the topic of excommunication, Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker (Oregon) writes that publicly confronting wayward Catholic politicians…

This is from lifezine, the Irish prolife online newsletter – Biggest-Ever Pro-Life March Through Amsterdam The Dutch annual March for Life took place before Christmas. Its organisers were Cry for Life and Christians for Truth. It attracted some 700 participants, the most since the Marches began seventeen years ago. The March for Life takes place…

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UPDATE: No surprise, but Nita Lowey and John Hall both voted against the Stupak amendment This vital amendment, which puts in specific wording barring federal funding for abortion in the general healthcare bill, passed, 240-194. 64 Democrats joined 176 Republicans to vote for the Bill. 194 Democrats voted against the bill and one Republican voted…

Fantastic. We mentioned this pending March on October 15th, here LifeNet: Spanish Bishops urge big turnout for Prolife march Even the secular press in Britain took notice. Go here for a video. BBC NEWS | Europe | Big anti-abortion rally in Spain They gathered in the heart of Madrid under an enormous blue banner the height…

We have previously posted on this – you can follow the trail here  LifeNet: Arrested "John Doe" currently incarcerated on Rikers for conscience protest and here  LifeNet: More on "John Doe", incarcerated on Rikers for one person rescue  Updated information, sent to us – Change of address as the prisoner of conscience has been moved, in anticipation of…

Consistent Life – formerly the Seamless Garment Network – promotes the Consistent Ethic of Life. Unlike some groups, they do not use this as a smoke screen to just promote the peace and justice issues while only paying lip service to being anti-abortion. Consistent Life Action Alert Crucial Amendment – Write Your Reps!  In March of…

The correspondence has been made public. Here is Co-director Tom Faranda's posting on his blog about this, which we are posting in full. Tom Faranda's Folly: Kennedy's correspondence to the Pope and the reply Not a lesson in humility. "I have always tried to be a faithful Catholic…" The link will take you to the complete…

In a recent editorial. Read about it here, on the blog of the Diocese of Kansas City The Catholic Key Blog: America Mag's Calumny in Service of a Human Master

An expression of "solidarity" without mentioning what the controversy was about. USCCB – (Office of Media Relations) U.S. Bishops Express Support for Bishop D’arcy and His Pastoral Concern for the University of Notre Dame The bishops of the United States express our appreciation and support for our brother bishop, the Most Reverend John D'Arcy. We affirm his pastoral…